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Eusebio
By Bill Thomas There was something particularly affecting about the news that the great Eusebio had passed. Hitherto, unless they were especially unfortunate or, in the case of George Best, wilful,...
View ArticleMarco Van Basten
By Bill Thomas In pretty well any other country in the world, Marco Van Basten would be treated as a golden God, as somebody beamed down from the heavens to bring footballing enlightenment to the...
View ArticleMichel Platini
By Bill Thomas France likes to see itself as something of a father to the modern game, and with some justification given its role in the inception of the World Cup, the European Cup and the way in...
View ArticleLionel Messi
By Bill Thomas So the man currently carrying the tag of the world’s greatest player ended his season without a pot to cook in, but even if that is the case, when we look back at the most enthralling...
View ArticleDiego Maradona
By Bill Thomas Few men can have their entire lives, certainly on a professional level, summed up inside three minutes. You might be able to think of a few pop stars to whom that criteria would apply,...
View ArticleFranz Beckenbauer
By Bill Thomas Football is a pretty simple game. That’s what the coaches tell you, what Academies try to drill into kids. You get the ball, you pass it to a member of your team, you try to score goals...
View ArticleJohan Cruyff
By Bill Thomas Johan Cruyff is, perhaps along with Franz Beckenbauer, the first truly great modern footballer. Those who came before him, the likes of Puskas, di Stefano, Pele, Best, they all changed...
View ArticleGeorge Best
By Bill Thomas George Best lived as he ultimately died, with both hands firmly on the self destruct button. That, above all, was the key to his genius – and it was genius let nobody doubt that – as a...
View ArticlePele
By Bill Thomas Brazil are customarily seen as the greatest footballing nation on earth. Routinely at each World Cup, whatever their form, whoever is in the team, they are installed as favourites, the...
View ArticleNat Lofthouse
By Bill Thomas And so another link with the game of the past slips away, the game that so beguiled the nation generations ago and so begat the game we have today, built as it is on the national...
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Dave Walsh – An Irish Legend
By Bill Thomas Just before St Patrick’s Day, Irish football lost one of its greats with the death of Dave Walsh at the age of 92. And yet Walsh could very easily have been lost to the game, as he...
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PSG Confirm Signing of Neymar From Barcelona
Paris Saint-Germain have announced the arrival of Neymar to the team. On Thursday the Brazilian striker became the most expensive football signing (200 million pounds) ever when he signed a five-year...
View ArticleMichel Platini
By Bill Thomas France likes to see itself as something of a father to the modern game, and with some justification given its role in the inception of the World Cup, the European Cup and the way in...
View ArticleLionel Messi
By Bill Thomas So the man currently carrying the tag of the world’s greatest player ended his season without a pot to cook in, but even if that is the case, when we look back at the most enthralling...
View ArticleDiego Maradona
By Bill Thomas Few men can have their entire lives, certainly on a professional level, summed up inside three minutes. You might be able to think of a few pop stars to whom that criteria would apply,...
View ArticleFranz Beckenbauer
By Bill Thomas Football is a pretty simple game. That’s what the coaches tell you, what Academies try to drill into kids. You get the ball, you pass it to a member of your team, you try to score goals...
View ArticleGeorge Best
By Bill Thomas George Best lived as he ultimately died, with both hands firmly on the self destruct button. That, above all, was the key to his genius – and it was genius let nobody doubt that – as a...
View ArticlePele
By Bill Thomas Brazil are customarily seen as the greatest footballing nation on earth. Routinely at each World Cup, whatever their form, whoever is in the team, they are installed as favourites, the...
View ArticleNat Lofthouse
By Bill Thomas And so another link with the game of the past slips away, the game that so beguiled the nation generations ago and so begat the game we have today, built as it is on the national...
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Dave Walsh – An Irish Legend
By Bill Thomas Just before St Patrick’s Day, Irish football lost one of its greats with the death of Dave Walsh at the age of 92. And yet Walsh could very easily have been lost to the game, as he...
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