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Kevin Keegan, six years retired in December 1990, was a substitute on one of the all-star teams in Peter Shilton’s White Hart Lane testimonial. Repeatedly he urged the coaches to send him on so he could score with a diving header. Eventually he...
Regular readers of World Soccer might have noticed how often we’ve mentioned the Ekstraklasa, Poland’s top flight, in recent years – for its crazy competitiveness, its remarkable stories and interesting characters – and so, we decided...
Little did Folarin Balogun know, when he accidentally trod on Tarik Muharemovic, that his red card would prove the pebble whose ripples would surge into a wave undermining the FIFA president. The United States striker was sent off,...
It’s coming up to the fifth anniversary of thousands of Newcastle United fans gathering outside St James’ Park. It doesn’t take much to trigger a party on Tyneside, especially around football. This was the mother, father and extended family...
When Silvio Berlusconi appointed Arrigo Sacchi to be manager of Milan in 1987 he was taking an enormous risk. Sacchi had never been a professional player. He had never managed in Serie A. His main achievement to that point had been putting...
