BLANK was the greatest manager blank never had. Go on, ask someone to fill ’em in, writes ROBBIE DEIGHAN. Invariably, the blanks will be filled with Brian Clough and England. After all, it is surely the most famous footballing marriage never to be consummated....
EVERYBODY talks about 1988. They’re right to. It was a joyous time to be a Red. The double was still in the memory and we made two enormous signings the previous summer to go alongside John Aldridge and the curious Irish-Scottish crossbreed of Ray Houghton, who...
TO be quite honest, I’m in two minds about statues at football grounds. Of course, in isolation they act as a lasting tribute to a much-loved servant, an acknowledgement of an individual’s impact on a club and, by extension, the wider football community. We have our...
OUR most successful manager was about to take charge for his first season. Twenty trophies in nine seasons, and he didn’t really want the job, what a genius. I somehow reckon he was worth the £10 signing-on fee and his £5 weekly wage back in 1939. Liverpool’s...
Getting stuck into big talking points within the world of football finance, discussing fifteen years of FSG and domestic league games being played abroad.John Gibbons is joined by football writer Dave Powell.
