The game’s gone

Margaret Thatcher’s administration had spent 1984 battling the miners and dismantling the coal industry. But with that fight almost won, as the clock ticked into the New Year, she had another of the U

The front page of the Daily Mirror was emphatic. Less than two months after they had won an historic Treble, Manchester United were preparing to sit out the FA Cup to take part in the new FIFA Club Wo

There’s a simple pleasure in seeing a football shirt and immediately recognising the logo of the sponsor. A car company, a beer brand, even the title of a film – the superiority of these symbols canno

Forty years ago, football hooliganism was at its peak, causing outrage, fear and fatalities. How did the sport recover from its darkest days, and what happened to the men who belonged to the “firms”? Rosa Silverman reports

At 161 years old, Richmond against Blackheath is a cherished rivalry for the history books

BEST: Gordon Marshall, Stuart Kennedy, David Weir, John Hughes, Gary Gillespie, Scott MacKenzie, Simon Stainrod, Russell Latapy, Derek McWilliams, Scott Arfield, Kevin McAllister. WORST: Leo Fasan, Jo