WE expect our heroes to go on forever. Football fans are always drawn to the past, to the players that light-up our childhood and teenage years – individuals who were, when all was said and done, just a decade or … Continue reading Martin Peters and immortality
ASIDE from the image of Bobby Moore holding the Jules Rimet trophy aloft, one of the abiding memories of the 1966 World Cup is of Eusébio in full flight, the leading scorer and the most exciting player of the tournament. … Continue reading Great Reputations: Portugal 1966 – the alternative champions
HARRY Kane has been appointed captain of England, possibly the nearest the nation will get to a “Roy of the Rovers” figure leading the team into battle. Kane has already delivered the kind of message the hordes will want to … Continue reading Brexit, the end of the football world as we know it
BY the time you read this, England would have won the 1966 World Cup all over again and football fans will be convincing themselves that lifting the Jules Rimet Trophy is merely the start of a golden era of English superiority. Of course, we all know different. I remember, as a young lad, going to Wembley in 1968 and 1969 to see “Sir Alf Ramsey’s World Champions” as they were called. I saw some lack-lustre displays by England against Romania and Bulgaria, but looking back, I can say I saw the bulk of 1966’s heroes perform. And yesterday, I saw … Continue reading How non-league welcomed the heroes of ‘66
