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Was there football pre 1992? part 6. John McFarlane Snr 25/05/2021 Jump to last To conclude the theme that football was certainly alive and kicking before the TV companies highjacked it with the creation of the Premier League, I have endeavoured to capture some highlights since I first visited Goodison Park in 1948 as a 10-year-old schoolboy. Season 1985-86 Bobby Robson said that he was not happy with the League's refusal to postpone matches before England's World Cup qualifying games. Jack Charlton resigned as manager of Newcastle United after fans called for his resign...

A NEW community football league is launching in Ellesmere Port next month.

The United Way (E, 90mins) Directed by Mat Hodgson **** This is either inspired, or insipid, timing. Releasing a documentary celebrating Manchester’s Red Devils’ finest moments and extolling its virtues as reflecting the “community” and being part of the city’s soul, in the wake of high-profile protests against the more than 140-year-old football club’s current American owners and their attempts to join a European Super League. Fortunately, documentarian Mat Hodgson (whose previous subjects have included boxers Roberto Duran and Ricky Hatton and the beleaguered London footba...

12:25 EDT, 10 May 2021 A court has heard the moment former Premier League star Dalian Atkinson was kicked with 'substantial force' moments after he was tasered by police officers.  David Lewis, Meadow Close resident, told jurors that a policeman was running away from the ex-Aston Villa striker 'as fast as he could' moments before Atkinson was tasered in 2016. Mr Lewis described the scene in detail, explaining Atkinson had staggered before his pursuit of a police officer saw him tasered for more than 30 seconds and allegedly kicked in the head.  A statement from Mr Lewis' wife, Janet, then...

★★★☆☆ TRANSGENDER issues have never been as prominent as they are now – which makes director Anna Kerrigan’s Cowboys very timely indeed. Set in the western US state of Montana, it tells the story of 11-year-old Joe (Sasha Knight) and his desperate battle to persuade his small-town — and somewhat small-minded — mum Sally (Jillian Bell) that he is not a girl. 3 There are hugely touching moments in this gentle film that shines a light on an issue happening to loving, decent parents Joe has better luck with dad Troy (Steve Zahn), who is a bearded, plaid-shirt-wearing cowboy, but...