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Retro Football: Leeds Midfielder Johnny Giles Shown Yellow Card For Punching...
Embed from Getty Images The 1974 Charity Shield match at Wembley has since gone down in football folklore as one of the most volatile examples of the fixture ever played. With no love lost between the...
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Retro Football Tat: Norwich City Launch Their Very Own Official Club-Branded...
Embed from Getty Images The 1994/95 season didn’t prove to be overly kind on Norwich City, who were relegated from the Premier League after finishing rock bottom despite being 7th in the table at...
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Retro Football: ‘Dear Mr Hicks’– Concerned Celebrity Liverpool Fans Send...
Embed from Getty Images It’s a period of Liverpool’s recent history that doesn’t seem to get mentioned much anymore, but the three-year ownership tenure of American businessmen Tom Hicks and George...
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Retro Football: AC Milan Teammates Gattuso And Shevchenko Gleefully Make...
Embed from Getty Images Historically speaking, AC Milan are a club synonymous with stylish attire and refined elegant football. However, for a brief moment back in 2000 that cool facade slipped ever...
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Retro Football: Bob Marley & The Wailers Take On Ligue 1 Champions FC Nantes...
It was the 2nd of July, 1980 and the day before their big concert in Nantes, Bob Marley and the Wailers found themselves on the prowl for a decent game of 5-a-side to help take the edge off....
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Retro Football: Barcelona Take On Brazil National Team At Camp Nou In...
Embed from Getty Images On this very day, 28th April, back in 1999, the Camp Nou played host to one of the most star-spangled friendlies ever staged. To celebrate Barcelona’s centenary year, the...
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Retro Football: ‘Team Manager Wanted’– Arsenal Advertise For New Boss In The...
Embed from Getty Images The year was 1925 and, following the departure of Leslie Knighton, Arsenal (or ‘The Arsenal’ as they were commonly referred to) were looking for a new manager. The club were...
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Paul Breitner, War Horse And The Battle For Wembley: Revisit The Grand,...
Embed from Getty Images To whom it may concern, UEFA have announced that none other than Dua Lipa will be responsible for kicking off the 2018 Champions League final by performing at the opening...
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Retro Football: All Hail The BBC’s Classic, Synth-Fuelled Opening Preview For...
Embed from Getty Images ITV may have pulled a bloody decent 2018 World Cup whistle-wetter out of the bag today but it pales, pales once compared to the greatest of all time. We are of course talking...
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Classic Moments: Anthony Knockaert Tastes Instant Karma As Troy Deeney And...
Photo: Press Association This very day marks the fifth anniversary of one of the finest examples of instant footballing karma ever to unfurl. We are of course talking about the bewildering culmination...
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Roy Of The Rovers Returns: Melchester Maestro Rebooted As 16-Year-Old Prodigy...
Roy Race of Melchester United, circa mid-1980s This is not a drill, people. Roy of the Rovers is back! That’s right. The classic cartoon strip, beloved of several generations of young football fan, is...
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20 Years On, Ronaldo Returns To ‘The Airport’ To Recreate Scene From Classic...
Image: Nike Football A mere 20 years ago, Nike delighted us all in the run-up to the 1998 World Cup by producing what is still regarded as one of the finest football adverts of all time: the classic...
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World Cup Songs –‘Total Football’ By Parquet Courts Comes Complete With...
Image: Parquet Courts/Rough Trade While hitherto an unlikely candidate, Texan indie band Parquet Courts have released a World Cup song of their very own, called ‘Total Football’. While the song itself...
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World Cup Classic Moments: Benjamin Massing Nips In To Delicately Relieve...
Embed from Getty Images As you may be aware, the 2018 World Cup kicks off today and, in anticipation of the full splendour delivered by a Russia-Saudi Arabia opener, Pies deemed it appropriate to tip...
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World Cup Classics: England Saviour David Platt Comes Off Bench To Volley...
Embed from Getty Images After just about squeaking through the group stages at Italia ’90, England came up against Belgium in the last 16. On a stifling night in Bologna, Enzo Scifo hit the woodwork...
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Retro Football: FIFA Made Competing Nations Colour In Their Own Kits When...
Official poster for the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland Whereas now they receive glitzy launches several months in advance to ensure maximum exposure, World Cup kit reveals were of an altogether more...
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Electric: Adidas Remaster And Re-Release Classic Predator Accelerator Boots...
Embed from Getty Images Some 20 years on from the original launch, Adidas have revived, remastered and re-released one of their classic and most fondly-remembered boot lines. Made popular by the likes...
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Retro Football: Brazil Icon Zico Gives Tips On Playing Against Man-Markers...
Embed from Getty Images Here’s a lovely little footballing curio that sees the great Zico being interviewed, quite literally in his own back yard. Then at the very peak of his powers, the Brazilian...
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Retro Football: Unearthed Documentary Footage Shows Luka Modric, Aged 5,...
Embed from Getty Images While it’s not exactly a common occurrence for us to feature obscure eastern European wildlife documentaries on Pies, the snippet we’re about to show you is – at least if the...
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Retro: Sochaux, China, Chicago Sting And Leeds United – Marvel At Wonderfully...
Football fans of a distinguished vintage may recall the frisson of excitement when, on receipt of your favourite weekly magazine of choice (‘Shoot’ for the connoisseurs, ‘Four Four Two’ for the...
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