Tommy Lawton, who went on to play for Chelsea, Notts County and Arsenal after the war, scored four goals in that game and ...

The nation will remember those who fell in battle as this year's VE Day marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War 2.

Mary Lyons, who died in 1979, became the youngest ever England footballer and goalscorer when she scored at St James' Park in 1918, aged 15 ...

A female football superstar from World War One has been honoured 46 years after her death. Mary Lyons was born in Jarrow in ...

The point is that football has felt revitalised this summer in spite of the system, rather than because of it. And a point ...

If Arsenal fail to win a trophy again, will the Gunners eventually lose patience with Mikel Arteta and bring in an actual ...

Reading is such a simple and inexpensive joy but if you're anything like me you sometimes struggle to find the time. Here are ...

Reading comes with so many benefits. Non-fiction books help you learn and improve while fiction allows you to escape from the ...

When five pals from Sanquhar headed off to fight in World War One, it was meant to be a big ... and the guy at the front has a football. “That was probably the attraction — they were getting ...

James Munro was the Swindon captain in the 1890s. Only days after he had taken part in a victory over Tottenham Hotspur, he was dead. One earlier book on Swindon’s history puts his death down to ...