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2 weeks ago | 
thesun.co.uk | Russell Lanning
ALAN TAYLOR was West Ham’s FA Cup final hero 50 years ago - scoring both goals in their 2-0 win over Fulham. He remains the only player in FA Cup history to net doubles in the quarter-final (versus Arsenal), semi-final (against Ipswich) and final en route to lifting the trophy. Now half a century on, Taylor is parting with his football treasures — in particular his prized No 9 shirt from the final and FA Cup winner’s medal.
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1 month ago | 
thesun.co.uk | Russell Lanning
FORMER defender CHRIS POWELL, 55, reflects on getting called up for England for the first time at 31 and being part of a Three Lions team managed for the first time by a foreign coach - the late Swedish manager Sven-Goran Eriksson. Powell played over 750 games in his career for eight clubs between 1989 and 2008. He was awarded an MBE last year for services to football and is assistant coach at Sheffield Wednesday...
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1 month ago | 
thesun.co.uk | Russell Lanning
ELTON WELSBY was the face of football on TV in the 1980s, long before the days of satellite TV and the Premier League rebrand. He was the presenter of arguably the greatest top-flight game of them all — when Liverpool met Arsenal in the final game of the season on Friday, May 26, 1989. The Gunners needed to win at least 2-0 at Anfield to beat Liverpool to the title.
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2 months ago | 
thesun.co.uk | Russell Lanning
EVERY day is a school day for former left-back Clive Wilson now he works as a permanent supply teacher at Roding Valley High School in Loughton in Essex. Manchester-born Wilson has been at Roding since 2019 — teaching year 11-16s. The 63-year-old said: “I started to work in education in 2008.”After retiring from football in 2000, the ex-defender worked for Le Coq Sportif and Ted Baker before going to university and getting a degree in sports science.
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2 months ago | 
thesun.co.uk | Russell Lanning
JASON CUNDY turns the clock back to 1992 and the first month of the all-new Premier League. The 55-year-old former defender, who now works for talkSPORT co-presenting the Sports Bar with Jamie O’Hara, reflects on his freak ‘clearance’ goal from 50 yards to give Tottenham the lead at Ipswich. I would love to tell you I looked up, spotted Ipswich keeper Craig Forrest off his line, measured my shot from 50 yards and the ball flew in just as I had planned.
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2 months ago | 
thesun.co.uk | Russell Lanning
FORMER Premier League star Matt Jarvis has lifted the lid on playing at Anfield and his love of coming up against Liverpool. The one-cap England winger was part of the Wolves side that beat the Reds 1-0 back in 2010. The shock three points helped the club narrowly avoid relegation that season, with Jarvis the star man. He recalled to SunSport: "I always had great games against Liverpool — they were just one of those opponents I really enjoyed playing. "I also couldn’t wait for matches at Anfield.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
thesun.ie | Russell Lanning
JOHN RICHARDS has been front page news in Wolverhampton again this week after being awarded the freedom of the city. The former striker was rewarded for his outstanding contributions to Wolves, supporting ex-players and his charity work. When it comes to club legends, there are few greater than the man fans call ‘King John’ at Molineux. Richards spent 14 years at Wolves between 1969 and 1983 and became their record goalscorer with 194 until fellow forward Steve Bull passed his mark in 1992.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
thesun.co.uk | Russell Lanning
DARREN BENT scored 221 goals in nearly 600 games for club and country — but none more famous than the one with the most bizarre assist in football history . . . off a BEACHBALL!Fifteen years ago tomorrow, his fifth-minute shot for Sunderland deflected off a stray red inflatable that completely deceived Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina before going in. It clinched a 1-0 Premier League win over the Reds and is the goal he is forever asked to talk about.
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
thesun.co.uk | Russell Lanning
ON October 28, 1988, Ricky Junior Otto was sentenced to four years in prison aged 20 — the last of his five jail terms. He accepts he was a thug, bully and out-and-out menace to society — a product of a violent culture which ruled with fear growing up in Hackney, East London. But following the time he served at Wandsworth, on this occasion for armed robbery, Otto walked out on January 25, 1990 an entirely different person to the one who arrived.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
thesun.co.uk | Russell Lanning
IPSWICH legend Alan Brazil has opened up about the time he scored five goals in match - while being distracted by a horse racing tip. Brazil, who also played for Manchester United and Tottenham, shared the incredible story and spoke about the sad passing of Gary Shaw and his hopes for the Tractor Boys this season. Brazil told SunSport... I HAD an unusual build up to this game — waiting to hear if I had won £600 on a hot tip I had been given for Newmarket.
