On February 7, 1970, Leeds United beat Mansfield Town 2-0 at Elland Road in the fourth round of the FA Cup. This was the team...
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In 1992, Chelsea made the decision to revert to white socks, which had been first-choice from 1964-85. The programme for the Blues’ opening game of...
Cathal McGrath got in touch by email, with a request that immediately struck a chord. He wrote: “Like many fellow Irishmen, I’m an Aston Villa...
Previous entries in this series: When I began watching football in 1990, I quickly noted how prevalent the 2-5-6-3 7-8-4-11 9-10 numbering system was in...
The top levels of Scottish football feature two clubs that have primary kits featuring green and white. For the past three decades, meetings between Celtic...
By David Breach “Simple, David. Just choose your five favourite away or third kits from the team you support.” Simple? The MoJ request almost paralysed...
A Luton Town v Arsenal top-flight clash leading up to Christmas – as on Tuesday night – immediately takes me back to 1990-91, my first...
This is a series we had been planning with a while – ideally, it would have been ready to go for the start of the...
Given the retro cachet held by the Wales version of Admiral’s famous ‘tramlines’ design, it was always likely that a modern-day interpretation would appear and...
I started watching football just a bit too late to have experienced Ireland’s win over England at Euro 88. Instead, the 1990 World Cup was...