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Weeks since that incredible final between Argentina and France, the World Cup is now in the rear view mirror, and we’re back to the hustle and bustle of domestic football. One of the stars of the tournament was Roy Keane – OK, just like the previous

COULD BE A stress-free haven of joy, where all great players go to finish their careers on a high. ACTUALLY A club from the tiny Transnistrian town of Camenca, who formed in 1999, rose to the Moldovan top tier within two years, then finished bottom i

Beth Mead (Seven Dials, £20) European champion, top scorer and player of the tournament, Beth Mead had quite a 2022 to remember, but as this often heartwarming autobiography explains, it’s not always been a straightforward path to glory. As a teenage

The Swede’s football journey started at lower-league Hogaborg before he went to their neighbours, Helsingborg. After going abroad to shine for Celtic and Barcelona, he did that journey in reverse, rejoining Helsingborg aged 34, then playing his last

@FOURFOURTWO ASKS… The man. The myth. The throw-in legend, Rory Delap. John Slingsby Radja Nainggolan is loved by every fanbase for whom he has played – Piacenza, Roma, Cagliari, Inter, Antwerp – but strangely gets little love from the national team,

“The best midfielder I played with. He wasn’t scary in the dressing room, but on the pitch he was aggressive.” “He was mad, but in a good way. Totally uncompromising, he ran around like he had four lungs.” “An awesome all-round central midfielder. Th

Credentials The beast to Andrea Pirlo’s beauty for Milan and Italy, Ringhio (‘The Snarl’) was the most terrier-like of midfielders, scurrying about, barking at bigger boys and pissing up their legs (probably). Televisual highlights don’t really do ju

Benfica’s first foreign boss, John guided the Eagles to Campeonato de Portugal glory in both of his campaigns at the club, ending a 10-year wait. Doubled as a massage therapist and pioneered the position of the specialist manager, declaring, “You eit

In 1994-95, third-tier Preston marked their association with wallpaper firm Coloroll by wearing an away shirt that looked as if expecting parents were testing out shades of yellow and blue for the baby room. David Moyes wore it on a bi-weekly basis,

JOHN ROBERTSON NEWCASTLE TO HEARTS | 1988 £750,000 PEDIGREE Hailing from Edinburgh and not to be confused with the Nottingham Forest European Cup winner, a teenage Robertson was offered terms by Hibs only to sign for cross-town rivals Hearts. To add

Norwich’s majority shareholder is TV cook Delia Smith, a regular matchday attendee, and whose passion gave the Premier League one of its iconic moments. With the Canaries drawing 2-2 against Manchester City in early 2005 – and mired in a relegation b