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We are small and we are modest, but so was Gianfranco Zola and that never held him back. You will not find any news here because, frankly, the newspapers do it far better. Nor will you find booming opinion columns, because everyone does booming opinion columns. Those searching for conjecture, speculation, gossip, heatmaps and articles entitled “39 players that Brendan Rodgers might buy in THE PLAY-OFFS AT 30: A HISTORY IN NUMBERS To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the play-offs, Richard Foster, author of the recently revised ‘The Agony & The Ecstasy: A Comprehensive History of the Football League Play-Offs’, takes a look at the numbers behind the matches. 1. Blackpool are the one and only team to have won all three divisional play-off finals – they have won the fourth tier twice, Division Four in 1992 IS VAR CAUSING MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES? The operational wobbles of football’s Video Assistant Referee system are frequently debated. VAR, quickly abbreviated in the lexicon of the game as if it were Louis van Gaal or Kevin-Prince Boateng, is already in use in some of Europe’s elite leagues this season despite the nakedness of its failure during what we were told was a trial in international football. THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF BELFAST CELTIC, 69 YEARS AFTER The battle for the soul of Belfast Celtic, 69 years after the club folded. The love for Celtic is everywhere in West Belfast, from the flags outside pubs to the murals celebrating the Lisbon Lions. But what is less well known is that Belfast once had its very own Celtic, a club who were every bit the equal of their cousins over the water inTHE ATHLETIC BRAIN
World Football. By Amit Katwala. The Athletic Brain – How Neuroscience Is Revolutionising Sport. Football is a game of anticipation and high-speed decision making. The best players in the world stand out because they are able to read the game faster and make better decisions under pressure. No one is born with this talent. THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO FOOTBALL MANAGER 2018 The Beginner’s Guide To Football Manager 2018. As the Football Manager series becomes increasingly detailed, it can be daunting to first-time players looking to take the plunge. When first confronted with the 18-tab sidebar, some understandably retreat to the safety of the stripped-down mobile game. But the full version is considerablymore
20 YEARS ON FROM THE BIRTH OF THE SPL, IS SCOTTISH The year 1992 will go down in history as the birthdate of modern football. It saw the launch of the two biggest brands in the game today, the Premier League and the Champions League, and heralded the end of the old, nation-states of football, to be replaced by pan-national sport which took place in individual countries but was, in truth, bigger than and beyond them. THE SHORT-LIVED JOY OF PURE FANTASY FOOTBALL PLAY-BY-MAIL All I do have is a copy of the software up in the loft in a very old PC which probably hasn’t been fired up since 1998. What are your memories of play-by-mail football management? Let us know at letters@thesetpieces.com. The short-lived joy of Pure Fantasy Football MOSES ASHIKODI: THE ONCE-HYPED TEENAGE STARLET WHO INSTEAD Moses Ashikodi: The once-hyped teenage starlet who instead became a forgotten man. Moses Ashikodi had the world at his feet. Limbering up on the touchline in a pristine Millwall jersey, the teenage starlet was set to become a record-breaker, the protégé who epitomised the potential of a generation. At just 15 years and 240 days old, Ashikodi NORTHERN IRELAND VS REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, NOVEMBER 1993 Months later, before the Republic would kick a ball in America, the first ceasefire was signed in Belfast. It wouldn’t mean the end of the violence – six civilians were killed in Loughinisland as they watched Ireland play Italy at the World Cup – but the tide had begunto turn.
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We are small and we are modest, but so was Gianfranco Zola and that never held him back. You will not find any news here because, frankly, the newspapers do it far better. Nor will you find booming opinion columns, because everyone does booming opinion columns. Those searching for conjecture, speculation, gossip, heatmaps and articles entitled “39 players that Brendan Rodgers might buy in THE PLAY-OFFS AT 30: A HISTORY IN NUMBERS To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the play-offs, Richard Foster, author of the recently revised ‘The Agony & The Ecstasy: A Comprehensive History of the Football League Play-Offs’, takes a look at the numbers behind the matches. 1. Blackpool are the one and only team to have won all three divisional play-off finals – they have won the fourth tier twice, Division Four in 1992 IS VAR CAUSING MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES? The operational wobbles of football’s Video Assistant Referee system are frequently debated. VAR, quickly abbreviated in the lexicon of the game as if it were Louis van Gaal or Kevin-Prince Boateng, is already in use in some of Europe’s elite leagues this season despite the nakedness of its failure during what we were told was a trial in international football. THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF BELFAST CELTIC, 69 YEARS AFTER The battle for the soul of Belfast Celtic, 69 years after the club folded. The love for Celtic is everywhere in West Belfast, from the flags outside pubs to the murals celebrating the Lisbon Lions. But what is less well known is that Belfast once had its very own Celtic, a club who were every bit the equal of their cousins over the water inTHE ATHLETIC BRAIN
World Football. By Amit Katwala. The Athletic Brain – How Neuroscience Is Revolutionising Sport. Football is a game of anticipation and high-speed decision making. The best players in the world stand out because they are able to read the game faster and make better decisions under pressure. No one is born with this talent. THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO FOOTBALL MANAGER 2018 The Beginner’s Guide To Football Manager 2018. As the Football Manager series becomes increasingly detailed, it can be daunting to first-time players looking to take the plunge. When first confronted with the 18-tab sidebar, some understandably retreat to the safety of the stripped-down mobile game. But the full version is considerablymore
20 YEARS ON FROM THE BIRTH OF THE SPL, IS SCOTTISH The year 1992 will go down in history as the birthdate of modern football. It saw the launch of the two biggest brands in the game today, the Premier League and the Champions League, and heralded the end of the old, nation-states of football, to be replaced by pan-national sport which took place in individual countries but was, in truth, bigger than and beyond them. THE SHORT-LIVED JOY OF PURE FANTASY FOOTBALL PLAY-BY-MAIL All I do have is a copy of the software up in the loft in a very old PC which probably hasn’t been fired up since 1998. What are your memories of play-by-mail football management? Let us know at letters@thesetpieces.com. The short-lived joy of Pure Fantasy Football MOSES ASHIKODI: THE ONCE-HYPED TEENAGE STARLET WHO INSTEAD Moses Ashikodi: The once-hyped teenage starlet who instead became a forgotten man. Moses Ashikodi had the world at his feet. Limbering up on the touchline in a pristine Millwall jersey, the teenage starlet was set to become a record-breaker, the protégé who epitomised the potential of a generation. At just 15 years and 240 days old, Ashikodi NORTHERN IRELAND VS REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, NOVEMBER 1993 Months later, before the Republic would kick a ball in America, the first ceasefire was signed in Belfast. It wouldn’t mean the end of the violence – six civilians were killed in Loughinisland as they watched Ireland play Italy at the World Cup – but the tide had begunto turn.
