“birmingham could have stayed up if we’d had an open-top bus parade after our cup win”

How did you become Macclesfield’s assistant manager in the summer? When I stopped playing, I went straight into coaching – I went back to Everton, worked voluntarily for a couple of years, got my coac

How did you become the assistant coach of Iraq last May? It was due to my connection with the manager, Graham Arnold. We worked together taking Australia to the last World Cup – Iraq approached him to

Tony Bloom has a habit of making accurate predictions. But as the billionaire gambler turned football club owner revealed his forecast for the season ahead, after announcing a 29 per cent investment i

You played 857 games for Liverpool between 1960 and 1978, making you the club’s record appearance holder. What does that title mean to you? It means a lot, being a local lad. It’s not just the appeara

What was your first game? It would’ve been a reserve game around 1973 or 1974. My first proper match was someone like Stoke or Ipswich – it wasn’t a big club like Manchester United or even Everton. On

Few players have won as many major trophies as Marcelo – and his shirt collection is impressive, too. The Brazilian has welcomed FFT into his office in Madrid and is showing us the jerseys he gathered