1936 Berlin Olympics, the Bronze team and the only football match Adolf Hitler ever saw
Sport has been used as a tool for the propaganda mongering far right for the worst part of a century. Benito Mussolini, General Franco and Adolf Hitler have all been accused of using football to promote their own ideals and shower their political parties in glory. In 1938 Hitler’s plans for a master race led ...
My Favourite Soccer Stars
The early 1970’s were something of a golden period for the English game. The English national team had won the World Cup only a few years earlier and were still widely considered to be amongst the best in the world, while Scotland became the self proclaimed Champions of the World when they beat England at ...
Robin Friday – face to face with the law
Reading 2-1 Rochdale Elm Park 9 April 1975 Robin Friday celebrates a last minute winner by running behind the goal and planting a firm one on a policeman. Afterwards, he explained the celebration, with a simple explanation. “The policeman looked so cold and fed up standing there that I decided to cheer him up a ...
Interview: Southampton FC legend Matthew Le Tissier
“His talent was out of the norm. He could dribble past seven or eight players but without speed — he just walked past them. For me he was sensational. “We had a programme on Spanish TV with the best goals from around Europe. He was always the star. “I was 10 or even younger. He ...
Stars of Spain: 1967
Accusations that Spain are boring have been commonplace this summer. A certain predictability about the way they play and the inevitability that it will provide them with victory has taken the gloss off of a style which was being raved about only a short time ago. As England failed to add to their only International ...
The day the 1969-70 Division II relegation fight hinged on
Watford staff celebrate their club’s first victory in Division Two in 50 years. The Hornets, who had been promoted the previous season, beat Tommy Docherty’s Aston Villa 3-0 on the 13th September 1969. The win would prove vital for Watford, who would avoid relegation by two points. Aston Villa weren’t so lucky, finishing below ...