EURO 2020 STADIUMS: WHERE IS THE NEXT GAME BEING PLAYED 1 day ago · It’s a European Championships like no other. And not just because England might stand a decent chance of getting to the final this time. For the first time, the Euros is being across the continent with the tournament sprawling across thousands of miles as fans – and pundits – try to keep up with games popping up in 11 different countries. CM01/02: THE GOLDEN GENERATION PROJECT (EPISODE 2) 1 day ago · The challenge: CM01/02 superfan Mike Paul is replacing Sven-Goran Eriksson in the England hot seat as he tries to lead the Golden Generation to the unprecedented glory nostalgic social media posts tell us they should have achieved. FM20 PROJECT: HOW REALISTIC IS FOOTBALL MANAGER? Alas, it would have been beautiful. Those thoughts were partly what inspired The Set Pieces to launch the FM20 Coaches Project as we pitched six real-life coaches against one Football Manager fan to see who’d come out on top. And if success on the game and in real life really correlates. “I grew up playing Championship Manager [the 1966 AND NOT ALL THAT: ENGLAND 2 PORTUGAL 1 To celebrate the 50th anniversary of England’s World Cup victory, we’re serialising the wonderfully comprehensive new book 1966 and Not All That throughout July. Published by Repeater Books, 1966 and Not All That includes contributions from award-winning writers David Goldblatt, Simon Kuper, Philippe Auclair and Amy Lawrence, amongothers.
FOOTBALL MANAGER MEETS MONEYBALL (PT 1) 29) 6. Use the wisdom of crowds: ask all your scouts and a Director of Football if you have one (pp. 43-44) 7. Buy players in their early twenties, which avoids the problems with not developing properly, and means previous statistics have greater value (pp. 45-47) VOX IN THE BOX: JONATHAN LIEW Vox in the Box: Jonathan Liew. Jonathan Liew is a columnist and feature writer for the Daily Telegraph, covering football and a number of other sports that aren’t quite as good. He was also on Countdown a few years ago. You started on the Telegraph as part of theirgraduate scheme.
VOX IN THE BOX: RORY SMITH Retro. World Football. By Nick Miller. Vox in the Box: Rory Smith. Rory Smith is a football writer for The Times, but he’s also written for the Daily Telegraph and the Independent. He ghostwrote the marvellous Champions League Dreams with Rafa Benitez and his new book, Mister: The Men Who Gave The World The Game is out in April. WHEN CHELSEA FACED TROMSO IN AN ARCTIC BLIZZARD The flights came next: Belfast-to-London-to-Oslo-to-Bergen-to-Tromso. Now all we needed was a ticket to the game at the 6,000-capacity Alfheim Stadium, as back in the fag-end days of hooliganism the only way you got a ticket was by traveling on a club-organised trip fromLondon.
THE SHORT-LIVED JOY OF PURE FANTASY FOOTBALL PLAY-BY-MAIL All I do have is a copy of the software up in the loft in a very old PC which probably hasn’t been fired up since 1998. What are your memories of play-by-mail football management? Let us know at letters@thesetpieces.com. The short-lived joy of Pure Fantasy Footballplay-by-mail
MOSES ASHIKODI: THE ONCE-HYPED TEENAGE STARLET WHO INSTEAD Moses Ashikodi: The once-hyped teenage starlet who instead became a forgotten man. Moses Ashikodi had the world at his feet. Limbering up on the touchline in a pristine Millwall jersey, the teenage starlet was set to become a record-breaker, the protégé who epitomised the potential of a generation. At just 15 years and 240 days old, Ashikodi THE SET PIECESABOUT USNEWSLETTERSEND A LETTERCONTACT USLATESTPOSTSINTERVIEWS
We are small and we are modest, but so was Gianfranco Zola and that never held him back. You will not find any news here because, frankly, the newspapers do it far better. Nor will you find booming opinion columns, because everyone does booming opinion columns. Those searching for conjecture, speculation, gossip, heatmaps and articles entitled “39 players that Brendan Rodgers might buy in THE PLAY-OFFS AT 30: A HISTORY IN NUMBERS To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the play-offs, Richard Foster, author of the recently revised ‘The Agony & The Ecstasy: A Comprehensive History of the Football League Play-Offs’, takes a look at the numbers behind the matches. 1. Blackpool are the one and only team to have won all three divisional play-off finals – they have won the fourth tier twice, Division Four in 1992 FOOTBALL QUIZ: CAN YOU NAME THE PLAYERS TO SCORE THE MOST Football quiz: Can you name the players to score the most Premier League own goals? Who doesn’t love a comical own goal? Well, apart from the guy who’s scoring it. As the Premier League edges towards its 1,000th own goal since it launched in 1992, we’ve been checking out the list of players who have suffered the ignominy of putting IS VAR CAUSING MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES? The operational wobbles of football’s Video Assistant Referee system are frequently debated. VAR, quickly abbreviated in the lexicon of the game as if it were Louis van Gaal or Kevin-Prince Boateng, is already in use in some of Europe’s elite leagues this season despite the nakedness of its failure during what we were told was a trial in international football.THE ATHLETIC BRAIN
World Football. By Amit Katwala. The Athletic Brain – How Neuroscience Is Revolutionising Sport. Football is a game of anticipation and high-speed decision making. The best players in the world stand out because they are able to read the game faster and make better decisions under pressure. No one is born with this talent. THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO FOOTBALL MANAGER 2018 The Beginner’s Guide To Football Manager 2018. As the Football Manager series becomes increasingly detailed, it can be daunting to first-time players looking to take the plunge. When first confronted with the 18-tab sidebar, some understandably retreat to the safety of the stripped-down mobile game. But the full version is considerablymore
THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF BELFAST CELTIC, 69 YEARS AFTER The battle for the soul of Belfast Celtic, 69 years after the club folded. The love for Celtic is everywhere in West Belfast, from the flags outside pubs to the murals celebrating the Lisbon Lions. But what is less well known is that Belfast once had its very own Celtic, a club who were every bit the equal of their cousins over the water in 20 YEARS ON FROM THE BIRTH OF THE SPL, IS SCOTTISH The year 1992 will go down in history as the birthdate of modern football. It saw the launch of the two biggest brands in the game today, the Premier League and the Champions League, and heralded the end of the old, nation-states of football, to be replaced by pan-national sport which took place in individual countries but was, in truth, bigger than and beyond them. THE SHORT-LIVED JOY OF PURE FANTASY FOOTBALL PLAY-BY-MAIL All I do have is a copy of the software up in the loft in a very old PC which probably hasn’t been fired up since 1998. What are your memories of play-by-mail football management? Let us know at letters@thesetpieces.com. The short-lived joy of Pure Fantasy Football MOSES ASHIKODI: THE ONCE-HYPED TEENAGE STARLET WHO INSTEAD Moses Ashikodi: The once-hyped teenage starlet who instead became a forgotten man. Moses Ashikodi had the world at his feet. Limbering up on the touchline in a pristine Millwall jersey, the teenage starlet was set to become a record-breaker, the protégé who epitomised the potential of a generation. At just 15 years and 240 days old, Ashikodi THE SET PIECESABOUT USNEWSLETTERSEND A LETTERCONTACT USLATESTPOSTSINTERVIEWS
We are small and we are modest, but so was Gianfranco Zola and that never held him back. You will not find any news here because, frankly, the newspapers do it far better. Nor will you find booming opinion columns, because everyone does booming opinion columns. Those searching for conjecture, speculation, gossip, heatmaps and articles entitled “39 players that Brendan Rodgers might buy in THE PLAY-OFFS AT 30: A HISTORY IN NUMBERS To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the play-offs, Richard Foster, author of the recently revised ‘The Agony & The Ecstasy: A Comprehensive History of the Football League Play-Offs’, takes a look at the numbers behind the matches. 1. Blackpool are the one and only team to have won all three divisional play-off finals – they have won the fourth tier twice, Division Four in 1992 FOOTBALL QUIZ: CAN YOU NAME THE PLAYERS TO SCORE THE MOST Football quiz: Can you name the players to score the most Premier League own goals? Who doesn’t love a comical own goal? Well, apart from the guy who’s scoring it. As the Premier League edges towards its 1,000th own goal since it launched in 1992, we’ve been checking out the list of players who have suffered the ignominy of putting IS VAR CAUSING MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES? The operational wobbles of football’s Video Assistant Referee system are frequently debated. VAR, quickly abbreviated in the lexicon of the game as if it were Louis van Gaal or Kevin-Prince Boateng, is already in use in some of Europe’s elite leagues this season despite the nakedness of its failure during what we were told was a trial in international football.THE ATHLETIC BRAIN
World Football. By Amit Katwala. The Athletic Brain – How Neuroscience Is Revolutionising Sport. Football is a game of anticipation and high-speed decision making. The best players in the world stand out because they are able to read the game faster and make better decisions under pressure. No one is born with this talent. THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO FOOTBALL MANAGER 2018 The Beginner’s Guide To Football Manager 2018. As the Football Manager series becomes increasingly detailed, it can be daunting to first-time players looking to take the plunge. When first confronted with the 18-tab sidebar, some understandably retreat to the safety of the stripped-down mobile game. But the full version is considerablymore
THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF BELFAST CELTIC, 69 YEARS AFTER The battle for the soul of Belfast Celtic, 69 years after the club folded. The love for Celtic is everywhere in West Belfast, from the flags outside pubs to the murals celebrating the Lisbon Lions. But what is less well known is that Belfast once had its very own Celtic, a club who were every bit the equal of their cousins over the water in 20 YEARS ON FROM THE BIRTH OF THE SPL, IS SCOTTISH The year 1992 will go down in history as the birthdate of modern football. It saw the launch of the two biggest brands in the game today, the Premier League and the Champions League, and heralded the end of the old, nation-states of football, to be replaced by pan-national sport which took place in individual countries but was, in truth, bigger than and beyond them. THE SHORT-LIVED JOY OF PURE FANTASY FOOTBALL PLAY-BY-MAIL All I do have is a copy of the software up in the loft in a very old PC which probably hasn’t been fired up since 1998. What are your memories of play-by-mail football management? Let us know at letters@thesetpieces.com. The short-lived joy of Pure Fantasy Football MOSES ASHIKODI: THE ONCE-HYPED TEENAGE STARLET WHO INSTEAD Moses Ashikodi: The once-hyped teenage starlet who instead became a forgotten man. Moses Ashikodi had the world at his feet. Limbering up on the touchline in a pristine Millwall jersey, the teenage starlet was set to become a record-breaker, the protégé who epitomised the potential of a generation. At just 15 years and 240 days old, Ashikodi 1966 AND NOT ALL THAT: ENGLAND 2 PORTUGAL 1 To celebrate the 50th anniversary of England’s World Cup victory, we’re serialising the wonderfully comprehensive new book 1966 and Not All That throughout July. Published by Repeater Books, 1966 and Not All That includes contributions from award-winning writers David Goldblatt, Simon Kuper, Philippe Auclair and Amy Lawrence, amongothers.
VOX IN THE BOX: JONATHAN LIEW Vox in the Box: Jonathan Liew. Jonathan Liew is a columnist and feature writer for the Daily Telegraph, covering football and a number of other sports that aren’t quite as good. He was also on Countdown a few years ago. You started on the Telegraph as part of theirgraduate scheme.
