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Sir David Beckham: Here's the full list of footballing knights that Becks is joining
By Steven Chicken published
Reports suggest that David Beckham is set to receive a knighthood - and he would be in very good company alongside some of the great figures in British football history

‘It suited him better to play wide, to allow him to do his creative stuff. I don’t think he initially wanted to play there by choice, but his delivery was deadly’: David Beckham’s early Manchester United days recalled by former team-mate
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE David Beckham had to change position in order to break through at Manchester United

Goodison Park: Farewell to the Grand Old Lady
By Jim Keoghan published
LONG READ Just shy of its 133rd birthday, Goodison Park hosts its final Everton match – English football's last link to a bygone era will go with it…

'Talks went really, really well, and I thought at one stage I was going to go to Manchester United, and I even went house hunting around Manchester for a day': Alan Shearer reveals how close he came to signing for Alex Ferguson
By Ryan Dabbs published
Alan Shearer nearly ended up playing for Manchester United in 1996 - and now he reveals just how close he came to signing for them

League Cup winning managers
By Ben Hayward published
From its inauguration in 1960/1961 through to the present day, a look at some of the managers who won the League Cup...

‘Brian Clough locked me in his office for three hours, gave my new wife flowers and chocolates, and told me I wasn’t leaving until I signed for Nottingham Forest’ Martin Keown discusses the grilling he got from Old Big ‘Ead’
By Matthew Ketchell published
EXCLUSIVE The former Arsenal and England defender recounts an audience with Brian Clough in detail to FourFourTwo

‘People say the 1990 FA Cup put Sir Alex Ferguson on the road to success, but beating Barcelona gave us the confidence to take on the best and go for league titles’: Manchester United legend pinpoints turning point under Scottish manager's tenure
By Ryan Dabbs published
Manchester United won two trophies in two years under Sir Alex Ferguson, and former player Lee Sharpe highlights one was much more important...

Managers who won European trophies at two clubs
By Ben Hayward published
Multi winners Winning a European trophy makes a manager pretty special. Doing it at two different clubs is elite. Here, a look at some who achieved it in the men's game...

‘I never regretted not going to Manchester United – Fergie knew I was getting married and suggested I think of my family and take the bigger wages at Everton’: Sir Alex Ferguson indicated England international shouldn't sign for him due to money
By Ryan Dabbs last updated
Sir Alex Ferguson failed to sign a top centre-back while manager of Manchester United - and it was all through his own suggestion

“I told Sir Alex, ‘At St Mirren, you failed to sign a future double European Golden Boot winner, but to be fair, you didn’t half recover from that mistake’”: Scotland legend reveals Ferguson's huge mistake when starting out as manager
By Ryan Dabbs published
Sir Alex Ferguson was proven wrong by one Scotland hero, though it didn't seem to affect him that much in his managerial career
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