Sir Bobby Charlton
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Fifty years on: Was England's 1966 winning XI destiny, fate, or a chance affair?
By Paul Simpson published
England It's a team ingrained in memory, but was it always destined to be that way? Fifty years on from that Wembley triumph, Paul Simpson explains how chance moulded Sir Alf Ramsey's legends of '66
10 footballing greats who tried – and completely failed – at being player-managers
By Tom Seymour published
Lists Player-manager is a wonderful dream: in your mind, you’re Messi and Fergie all rolled into one. Except it doesn’t really work out like that, as Tom Seymour explains
Devastated Bobby Charlton left hoping for Rooney slip-up
By Back of the Net published
Back of the Net The England striking legend has admitted his record is in a precarious position, Back of the Net reports...
The Best Footballers in the World… in 1966. Who comes top?
By Paul Simpson last updated
FFT100 Had FourFourTwo been around (presumably under a different name) 50 years ago, who would have been in the FFT100? FFT’s launch editor Paul Simpson wonders...
Rooney chasing England goalscoring record
By FourFourTwo Staff last updated
Wayne Rooney Wayne Rooney says he hopes to break Bobby Charlton's all-time scoring record for England "sooner rather than later".
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