Ernie Gregory obituary
West Ham goalkeeper who made 481 appearances for the clubThe goalkeeper Ernie Gregory, who has died aged 90, had a career with West Ham United that spanned an astonishing half-century. "They don't bump Ernie Gregory," said one knowing journalist of the...
Miljan Miljanic obituary
Football coach for Red Star Belgrade, Yugoslavia and Real MadridThe football manager Miljan Miljanic, who has died aged 81, could fairly claim to have taught the English a thing or two about tactics. At the helm of the Yugoslav side Red Star Belgrade, ...
Len Phillips obituary
Stalwart team member of Portsmouth FCLen Phillips, who has died aged 89, was a prominent member of the Portsmouth football team that won consecutive league championships in 1949 and 1950. Though spotted and signed by Portsmouth while serving in the Roy...
Alf Fields obituary
Arsenal centre-half whose playing career was curtailed by injuryOne of the most poignant tales in English football belongs to Alf Fields, the former Arsenal centre-half, who has died aged 92. His Arsenal playing career spanned 16 years, but the second ...
Obituary: Laurie Hughes, 1924-2011
England centre-half at the 1950 World CupThe tale of the Liverpool footballer Laurie Hughes, who has died aged 87, is one of the game's saddest stories. He was plunged into World Cup football in Brazil in 1950, his debut for England. But during a ...
Mike Doyle obituary
Manchester City stalwart during the 1960s and 70sIn these football days of millionaire mercenaries, Mike Doyle, who has died of liver failure at the age of 64, stood out as a bastion of club loyalty. For him, Manchester City meant e...
Allan Brown obituary
Footballer, manager and FA Cup finalistThe irony of Allan Brown's impressive football career was that, in his prime with Blackpool, injury ruled him out of two FA Cup finals – and yet he played in a third, with Luton Town. It must have been...
Johnny Morris obituary
England, Manchester United and Derby County inside-rightAs a quick, clever, robust little inside-right, Johnny Morris, who has died aged 87, was one of the key players in Manchester United's dazzling team of the immediate postwar years, helping them to...
Ronnie Clayton obituary
Respected Blackburn and England wing-halfA Slave – To Soccer was the title the Blackburn Rovers and England player Ronnie Clayton gave his autobiography, published the year before the abolition of the iniquitous maximum wage in 1961, when it stood at...
Mel Hopkins obituary
He played in defence for Spurs and WalesMel Hopkins, the former left-back for Tottenham Hotspur and Wales, who has died aged 75 after a long illness, surely had his finest game in the quarter-final of the 1958 World Cup in Gothenburg against Brazil, wh...
Malcolm Allison dies at age of 83
Flamboyant football manager and coach, a hero and villain at Manchester CityThe footballing managerial and coaching career of Malcolm Allison, who has died aged 83, is in some sense a cautionary tale. Flamboyance was of the essence: cham...
Obituary: Tottenham Hotspur’s Eddie Baily
Footballer key to Tottenham's 1950-51 league title successThe Tottenham Hotspur and England footballer Eddie Baily, who has died aged 85, went through a series of metamorphoses in his long career. As a player, he was, at first, the quintessential cheek...
