All news by author: Russell Lanning

ENGLAND hero Luke Humphries admitted it was the “greatest feeling” to win the World Cup on his debut.The World No1 and Michael Smith delivered a p

EX-MANCHESTER CITY star and club ambassador Richard Edghill was just as nervous before kick-off against West Ham on Sunday as he was at any time durin

MARK DENNIS enjoyed a 12-year football career and won two England Under-21 caps along with two player-of-the-year awards at Birmingham and Southampton

THERE’S a good reason why Coventry’s FA Cup 1987 hero Micky Gynn hopes his old club delivers a first-class show against Manchester United at Wembl

FROM football to rugby, golf and then horseracing, it has been an incredible sporting merry-go-round for Jay Tabb over the last decade.The former midf

MARK CROSSLEY knows all about playing at the highest level, making his name at Nottingham Forest and even having a spell at Manchester United.But his

ERLING HAALAND may have netted five against Luton on Tuesday night – but he did not get close to the record for FA Cup goals in a game.That honour b

IMAGINE scoring 289 goals in 40 league matches — an average of 7.2 goals per game — and 340 in all competitions in just a single season!Incredibly

WHEN former Chelsea striker Tommy Langley switched to non-league football at the age of 31 in 1989, he spent the next five as a photocopier salesman.N

NEWCASTLE hero Nolberto Solano is itchingto get a managementor coaching opportunity in English football.Since quitting as a player 12 year

NEVER mind a game of two halves, for 60-year-old former Denmark striker Lars Elstrup it’s been a life of two halves.For the first 30 years his passi

SCOTLAND international Bobby Ferguson became the world’s most expensive keeper when he was signed by Ron Greenwood at West Ham for £65,000 in 1967.

AS a player, Arsenal fans could bank on home grown former midfielder and front man Martin Hayes.Now 22 years after hanging up his boots it’s the pub

FORMER keeperMarkCrossleyplayed almost 400 games for Nottingham Forest over 12 years with nearly half of them spent under manager Br

KEVIN PHILLIPS became a grandad for the first time just over a month ago when new-born Reggie arrived in the world.They often say that strikers can ne

DAVID HILLIER was climbing a ladder to success when he won a top-flight league winners medal with Arsenal in 1990-91, and made one appearance for the

IT’S surely only a matter of time before we see former defender Neil Cox back infootball management . . . where he belongs.Since his d

ARSENAL legend Sol Campbell is confident that his former side can win the league if they beat Liverpool on Sunday.The centre-back reflected on the tim

MANCHESTER UNITED under Sir Alex Ferguson were the worst losers, according to ex-Newcastle star Warren Barton.The 53-year-old reminisced over the time

IT’S surely only a matter of time before we see former defender Neil Cox back in football management . . . where he belongs.Since his depar