VOX IN THE BOX: RORY SMITH Retro. World Football. By Nick Miller. Vox in the Box: Rory Smith. Rory Smith is a football writer for The Times, but he’s also written for the Daily Telegraph and the Independent. He ghostwrote the marvellous Champions League Dreams with Rafa Benitez and his new book, Mister: The Men Who Gave The World The Game is out in April. IAIN MACINTOSH, AUTHOR AT THE SET PIECES Iain Macintosh. Iain MacKintosh was born on July 20, 1932. His father was from the Outer Hebrides, a watchmaker and goldsmith who owned a pawnshop in Glasgow, his mother came from Northern Ireland. At the age of seven he started learning the Highland pipes and played in a pipe band in his youth. His mother died when he was twelve, and he FOOTBALL MANAGER MEETS MONEYBALL (PT 1) 29) 6. Use the wisdom of crowds: ask all your scouts and a Director of Football if you have one (pp. 43-44) 7. Buy players in their early twenties, which avoids the problems with not developing properly, and means previous statistics have greater value (pp. 45-47) BERWICK RANGERS: ENGLAND’S FORGOTTEN FOOTBALL CLUB Berwick Rangers: England’s forgotten football club. There are football clubs around the world who are defined by a single incredible result or one remarkable season. Once Caldas winning the 2004 Copa Libertadores. Alcorcón beating Real Madrid 4-0 in the Copa del Rey in 2009. Hereford United knocking Newcastle out of the FA Cup in 1973. INTERVIEW: MARK LEECH, PHOTOGRAPHER Interview: Mark Leech, Photographer. ‘Take my picture, or I’ll stab you,’ said an 11 year old ballboy, during a third division clash between Millwall and Hull in 1983. “It was rough back then, there’s no two ways about it.”. Mark Leech, Managing Director of Offside Sports Photography has been a professional photographer forover 40
RIYAD MAHREZ AT ST MIRREN: THE DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH WHO An icy wind blows through St Mirren's training ground in the small town of Stepps, north-east of Glasgow. Scotland in February is not for the faint-hearted. Riyad Mahrez stands on the edge of the snow THE MIRACLE THAT COULD'VE HAPPENED...TO DERBY COUNTY Juve took the lead after 29 minutes, the Brazilian Jose Altafini firing left-footed past Derby keeper Colin Boulton, but just two minutes later the Rams were level, Kevin Hector shooting ‘violently’ home to put them on terms at the break. However, the introduction of Haller after half-time seemed to change things, and Juve retook the lead NORTHERN IRELAND VS REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, NOVEMBER 1993 Months later, before the Republic would kick a ball in America, the first ceasefire was signed in Belfast. It wouldn’t mean the end of the violence – six civilians were killed in Loughinisland as they watched Ireland play Italy at the World Cup – but the tide had begunto turn.
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We are small and we are modest, but so was Gianfranco Zola and that never held him back. You will not find any news here because, frankly, the newspapers do it far better. Nor will you find booming opinion columns, because everyone does booming opinion columns. Those searching for conjecture, speculation, gossip, heatmaps and articles entitled “39 players that Brendan Rodgers might buy in THE PLAY-OFFS AT 30: A HISTORY IN NUMBERS To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the play-offs, Richard Foster, author of the recently revised ‘The Agony & The Ecstasy: A Comprehensive History of the Football League Play-Offs’, takes a look at the numbers behind the matches. 1. Blackpool are the one and only team to have won all three divisional play-off finals – they have won the fourth tier twice, Division Four in 1992 IS VAR CAUSING MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES? The operational wobbles of football’s Video Assistant Referee system are frequently debated. VAR, quickly abbreviated in the lexicon of the game as if it were Louis van Gaal or Kevin-Prince Boateng, is already in use in some of Europe’s elite leagues this season despite the nakedness of its failure during what we were told was a trial in international football.THE ATHLETIC BRAIN
World Football. By Amit Katwala. The Athletic Brain – How Neuroscience Is Revolutionising Sport. Football is a game of anticipation and high-speed decision making. The best players in the world stand out because they are able to read the game faster and make better decisions under pressure. No one is born with this talent. THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO FOOTBALL MANAGER 2018 The Beginner’s Guide To Football Manager 2018. As the Football Manager series becomes increasingly detailed, it can be daunting to first-time players looking to take the plunge. When first confronted with the 18-tab sidebar, some understandably retreat to the safety of the stripped-down mobile game. But the full version is considerablymore
FOOTBALL QUIZ: CAN YOU NAME THE PLAYERS TO SCORE THE MOST Football quiz: Can you name the players to score the most Premier League own goals? Who doesn’t love a comical own goal? Well, apart from the guy who’s scoring it. As the Premier League edges towards its 1,000th own goal since it launched in 1992, we’ve been checking out the list of players who have suffered the ignominy of putting THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF BELFAST CELTIC, 69 YEARS AFTER The battle for the soul of Belfast Celtic, 69 years after the club folded. The love for Celtic is everywhere in West Belfast, from the flags outside pubs to the murals celebrating the Lisbon Lions. But what is less well known is that Belfast once had its very own Celtic, a club who were every bit the equal of their cousins over the water in 20 YEARS ON FROM THE BIRTH OF THE SPL, IS SCOTTISH The year 1992 will go down in history as the birthdate of modern football. It saw the launch of the two biggest brands in the game today, the Premier League and the Champions League, and heralded the end of the old, nation-states of football, to be replaced by pan-national sport which took place in individual countries but was, in truth, bigger than and beyond them. THE SHORT-LIVED JOY OF PURE FANTASY FOOTBALL PLAY-BY-MAIL All I do have is a copy of the software up in the loft in a very old PC which probably hasn’t been fired up since 1998. What are your memories of play-by-mail football management? Let us know at letters@thesetpieces.com. The short-lived joy of Pure Fantasy Football MOSES ASHIKODI: THE ONCE-HYPED TEENAGE STARLET WHO INSTEAD Moses Ashikodi: The once-hyped teenage starlet who instead became a forgotten man. Moses Ashikodi had the world at his feet. Limbering up on the touchline in a pristine Millwall jersey, the teenage starlet was set to become a record-breaker, the protégé who epitomised the potential of a generation. At just 15 years and 240 days old, Ashikodi THE SET PIECESABOUT USNEWSLETTERSEND A LETTERCONTACT USLATESTPOSTSINTERVIEWS
We are small and we are modest, but so was Gianfranco Zola and that never held him back. You will not find any news here because, frankly, the newspapers do it far better. Nor will you find booming opinion columns, because everyone does booming opinion columns. Those searching for conjecture, speculation, gossip, heatmaps and articles entitled “39 players that Brendan Rodgers might buy in THE PLAY-OFFS AT 30: A HISTORY IN NUMBERS To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the play-offs, Richard Foster, author of the recently revised ‘The Agony & The Ecstasy: A Comprehensive History of the Football League Play-Offs’, takes a look at the numbers behind the matches. 1. Blackpool are the one and only team to have won all three divisional play-off finals – they have won the fourth tier twice, Division Four in 1992 IS VAR CAUSING MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES? The operational wobbles of football’s Video Assistant Referee system are frequently debated. VAR, quickly abbreviated in the lexicon of the game as if it were Louis van Gaal or Kevin-Prince Boateng, is already in use in some of Europe’s elite leagues this season despite the nakedness of its failure during what we were told was a trial in international football.THE ATHLETIC BRAIN
