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‘Every time you win a trophy, it’s a great achievement, but to win European trophies is even more special. Going to Liverpool gave me the best possible chance of doing that’ Kenny Dalglish on winning the 1978 European Cup
EXCLUSIVE Dalglish won Europe’s biggest prize in his first season south of the border
‘Maybe I’ll do a World Cup song for Scotland – you don’t want it to be too twee, but you want it to be catchy enough’ Amy Macdonald on her dream assignment
EXCLUSIVE The Scots have had some memorable World Cup songs throughout the years
‘Jack Grealish reminds me of myself - it doesn’t matter if he loses the ball, he always wants it again… He’s handsome as well!’ Paul Gascoigne on why he can’t imagine Grealish missing the World Cup
EXCLUSIVE Gazza is a big fan of Everton loan star Grealish
‘I wish I’d asked the fella for a photo - he was a dead ringer for the old man from Up, with the flat head and glasses… I play it all the time when I’m out with mates in a pub’ Sean Dyche on magic, lookalikes and dancing
EXCLUSIVE The Nottingham Forest boss is good value down the boozer
‘Jack Walker was most responsible for everything Blackburn achieved. We hardly blinked our eyes in the second tier, then suddenly we were champions of England’ Kenny Dalglish on his Ewood Park title success
EXCLUSIVE Dalglish led Rovers to the Premier League title in 1995
‘Look at the squad, there was no investment in players. I thought we should be getting better results, but look at the bigger picture’ Sean Dyche speaks out about his sacking from Burnley
EXCLUSIVE After almost 10 years in charge, Dyche was given the boot at Turf Moor with the Clarets fighting against the drop in April 2022
‘He only said what everyone was thinking. They’d sold the superstars and we were little spotty-faced kids coming into the team’ Nicky Butt on Alan Hansen’s ‘you can’t win anything with kids’
EXCLUSIVE The former Match of the Day pundit’s one-liner would go down in history
‘I told a teacher I was going to make it as a footballer and got kicked out of class. After the 1990 World Cup, I went back to the school and said, "Do you remember me, you f**king bastard!"’ Paul Gascoigne on practising his autograph at school
EXCLUSIVE Gazza knew he would make it from a young age - and now tells us that he rubbed it in a teacher's face
Quiz! Can you name the 10 most successful clubs from each of Europe's top five leagues?
Quiz! Who are the all-time most successful teams in Europe?
‘At Italia 90, the best bit about the entire tournament was that I knew I was the best player in the world’ Paul Gascoigne on being the best on Earth in 1990
EXCLUSIVE England’s run to the World Cup semi-finals made Paul Gascoigne a household name in 1990
‘We were all disappointed, but the real question was why Figo left. It’s just not normal for a Barcelona player to join Real Madrid’ Jari Litmanen on Luis Figo’s explosive Nou Camp exit
EXCLUSIVE The Portuguese star made the controversial move from the Camp Nou to the Bernabeu in 2000
‘I suffered heart rhythm problems after signing for Fulham. A combination of my health issues and the team’s need for fit players meant Roy Hodgson stopped counting on me’ Why Jari Litmanen never played for Fulham
EXCLUSIVE The Finn reunited with his former national team boss at Craven Cottage in 2008
‘It’s still my favourite. I was playing for my country against my own players from Rangers, they’d been giving me grief and I said, ‘Just wait until we get to Wembley…’ Paul Gascoigne on his Euro 96 goal against Scotland
EXCLUSIVE Gazza’s goal against the Auld Enemy proved to be the turning point in England’s Euro 96 campaign
‘You look back and think, ‘Bloody hell’... but I’d be lying if I said I enjoyed it all. We only had 12 points at Christmas and were excited about Italy or Spain - we ended up at Aberdeen on the North Sea’ Sean Dyche on getting Burnley into Europe
EXCLUSIVE A seventh-placed finish in 2017/18 saw Sean Dyche lead Burnley on a European adventure
‘My dad took me to Rangers from an early age - yet he said "Son, the best place for you right now is at Celtic" That never caused me any bother later on, you have to support someone when you’re a kid’ Kenny Dalglish on crossing the Old Firm
EXCLUSIVE The future Celtic star grew up as a Rangers fan during his childhood in Glasgow
‘Becoming Liverpool manager was a surprise. I loved that camaraderie in the dressing room - but suddenly, you become the manager and feel things clam up when you enter the room’ Kenny Dalglish on becoming Liverpool boss
EXCLUSIVE Dalglish was appointed as the Reds player-manager in 1985
'Fergie told me to do what I want, so I asked "Why am I not f**king playing?" That was when it went off…’ Nicky Butt on his EXPLOSIVE row with Sir Alex Ferguson
EXCLUSIVE When players clashed with the Manchester United boss, there was usually only one winner…
'I feared for my career when Man City deal collapsed' Premier League star opens up on impact of failed transfer
The Manchester City target has admitted he needed 'psychological support' following the transfer collapse
Liverpool weighing up bid for superstar wonderkid - and Reds have the edge: report
Liverpool's faltering title defence could see the Reds make a move in the January transfer window
Quiz! Can you name every player from Nike's Secret Tournament?
Quiz! We're revisiting one of the best football adverts of all-time
Every Premier League player set to play at AFCON 2025
A host of Premier League sides will be bracing themselves for significant departures during the upcoming tournament
Martin Odegaard issues injury update as Arsenal issues mount up ahead of Spurs clash
The Arsenal captain has been discussing the knee injury that has sidelined him since the start of October
When is the World Cup 2026 inter-continental play-off draw? Date, format, rules and fixture dates
Six teams from five confederations will battle out for the final two World Cup places next year
