By Far The Greatest Team

In memory of football’s first pioneers, Nathaniel Creswick and William Prest,who founded the World’s First Football Club on October 24th, 1857: Sheffield FC.

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I was lucky when I first used to go to Manchester United matches, over fifty years ago. Although the team was in the painful early stages of recovery from the Munich Air Crash they still often managed to play wonderfully expressive football in keeping with the finest traditions of the club.Take this description of United’s [...]

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“Jimmy Murphy has never been given the accolade he deserved for enabling Manchester United’s revival. He was destined to live in Busby’s shadow but there is no denying the debt Sir Matt and the club owed him even though today he is sometimes forgotten by revisionist historians.” Michael Parkinson “Whatever I have achieved in football, [...]

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I don’t need to introduce AFC Ajax to you. I’m pretty sure you all know this club, its rich history, its world famous youth academy, the legendary players the club has produced. You are all football fans with knowledge in your bags, you know your stuff. But if I asked you to name three players [...]

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If BFTGT‘s followers on Twitter were in a football ground, they would fill Mill Lane, home of Pickering Town FC, who were founded in 1888. Currently playing in the top flight of the Northern Counties East Football League, they have a ground with a capacity of 2,000 (200 of which are seated, don’t you know). [...]

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by Hyperakt. Following a 5-0 win over Moldova, England continue their World Cup 2014 qualifying bid with a game against Ukraine tomorrow night. The last time they met was in the Euro 2012 group stages when Wayne Rooney returned from his suspension to score in a 1-0 win. The infographic above shows the history of [...]

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Earlier this week, Alessandro Del Piero was strongly linked with a move to Liverpool, only for him to opt for Sydney FC instead. Liverpool are in desperate need of a striker after selling Dirk Kuyt and Craig Bellamy, as well as loaning out Andy Carroll to West Ham. Brendan Rodgers even refused to rule out [...]

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It was announced this afternoon that Robin van Persie will wear Manchester United’s number 20 shirt this season, following speculation that he might be given Dimitar Berbatov’s number 9, despite the Bulgarian still being at the club. Who else has worn this shirt and what did they win when they wore it? 1993-1994: Dion Dublin [...]

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ROY KEANE Honours: 1993-2005 – 480 appearances (51 goals); Premier League 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003; FA Cup 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004; Champions League 1999; Inter-Continental Cup 1999 Quote: “If I was putting Roy Keane out there to represent Manchester United on a one against one, we’d win the Derby, the National, the [...]

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Roberto Carlos was born in the city of Garça, São Paulo, in 1973. He had a poor childhood and used to spend his time between helping his parents in farm jobs, and playing with his friends after all his work duties were over. In 1981, Roberto Carlos moved with his family to Cordeirópolis. In 1991, [...]

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I became aware of Denis Law a good couple of years before he joined United in the summer of 1962. I was at a friend’s house late one wintry evening in January 1960 when I was transfixed by all-too-brief and un-announced TV News highlights from an FA Cup replay played in swirling snow at Upton [...]

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