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Scotland defender Alan Hansen pictured in 1979

The best Scottish defenders ever

By Tom Hancock published

Scots Stoppers We pick out the finest right-backs, centre-backs and left-backs from Scotland

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Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush celebrate after winning the 1985/86 First Division title with Liverpool

The best British players of the 80s

By Tom Hancock published

A look at the Home Nations' standout stars of the decade

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‘After training Alan Hansen was having coffee and I said “I’ll have the same” then just as Jock Stein walked in Kenny Dalglish put a pint of lager in front of me’ Ally McCoist discusses the perils of being a young Scottish international in the 1980s

By Matthew Ketchell published

Debutant Scotland players needed their wits about them in the 1980s, especially with people like Kenny Dalglish about

Bobby Moore pictured in 1972

The best British defenders ever

By Tom Hancock published

Picking out the finest full-backs and centre-halves ever to emerge from Britain

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Alan Hansen and Gary Lineker share a joke at a golf tournament in October 2001.

Alan Hansen: Emotional messages sent to seriously ill Liverpool legend by Graeme Souness, Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer

By Steven Chicken published

Former Scotland and Liverpool centre-back Alan Hansen is 'in the fight of his life right now' in hospital

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Liverpool legend Alan Hansen at a memorial to mark the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster in 2014.

Liverpool legend Alan Hansen 'seriously ill' in hospital

By Ben Hayward published

Liverpool say their thoughts are with legendary defender Alan Hansen, who is 'seriously ill in hospital'

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Ranked! The 30 most-hated teams ever in British football

By Greg Lea published

Cheats, thugs, hoofers and - worst of all - winners. Bloody winners. FFT counts down the most loathed teams in the history of British football. Bring on the hate... 

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Martin O’Neill sets the record straight over his World Cup studio encounter with Robbie Williams

By Sean Cole published

The two had an awkward interaction when O’Neill was serving as a pundit at the 1998 World Cup in France

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18 of football's most embarrassing predictions ever

By Andrew Murray published

Eating rats, doubting Lionel Messi and Mark Lawrenson losing face – these big calls went badly wrong...

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How the Liverpool empire came to crumble – the whole story of the Reds’ last title win, 30 years on

By Gary Parkinson last updated

On April 28, 1990, Liverpool won their 18th league title. It was a dominance over English football few thought was about to end

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