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Manchester City and Chelsea head into Saturday's Champions League final as English football superpowers, but 35 years ago both clubs had endured such hard times that reaching the much-maligned Full Members' Cup final was cause for celebration. In a sign of the chaotic thinking that bedevilled English football at the time, the final was played just 24 hours after both clubs were in First Division action.

Tommy Martin: Hold your nose and choose. City and Chelsea can’t both lose Even the ‘stick to the football’ cohort are struggling with this final Manchester City's Rodrigo vies with Chelsea duo Kurt Zouma and Cesar Azpilicueta during their FA Cup semi-final at Wembley Stadium last month. Photo by IAN WALTON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Thu, 27 May, 2021 - 07:00 Any sports fan knows that the idea of neutrality does not really exist. Whether it be a random match on telly or two drunks brawling outside a chipper, it is impossible to watch a contest without leaning toward one side or another.

1 May 2021 • 12:01am Boris Johnson with thumbs up after receiving a first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine Credit: Frank Augstein /PA SIR – The following is an imaginary BBC news item: “Sources say Boris Johnson and the Conservative Government have achieved amazing success with the roll-out of the vaccine, which they ordered early after investing in its development. They have saved many lives.” Carol Glenister   SIR – Fed up with all the negatives we are being subjected to via the media, I felt that it was time to dwell on some positives. Having shielded for months, I now look forw...

Boycotting the Nasty 12 will only speed up the Super League… Date published: Friday 23rd April 2021 2:32 - Editor F365 Keep your mails coming in to theeditor@football365.com…   Reading some of the mailbox suggestions regarding boycotting the clubs, cancelling season tickets, never buying merchandise, etc… are almost spectacularly missing the point. Doing those actions isn’t going to driver the owners out of the clubs, but it will move the clubs out of the cities they are in. We are STILL going through a year where the stadiums are empty, with no income from season ti...

Chelsea FC was founded by Stamford Bridge owner Gus Mears | Mike Hewitt/Getty Images Chelsea Football Club wasn’t the original plan when businessman and sports enthusiast Gus Mears acquired an old sports ground in west London that was home to the London Athletic Club. At that time, professional football had not caught on in London in the same way it had over the previous decades in the midlands and north of England, where the dominant clubs were based. Until Woolwich Arsenal were promoted to the top flight in 1904, there had never even been a club from the capital in the First Division, let...