World Football. By Amit Katwala. The Athletic Brain – How Neuroscience Is Revolutionising Sport. Football is a game of anticipation and high-speed decision making. The best players in the world stand out because they are able to read the game faster and make better decisions under pressure. No one is born with this talent. THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO FOOTBALL MANAGER 2018 The Beginner’s Guide To Football Manager 2018. As the Football Manager series becomes increasingly detailed, it can be daunting to first-time players looking to take the plunge. When first confronted with the 18-tab sidebar, some understandably retreat to the safety of the stripped-down mobile game. But the full version is considerablymore
FOOTBALL QUIZ: CAN YOU NAME THE PLAYERS TO SCORE THE MOST Football quiz: Can you name the players to score the most Premier League own goals? Who doesn’t love a comical own goal? Well, apart from the guy who’s scoring it. As the Premier League edges towards its 1,000th own goal since it launched in 1992, we’ve been checking out the list of players who have suffered the ignominy of putting THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF BELFAST CELTIC, 69 YEARS AFTER The battle for the soul of Belfast Celtic, 69 years after the club folded. The love for Celtic is everywhere in West Belfast, from the flags outside pubs to the murals celebrating the Lisbon Lions. But what is less well known is that Belfast once had its very own Celtic, a club who were every bit the equal of their cousins over the water in 20 YEARS ON FROM THE BIRTH OF THE SPL, IS SCOTTISH The year 1992 will go down in history as the birthdate of modern football. It saw the launch of the two biggest brands in the game today, the Premier League and the Champions League, and heralded the end of the old, nation-states of football, to be replaced by pan-national sport which took place in individual countries but was, in truth, bigger than and beyond them. THE SHORT-LIVED JOY OF PURE FANTASY FOOTBALL PLAY-BY-MAIL All I do have is a copy of the software up in the loft in a very old PC which probably hasn’t been fired up since 1998. What are your memories of play-by-mail football management? Let us know at letters@thesetpieces.com. The short-lived joy of Pure Fantasy Football MOSES ASHIKODI: THE ONCE-HYPED TEENAGE STARLET WHO INSTEAD Moses Ashikodi: The once-hyped teenage starlet who instead became a forgotten man. Moses Ashikodi had the world at his feet. Limbering up on the touchline in a pristine Millwall jersey, the teenage starlet was set to become a record-breaker, the protégé who epitomised the potential of a generation. At just 15 years and 240 days old, Ashikodi CHOCCY'S DIARY: EUROS ADVENTURES WITH SCOTLAND AND Brian McClair looks back on his international experiences, including scoring the winner at a Euros to upset a former team-mate THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF BELFAST CELTIC, 69 YEARS AFTER The battle for the soul of Belfast Celtic, 69 years after the club folded. The love for Celtic is everywhere in West Belfast, from the flags outside pubs to the murals celebrating the Lisbon Lions. But what is less well known is that Belfast once had its very own Celtic, a club who were every bit the equal of their cousins over the water in FOOTBALL MANAGER MEETS MONEYBALL (PT 1) 29) 6. Use the wisdom of crowds: ask all your scouts and a Director of Football if you have one (pp. 43-44) 7. Buy players in their early twenties, which avoids the problems with not developing properly, and means previous statistics have greater value (pp. 45-47) 1966 AND NOT ALL THAT: ENGLAND 2 PORTUGAL 1 To celebrate the 50th anniversary of England’s World Cup victory, we’re serialising the wonderfully comprehensive new book 1966 and Not All That throughout July. Published by Repeater Books, 1966 and Not All That includes contributions from award-winning writers David Goldblatt, Simon Kuper, Philippe Auclair and Amy Lawrence, amongothers.
IAIN MACINTOSH, AUTHOR AT THE SET PIECES Iain Macintosh. Iain MacKintosh was born on July 20, 1932. His father was from the Outer Hebrides, a watchmaker and goldsmith who owned a pawnshop in Glasgow, his mother came from Northern Ireland. At the age of seven he started learning the Highland pipes and played in a pipe band in his youth. His mother died when he was twelve, and he VOX IN THE BOX: JONATHAN LIEW Vox in the Box: Jonathan Liew. Jonathan Liew is a columnist and feature writer for the Daily Telegraph, covering football and a number of other sports that aren’t quite as good. He was also on Countdown a few years ago. You started on the Telegraph as part of theirgraduate scheme.
VOX IN THE BOX: RORY SMITH Retro. World Football. By Nick Miller. Vox in the Box: Rory Smith. Rory Smith is a football writer for The Times, but he’s also written for the Daily Telegraph and the Independent. He ghostwrote the marvellous Champions League Dreams with Rafa Benitez and his new book, Mister: The Men Who Gave The World The Game is out in April. BERWICK RANGERS: ENGLAND’S FORGOTTEN FOOTBALL CLUB Berwick Rangers: England’s forgotten football club. There are football clubs around the world who are defined by a single incredible result or one remarkable season. Once Caldas winning the 2004 Copa Libertadores. Alcorcón beating Real Madrid 4-0 in the Copa del Rey in 2009. Hereford United knocking Newcastle out of the FA Cup in 1973. THE MIRACLE THAT COULD'VE HAPPENED...TO DERBY COUNTY Juve took the lead after 29 minutes, the Brazilian Jose Altafini firing left-footed past Derby keeper Colin Boulton, but just two minutes later the Rams were level, Kevin Hector shooting ‘violently’ home to put them on terms at the break. However, the introduction of Haller after half-time seemed to change things, and Juve retook the lead NORTHERN IRELAND VS REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, NOVEMBER 1993 Months later, before the Republic would kick a ball in America, the first ceasefire was signed in Belfast. It wouldn’t mean the end of the violence – six civilians were killed in Loughinisland as they watched Ireland play Italy at the World Cup – but the tide had begunto turn.
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We are small and we are modest, but so was Gianfranco Zola and that never held him back. You will not find any news here because, frankly, the newspapers do it far better. Nor will you find booming opinion columns, because everyone does booming opinion columns. Those searching for conjecture, speculation, gossip, heatmaps and articles entitled “39 players that Brendan Rodgers might buy in THE PLAY-OFFS AT 30: A HISTORY IN NUMBERS To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the play-offs, Richard Foster, author of the recently revised ‘The Agony & The Ecstasy: A Comprehensive History of the Football League Play-Offs’, takes a look at the numbers behind the matches. 1. Blackpool are the one and only team to have won all three divisional play-off finals – they have won the fourth tier twice, Division Four in 1992 FM20 PROJECT: HOW REALISTIC IS FOOTBALL MANAGER? Alas, it would have been beautiful. Those thoughts were partly what inspired The Set Pieces to launch the FM20 Coaches Project as we pitched six real-life coaches against one Football Manager fan to see who’d come out on top. And if success on the game and in real life really correlates. “I grew up playing Championship Manager [the THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF BELFAST CELTIC, 69 YEARS AFTER The battle for the soul of Belfast Celtic, 69 years after the club folded. The love for Celtic is everywhere in West Belfast, from the flags outside pubs to the murals celebrating the Lisbon Lions. But what is less well known is that Belfast once had its very own Celtic, a club who were every bit the equal of their cousins over the water in VOX IN THE BOX: JONATHAN LIEW Vox in the Box: Jonathan Liew. Jonathan Liew is a columnist and feature writer for the Daily Telegraph, covering football and a number of other sports that aren’t quite as good. He was also on Countdown a few years ago. You started on the Telegraph as part of theirgraduate scheme.
