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Legends Of Soccer

Cryuff, Pele, Best, Maradona, Finney. They’re all here along with profiles of all the world’s greatest players of the past century.

Jimmy Hill statue

How Jimmy Hill Changed Football

It’s a measure of the man’s significance that despite having been out of football for a decade and more, we must mark, and mourn, the passing of Jimmy Hill.

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Eusebio – A Tribute To A Golden God

Eusebio was perhaps the finest European footballer of his age, no mean feat at a time when Bobby Charlton for one bestrode the continent. By Dave Bowler.

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Tom Finney statue

Tom Finney – The Preston Plumber

Tom Finney has legitimate claims to being the greatest English footballer of all time. Bill Shankly was adamant that Finney was the best player he ever saw.

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Alfredo Di Stefano

Alfredo Di Stefano, The Magician Of Madrid

Alfredo Di Stefano, born of Italian parents in Buenos Aires, was clearly a prodigy from the very outset. Joining River Plate as a 17 year old. By Dave Bowler.

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Laurie Cunningham – West Brom Legend

Laurie Cunningham is an endlessly, beautifully, gracefully, shatteringly appealing story, one that has so many facets it is always worth the re-telling,

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Howard Kendall

A Tribute To Howard Kendall

Howard Kendall was part of one of the great midfields in the game, alongside Colin Harvey and Alan Ball.

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Dave Mackay

Dave Mackay Tribute (Derby, Spurs & Scotland)

The passing of Scottish legend Dave Mackay leaves football shorn of another of its true greats, a footballer of monumental gifts.

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