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Discover the people, matches and moments that make football such a funny old game.

Brian Clough: A Manager Who Refused to Be Ordinary

1979

Brian Clough combined outspoken confidence with extraordinary managerial success.

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Stanley Matthews: The Wizard of the Dribble

1965

Stanley Matthews was still playing top-flight football in his fifties.

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Bert Trautmann: Courage Beyond the Goal Line

5 May 1956

Manchester City goalkeeper Bert Trautmann finished the 1956 FA Cup final despite a serious neck injury.

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Dixie Dean: The Man with Sixty League Goals

1928

Everton’s Dixie Dean scored sixty First Division goals in the 1927–28 season.

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