IS VAR CAUSING MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES? The operational wobbles of football’s Video Assistant Referee system are frequently debated. VAR, quickly abbreviated in the lexicon of the game as if it were Louis van Gaal or Kevin-Prince Boateng, is already in use in some of Europe’s elite leagues this season despite the nakedness of its failure during what we were told was a trial in international football. WHEN CHELSEA FACED TROMSO IN AN ARCTIC BLIZZARD The flights came next: Belfast-to-London-to-Oslo-to-Bergen-to-Tromso. Now all we needed was a ticket to the game at the 6,000-capacity Alfheim Stadium, as back in the fag-end days of hooliganism the only way you got a ticket was by traveling on a club-organised trip fromLondon.
20 YEARS ON FROM THE BIRTH OF THE SPL, IS SCOTTISH The year 1992 will go down in history as the birthdate of modern football. It saw the launch of the two biggest brands in the game today, the Premier League and the Champions League, and heralded the end of the old, nation-states of football, to be replaced by pan-national sport which took place in individual countries but was, in truth, bigger than and beyond them. AN UNLIKELY SAVIOUR: REMEMBERING ROY HODGSON'S SUCCESSFUL An unlikely saviour: Remembering Roy Hodgson’s successful spell at Inter. Inter needed a saviour. Lodged at the bottom of Serie A after a nightmare start to the 1995/96 season, their star-studded line up was stalling in spectacular fashion. With big names, including Javier Zanetti and Robert Carlos, misfiring and a malaise hanging ominously DONCASTER ROVERS, 1997/98: THE MOST DISASTROUS SEASON IN But despite the sombre atmosphere, no one had died. Well, not a human being anyway. The only casualty was Doncaster Rovers, a proud, historic football club who had been driven to the brink of extinction. The clash with Colchester brought the curtain down on perhaps the most calamitous season in Football League history – and not just because THE SET PIECESABOUT USNEWSLETTERSEND A LETTERCONTACT USLATESTPOSTSINTERVIEWS
We are small and we are modest, but so was Gianfranco Zola and that never held him back. You will not find any news here because, frankly, the newspapers do it far better. Nor will you find booming opinion columns, because everyone does booming opinion columns. Those searching for conjecture, speculation, gossip, heatmaps and articles entitled “39 players that Brendan Rodgers might buy in THE PLAY-OFFS AT 30: A HISTORY IN NUMBERS To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the play-offs, Richard Foster, author of the recently revised ‘The Agony & The Ecstasy: A Comprehensive History of the Football League Play-Offs’, takes a look at the numbers behind the matches. 1. Blackpool are the one and only team to have won all three divisional play-off finals – they have won the fourth tier twice, Division Four in 1992 FM20 PROJECT: HOW REALISTIC IS FOOTBALL MANAGER? Alas, it would have been beautiful. Those thoughts were partly what inspired The Set Pieces to launch the FM20 Coaches Project as we pitched six real-life coaches against one Football Manager fan to see who’d come out on top. And if success on the game and in real life really correlates. “I grew up playing Championship Manager [the THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF BELFAST CELTIC, 69 YEARS AFTER The battle for the soul of Belfast Celtic, 69 years after the club folded. The love for Celtic is everywhere in West Belfast, from the flags outside pubs to the murals celebrating the Lisbon Lions. But what is less well known is that Belfast once had its very own Celtic, a club who were every bit the equal of their cousins over the water in VOX IN THE BOX: JONATHAN LIEW Vox in the Box: Jonathan Liew. Jonathan Liew is a columnist and feature writer for the Daily Telegraph, covering football and a number of other sports that aren’t quite as good. He was also on Countdown a few years ago. You started on the Telegraph as part of theirgraduate scheme.
IS VAR CAUSING MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES? The operational wobbles of football’s Video Assistant Referee system are frequently debated. VAR, quickly abbreviated in the lexicon of the game as if it were Louis van Gaal or Kevin-Prince Boateng, is already in use in some of Europe’s elite leagues this season despite the nakedness of its failure during what we were told was a trial in international football. WHEN CHELSEA FACED TROMSO IN AN ARCTIC BLIZZARD The flights came next: Belfast-to-London-to-Oslo-to-Bergen-to-Tromso. Now all we needed was a ticket to the game at the 6,000-capacity Alfheim Stadium, as back in the fag-end days of hooliganism the only way you got a ticket was by traveling on a club-organised trip fromLondon.
