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‘I improved a lot working with Cole Palmer, Morgan Rogers and other brilliant Manchester City youngsters. A coach has to up their game in that environment’ Cardiff City boss Brian Barry-Murphy’s Man City learning curve
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The Bluebirds boss worked his way through the coaching ranks at Manchester City

‘He has great pace and excellent technique, and I really clicked with him on the pitch. He stood out a lot, both in training and in games’ Felipe Anderson on the best player he played with at West Ham United
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The Brazilian quickly forged an effective partnership at the Hammers

‘Every time a manager got sacked, it was always, “Scholesy, are you going to do the Oldham job?” I thought, “F**king hell, go on then, I’ll give it a crack”’ Paul Scholes recalls his spell in charge of his boyhood club
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The boyhood Oldham fan could only resist the call from Boundary Park for so long…

‘I drove a London bus down the road singing, ‘We’re all going on a summer holiday.’ My dad rang and said, “You stupid bastard, you’re never going to learn, are you?”’ Paul Gascoigne on the prank that got him in trouble with his dad
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE One classic Gazza prank even got on his father’s radar

‘I was in the ambulance – Rita walked past and went, “Oh, Nicky are you OK?” I said, “I’ll be all right, don’t worry!” And then she gave me a kiss on the cheek’ Nicky Butt on his Rita Ora run-in
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The former Manchester United man has played in some eventful charity matches

‘Being called the voice of football is weird – it’s been my voice my whole life. My dad had a better voice’ Martin Tyler opens up on his iconic status
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The legendary commentator fell in love with football at an early age

‘When the finances come out and I try to say something, they go, “What are you f**king talking about? You haven’t got a clue, mate”’ Nicky Butt on his time in Manchester United board meetings
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The former Manchester United man’s transition from the pitch to the boardroom came with challenges

‘At Spurs, the lads said I wasn’t funny, so I brought an ostrich to training’ Paul Gascoigne recalls one of his most infamous pranks
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Who else but Gazza would be able to wrangle an ostrich?

‘The best part of scoring against Tottenham? I could see one part of Wembley was empty, because the Spurs fans went home – and that was because of me!’ Nemanja Matic recounts his FA Cup semi-final wonderstrike for Chelsea
By Chris Nee published
EXCLUSIVE Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic scored one of the best-ever FA Cup goals at Wembley

‘Cristiano Ronaldo wasn’t in his prime. You could feel the pressure when he came back to Manchester United the young guys would try to give him the ball even when it wasn’t the right pass’ Nemanja Matic reveals what it was REALLY like to play with CR7
By Chris Nee published
EXCLUSIVE Nemanja Matic joined Man United from Chelsea in 2017 and was a senior player when Cristiano Ronaldo returned
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