Terry Venables was a hugely popular manager for both club and country – Getty Images/Phil Cole Terry Venables was hailed as “the most technically gifted British coach” in history as the biggest names in English football paid tribute following his death at the age of 80. The former England manager, who masterminded the 4-1 demolition … Read more
Terry Venables was so popular with the Euro 96 generation that senior England players consistently advocated his return to the country’s radioactive tracksuit. Glenn Hoddle fired? “Bring Terry back.” Kevin Keegan stops in the Wembley toilets? ‘Bring Venners back in.’ There are only echoes of it now, but for decades after 1966 English football was … Read more
Terry Venables will forever be remembered as the manager who oversaw the summer that brought football home. The charismatic boss, who has died aged 80, enjoyed a colorful and controversial career, the undoubted highlight of which was bringing England within a penalty shoot-out of reaching the European Championship final on home soil in 1996 . … Read more
Calum, 18, and Ewan, 14, were part of the Wasps development program before the club went bankrupt – The Telegraph/Paul Grover The traumatic impact of the collapse of three Premier League clubs last season extended beyond the devastating impact on the players, staff and supporters of Worcester, Wasps and London Irish. Subsequent headlines understandably focused … Read more
Michael van Vuuren: ‘I experienced the best and worst times of my life in England’ – Mark Pinder In the Tap & Tackle bar at Newcastle Falcons, Michael van Vuuren reflects on life as rugby’s ultimate journeyman. The friendships he has made and the different parts of the world he has visited, as well as … Read more
“It was one of those years,” sighs Jackson Baker. The 26-year-old Novocastrian can claim to be the unluckiest surfer in the world in 2023. After a strong start to the World Surf League, including a career-best quarterfinal at Bells Beach, Baker needed a decent result mid-season to stay on tour. In recent years the WSL … Read more
Four years ago a journalist, who enjoys covering non-league football matches on winter evenings, emailed another journalist, who enjoys quirky facts, to inform him that Cornish team Perranporth, who play at St Piran League Division 4 West, known as the Pilchards. Also that their manager had once said: “I’m devastated.” Thus began a periodic correspondence … Read more