20 YEARS ON FROM THE BIRTH OF THE SPL, IS SCOTTISH The year 1992 will go down in history as the birthdate of modern football. It saw the launch of the two biggest brands in the game today, the Premier League and the Champions League, and heralded the end of the old, nation-states of football, to be replaced by pan-national sport which took place in individual countries but was, in truth, bigger than and beyond them. AN UNLIKELY SAVIOUR: REMEMBERING ROY HODGSON'S SUCCESSFUL An unlikely saviour: Remembering Roy Hodgson’s successful spell at Inter. Inter needed a saviour. Lodged at the bottom of Serie A after a nightmare start to the 1995/96 season, their star-studded line up was stalling in spectacular fashion. With big names, including Javier Zanetti and Robert Carlos, misfiring and a malaise hanging ominously DONCASTER ROVERS, 1997/98: THE MOST DISASTROUS SEASON IN But despite the sombre atmosphere, no one had died. Well, not a human being anyway. The only casualty was Doncaster Rovers, a proud, historic football club who had been driven to the brink of extinction. The clash with Colchester brought the curtain down on perhaps the most calamitous season in Football League history – and not just because CHOCCY'S DIARY: EUROS ADVENTURES WITH SCOTLAND AND 1 day ago · Brian McClair looks back on his international experiences, including scoring the winner at a Euros to upset a formerteam-mate
IS VAR CAUSING MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES? The operational wobbles of football’s Video Assistant Referee system are frequently debated. VAR, quickly abbreviated in the lexicon of the game as if it were Louis van Gaal or Kevin-Prince Boateng, is already in use in some of Europe’s elite leagues this season despite the nakedness of its failure during what we were told was a trial in international football. BERWICK RANGERS: ENGLAND’S FORGOTTEN FOOTBALL CLUB Berwick Rangers: England’s forgotten football club. There are football clubs around the world who are defined by a single incredible result or one remarkable season. Once Caldas winning the 2004 Copa Libertadores. Alcorcón beating Real Madrid 4-0 in the Copa del Rey in 2009. Hereford United knocking Newcastle out of the FA Cup in 1973. CRAIG MOORE: DEFENDER ON LIVING THE DREAM WITH RANGERS AND Craig Moore: Defender on living the dream with Rangers and Australia. It was the moment the Rangers fans have been dreaming of. After nearly a decade of being in the wilderness, of seeing their bitter rivals Celtic at the top again and again and again, another Scottish title was finally theirs. A startlingly consistent season where they created GEORGE CAMSELL: FORGOTTEN GOAL MACHINE George Camsell: Forgotten Goal Machine. Outside the Riverside Stadium stand statues of a pair of Middlesbrough greats. Wilf Mannion and George Hardwick’s achievements are the stuff of legend, and rightly so, players whose greatness extended beyond Teeside and would have been even greater were it not for injuries and the Second World War. THE MIRACLE THAT COULD'VE HAPPENED...TO DERBY COUNTY Juve took the lead after 29 minutes, the Brazilian Jose Altafini firing left-footed past Derby keeper Colin Boulton, but just two minutes later the Rams were level, Kevin Hector shooting ‘violently’ home to put them on terms at the break. However, the introduction of Haller after half-time seemed to change things, and Juve retook the lead FANTASY, FAILURE AND TAXI FARES: THE STORY OF SONNY PIKE Retro. World Football. By The Set Pieces. Fantasy, failure and taxi fares: The story of Sonny Pike. This is an extract from issue 12 of The Football Pink, which you can get your hands on in print here or digital here. Johnny Phillips caught up with a man who, during the 1990s, was touted as England’s next big thing only for his fledgling JAMES RICHARDSON: THE INSIDE STORY OF GAZZETTA FOOTBALL No football programme better encapsulated the zeitgeist of the decade better than Gazzetta Football Italia. Each week James Richardson, usually situated in a historical piazza or stylish cafe with a stack of newspapers and a delicious Italian pastry, presented the latest news and action from Italy. Richardson’s razor-sharp wit, jovialnature
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About The Site. We do interviews, we do features, we do reviews. You can read more about how we do them here: read more BURY AFC: HOW MANAGER ANDY WELSH IS LAYING FOUNDATIONS AT World Football. By Chris Evans. Bury AFC: How manager Andy Welsh is laying foundations at phoenix club. Andy Welsh can still remember the swell of emotion he felt when he heard the news. Bury had been expelled from the Football League and faced being wound up. A club with 134 years of history were left without a league to play in. THE SET PIECESABOUT USNEWSLETTERSEND A LETTERCONTACT USLATESTPOSTSINTERVIEWS
We are small and we are modest, but so was Gianfranco Zola and that never held him back. You will not find any news here because, frankly, the newspapers do it far better. Nor will you find booming opinion columns, because everyone does booming opinion columns. Those searching for conjecture, speculation, gossip, heatmaps and articles entitled “39 players that Brendan Rodgers might buy in THE PLAY-OFFS AT 30: A HISTORY IN NUMBERS To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the play-offs, Richard Foster, author of the recently revised ‘The Agony & The Ecstasy: A Comprehensive History of the Football League Play-Offs’, takes a look at the numbers behind the matches. 1. Blackpool are the one and only team to have won all three divisional play-off finals – they have won the fourth tier twice, Division Four in 1992 FM20 PROJECT: HOW REALISTIC IS FOOTBALL MANAGER? Alas, it would have been beautiful. Those thoughts were partly what inspired The Set Pieces to launch the FM20 Coaches Project as we pitched six real-life coaches against one Football Manager fan to see who’d come out on top. And if success on the game and in real life really correlates. “I grew up playing Championship Manager [the THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF BELFAST CELTIC, 69 YEARS AFTER The battle for the soul of Belfast Celtic, 69 years after the club folded. The love for Celtic is everywhere in West Belfast, from the flags outside pubs to the murals celebrating the Lisbon Lions. But what is less well known is that Belfast once had its very own Celtic, a club who were every bit the equal of their cousins over the water in VOX IN THE BOX: JONATHAN LIEW Vox in the Box: Jonathan Liew. Jonathan Liew is a columnist and feature writer for the Daily Telegraph, covering football and a number of other sports that aren’t quite as good. He was also on Countdown a few years ago. You started on the Telegraph as part of theirgraduate scheme.
IS VAR CAUSING MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES? The operational wobbles of football’s Video Assistant Referee system are frequently debated. VAR, quickly abbreviated in the lexicon of the game as if it were Louis van Gaal or Kevin-Prince Boateng, is already in use in some of Europe’s elite leagues this season despite the nakedness of its failure during what we were told was a trial in international football. WHEN CHELSEA FACED TROMSO IN AN ARCTIC BLIZZARD The flights came next: Belfast-to-London-to-Oslo-to-Bergen-to-Tromso. Now all we needed was a ticket to the game at the 6,000-capacity Alfheim Stadium, as back in the fag-end days of hooliganism the only way you got a ticket was by traveling on a club-organised trip fromLondon.
