By Eric Brown Colin Grainger shared dressing rooms with Stanley Matthews and the Beatles, scored on his England debut against Brazil and counted film …
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Four decades on and Clive Allen still looking for answers to Arsenal transfer riddle
By ERIC BROWN It was, perhaps, football’s greatest mystery. Why did Arsenal make striker Clive Allen the first £1million teenager in English fo…
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Stick to swimming…how Per Mertesacker overcame the odds to become a world cup winner
Book review by ERIC BROWN Per Mertesacker was told he had no chance of becoming a professional footballer by his own father at the age of 14, ye…
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How Manchester-born pools millionaire John Moores transformed the fortunes of Everton FC
Everton’s rise to challenge the top clubs of the 1960s is traced and explored in a new history reviewed by ERIC BROWN. The late 1950s represente…
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The rise and fall of Aston Villa – but don’t blame Doug Ellis
The rise and fall of Aston Villa – but don’t blame Doug Ellis, writes ERIC BROWN. Doug Ellis remains a controversial figure at Aston Villa…
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From spaghetti legs to the court rooms, Grobbelaar’s story is quite remarkable
It’s amazing that Bruce Grobbelaar’s autobiography can be condensed into fewer than 300 pages, writes ERIC BROWN. His experiences on…
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Eyewitness accounts pep up histories of Everton and Liverpool
Groundbreaking oral club histories tell the stories of Everton and Liverpool Football Clubs in a new style, reviewed by ERIC BROWN. Club histories are…
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