At the Heysel Stadium in Brussels on the eighteenth of June 1972, West Germany lifted their first major tournament trophy since the 1954 World Cup. Two years later, at the...
The Cold War spread insiduously into every aspect of life between the end of the second world war and the end of the 1980s, and sport was no exception to...
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right. Being English during the World Cup finals really does feel like being “stuck in the middle with you”, to labour...
The other week, we brought you the 1970 World Cup semi-final between Brazil and Uruguay in its entirety, and this week it’s time for the other semi-final from that tournament...
The concept of England having a high level of expectation at the time of a World Cup finals is a comparatively recent one. As recently as 1990, most adults could...
The story of football in the years immediately following the end of the Second World War often seemed to be following a pre-prepared script, but it was a script that,...
The Cold War spread insiduously into every aspect of life between the end of the second world war and the end of the 1980s, and sport was no exception to...
Algeria make their first appearance in the World Cup finals since 1986 this year, and if they are looking for any more encouragement to perform than the prospect of playing...