20 YEARS ON FROM THE BIRTH OF THE SPL, IS SCOTTISH The year 1992 will go down in history as the birthdate of modern football. It saw the launch of the two biggest brands in the game today, the Premier League and the Champions League, and heralded the end of the old, nation-states of football, to be replaced by pan-national sport which took place in individual countries but was, in truth, bigger than and beyond them. AN UNLIKELY SAVIOUR: REMEMBERING ROY HODGSON'S SUCCESSFUL An unlikely saviour: Remembering Roy Hodgson’s successful spell at Inter. Inter needed a saviour. Lodged at the bottom of Serie A after a nightmare start to the 1995/96 season, their star-studded line up was stalling in spectacular fashion. With big names, including Javier Zanetti and Robert Carlos, misfiring and a malaise hanging ominously DONCASTER ROVERS, 1997/98: THE MOST DISASTROUS SEASON IN But despite the sombre atmosphere, no one had died. Well, not a human being anyway. The only casualty was Doncaster Rovers, a proud, historic football club who had been driven to the brink of extinction. The clash with Colchester brought the curtain down on perhaps the most calamitous season in Football League history – and not just because THE SET PIECESABOUT USNEWSLETTERSEND A LETTERCONTACT USLATESTPOSTSINTERVIEWS
We are small and we are modest, but so was Gianfranco Zola and that never held him back. You will not find any news here because, frankly, the newspapers do it far better. Nor will you find booming opinion columns, because everyone does booming opinion columns. Those searching for conjecture, speculation, gossip, heatmaps and articles entitled “39 players that Brendan Rodgers might buy in THE PLAY-OFFS AT 30: A HISTORY IN NUMBERS To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the play-offs, Richard Foster, author of the recently revised ‘The Agony & The Ecstasy: A Comprehensive History of the Football League Play-Offs’, takes a look at the numbers behind the matches. 1. Blackpool are the one and only team to have won all three divisional play-off finals – they have won the fourth tier twice, Division Four in 1992 FM20 PROJECT: HOW REALISTIC IS FOOTBALL MANAGER? Alas, it would have been beautiful. Those thoughts were partly what inspired The Set Pieces to launch the FM20 Coaches Project as we pitched six real-life coaches against one Football Manager fan to see who’d come out on top. And if success on the game and in real life really correlates. “I grew up playing Championship Manager [the THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF BELFAST CELTIC, 69 YEARS AFTER The battle for the soul of Belfast Celtic, 69 years after the club folded. The love for Celtic is everywhere in West Belfast, from the flags outside pubs to the murals celebrating the Lisbon Lions. But what is less well known is that Belfast once had its very own Celtic, a club who were every bit the equal of their cousins over the water in VOX IN THE BOX: JONATHAN LIEW Vox in the Box: Jonathan Liew. Jonathan Liew is a columnist and feature writer for the Daily Telegraph, covering football and a number of other sports that aren’t quite as good. He was also on Countdown a few years ago. You started on the Telegraph as part of theirgraduate scheme.
IS VAR CAUSING MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES? The operational wobbles of football’s Video Assistant Referee system are frequently debated. VAR, quickly abbreviated in the lexicon of the game as if it were Louis van Gaal or Kevin-Prince Boateng, is already in use in some of Europe’s elite leagues this season despite the nakedness of its failure during what we were told was a trial in international football. WHEN CHELSEA FACED TROMSO IN AN ARCTIC BLIZZARD The flights came next: Belfast-to-London-to-Oslo-to-Bergen-to-Tromso. Now all we needed was a ticket to the game at the 6,000-capacity Alfheim Stadium, as back in the fag-end days of hooliganism the only way you got a ticket was by traveling on a club-organised trip fromLondon.
20 YEARS ON FROM THE BIRTH OF THE SPL, IS SCOTTISH The year 1992 will go down in history as the birthdate of modern football. It saw the launch of the two biggest brands in the game today, the Premier League and the Champions League, and heralded the end of the old, nation-states of football, to be replaced by pan-national sport which took place in individual countries but was, in truth, bigger than and beyond them. AN UNLIKELY SAVIOUR: REMEMBERING ROY HODGSON'S SUCCESSFUL An unlikely saviour: Remembering Roy Hodgson’s successful spell at Inter. Inter needed a saviour. Lodged at the bottom of Serie A after a nightmare start to the 1995/96 season, their star-studded line up was stalling in spectacular fashion. With big names, including Javier Zanetti and Robert Carlos, misfiring and a malaise hanging ominously DONCASTER ROVERS, 1997/98: THE MOST DISASTROUS SEASON IN But despite the sombre atmosphere, no one had died. Well, not a human being anyway. The only casualty was Doncaster Rovers, a proud, historic football club who had been driven to the brink of extinction. The clash with Colchester brought the curtain down on perhaps the most calamitous season in Football League history – and not just because CHOCCY'S DIARY: EUROS ADVENTURES WITH SCOTLAND AND 1 day ago · Brian McClair looks back on his international experiences, including scoring the winner at a Euros to upset a formerteam-mate
IS VAR CAUSING MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES? The operational wobbles of football’s Video Assistant Referee system are frequently debated. VAR, quickly abbreviated in the lexicon of the game as if it were Louis van Gaal or Kevin-Prince Boateng, is already in use in some of Europe’s elite leagues this season despite the nakedness of its failure during what we were told was a trial in international football. BERWICK RANGERS: ENGLAND’S FORGOTTEN FOOTBALL CLUB Berwick Rangers: England’s forgotten football club. There are football clubs around the world who are defined by a single incredible result or one remarkable season. Once Caldas winning the 2004 Copa Libertadores. Alcorcón beating Real Madrid 4-0 in the Copa del Rey in 2009. Hereford United knocking Newcastle out of the FA Cup in 1973. CRAIG MOORE: DEFENDER ON LIVING THE DREAM WITH RANGERS AND Craig Moore: Defender on living the dream with Rangers and Australia. It was the moment the Rangers fans have been dreaming of. After nearly a decade of being in the wilderness, of seeing their bitter rivals Celtic at the top again and again and again, another Scottish title was finally theirs. A startlingly consistent season where they created GEORGE CAMSELL: FORGOTTEN GOAL MACHINE George Camsell: Forgotten Goal Machine. Outside the Riverside Stadium stand statues of a pair of Middlesbrough greats. Wilf Mannion and George Hardwick’s achievements are the stuff of legend, and rightly so, players whose greatness extended beyond Teeside and would have been even greater were it not for injuries and the Second World War. THE MIRACLE THAT COULD'VE HAPPENED...TO DERBY COUNTY Juve took the lead after 29 minutes, the Brazilian Jose Altafini firing left-footed past Derby keeper Colin Boulton, but just two minutes later the Rams were level, Kevin Hector shooting ‘violently’ home to put them on terms at the break. However, the introduction of Haller after half-time seemed to change things, and Juve retook the lead FANTASY, FAILURE AND TAXI FARES: THE STORY OF SONNY PIKE Retro. World Football. By The Set Pieces. Fantasy, failure and taxi fares: The story of Sonny Pike. This is an extract from issue 12 of The Football Pink, which you can get your hands on in print here or digital here. Johnny Phillips caught up with a man who, during the 1990s, was touted as England’s next big thing only for his fledgling JAMES RICHARDSON: THE INSIDE STORY OF GAZZETTA FOOTBALL No football programme better encapsulated the zeitgeist of the decade better than Gazzetta Football Italia. Each week James Richardson, usually situated in a historical piazza or stylish cafe with a stack of newspapers and a delicious Italian pastry, presented the latest news and action from Italy. Richardson’s razor-sharp wit, jovialnature
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