England Greats: Nobby Stiles
With this site named after him, it would be inappropriate to kick off the England Greats feature with anybody other than legendary World Cup winner Nobby Stiles. Stiles’ England career was relatively...
View ArticleEngland Greats: Paul Gascoigne
It’s often said that today’s England national team is lacking nothing more profoundly than a genuinely creative midfielder with a varied passing range and the vision to match. The second subject of the...
View ArticleEngland Greats: Peter Shilton
Why the end of a 62-year-old man’s marriage is in the public interest is anyone’s guess, but the newspapers nonetheless brought us the details of one such divorce this week. The man involved was Peter...
View ArticleEngland Greats: Stan Mortensen
World War II had an effect on football just as it did any other walk of life, practically anywhere in the world. The latest subject of the England Greats series knew that better than most. Stan...
View ArticleEngland Greats: Alan Shearer
There are football supporters, England supporters, who are old enough to accurately judge Alan Shearer – the latest in the England Greats series – by the quality of his punditry but young enough to not...
View ArticleEngland Greats: Kevin Keegan
Not all England Greats enjoy the international careers their ability and reputations deserve. The 1970s were a notoriously slim period for England, whose FIFA World Cup exit in 1970 ended their spell...
View ArticleEngland Greats: Billy Wright
Last time England played at Wembley, the Football Association honoured its five centurions to echo FIFA’s commemoration of the world’s 100-capped players. Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore, Peter Shilton and...
View ArticleEngland Greats: Jimmy Greaves
Modern football is all about money. Whether it’s non-league clubs unable to find £70 to replace a light fitting, Manchester City supporters taking umbrage at the cost of a ticket for their team’s visit...
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