He was a part of the Argentina squad that won the World Cup in 1978 and he is still considered to be one of the greatest winger in the history of argentine football. Yesterday he lost the battle against cancer. This is my tribute to RenĂ© Houseman. âDonât worry mom, these feet will save youâ […]
Author : Oskar Uneland
25 years old from Sweden. Love football.
Juventus golden Danes
They were all born right after the First World War and started to play for different clubâs in Denmark before they became important parts of one of Italyâs biggest club. Together they formed Denmarkâs greatest trio in the history of the game. Born in 1922 Carl Aage PrĂŠst started to play for Ăsterbros Boldklub and […]
Corbatta: The player who scored the âimpossible goalâ
By many described as a genius on the pitch but a disaster of it. Omar Corbatta was one of the earths most gifted players in the history. He scored a marvellous goal against Chile in 1957. A goal that was described as âthe most impossible of play everâ. He was born in the small town […]
Jimmy Armfield: The Blackpool legend
He became the first English coach to reach the European Cup final when he led Leeds United to the final in 1975 against Bayern Munich. During his playing career, he was faithful to one club for his entire career. This Tuesday he passed away at the age of 82. This is the story of Jimmy […]
Bosse Larsson: Malmöâs greatest player of all time
When people think about Malmö FF they normally think about Zlatan Ibrahimovic. But there is one player that, for many Malmö supporters, is bigger than Zlatan himself. In 1944 Malmö, Sweden â Bo âBosseâ Larsson was born. While the Second World War was beginning to reach the end, Sweden were one of those countries which […]
Matthias Sindelar: The Mozart of football
âHe had brains in his legs and many remarkable and unexpected things occurred to them while they were running.â âThe WĂŒnderteamâ was the greatest football team the world had seen before the Second World War broke out. The captain of that team was one of the greatest football players Austria has ever produced, Matthias Sindelar. […]
Sandy Turnbull: Old Traffordâs first superstar
Born in a small village outside Kilmarnock in Scotland, Sandy was destined to work in the mines. Just as his father had done and many other working men in the area. But Sandy had grown up with a talent few other possessed. A century before football players were millionaires and lived the high life, Sandy […]
The White Horse Final
âMe and my dad walked of the train and up towards Wembley when we saw the masses of people. It was almost impossible to move forward and my dad didnât take it so seriously that we didnât have any tickets. He just said, âLetâs see if we can get into the gameâ. And then by […]
Jimmy Speirs: The FA-cup winning warrior
More than a decade before the FA-cup finals began to be played at the Wembley Stadium, Bradford City grabbed their first major title. It was the year of 1911 and the finals were still being played at the ground of Crystal Palace. This time almost 70-thousand people had crammed into the Stadium to watch Bradford […]
John Goodall: The gentle goal scorer
Itâs the 17th of April 1888 and a bunch of football enthusiasts are having a meeting in Manchester. The meeting is regard whether a football league should be founded or not. The decision that follows will change the biggest sport forever. On the 8th of September the same year, the first season of the Football […]
Garrincha: The lonely star
An artist, technical genius and one of PelĂ©âs closest friends. But also, a man with a growing alcohol problem that grew larger during the years. This is the story of Manuel Francisco dos Santos, or simply âGarrinchaâ. Garrincha was born in Pau Grande to Amaro and Maria Carolina. Garrincha was Amaroâs fifth child with Maria […]
Bob Paisley: the modest man who gave Liverpool success
He took Liverpool to some of their greatest ever achievement and collected an amount of trophies others can only dream of. This is the story of Bob Paisley. He was born in the small coal-mine village of Hetton-le-Hole in County Durham. He started to play football for Bishop Auckland before he moved on to Liverpool […]