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Action Replay: 'Clown' Tomaszewski helps Poland's 'donkeys' deny England
By Dominic O'Reilly last updated
Action Replay Dominic O'Reilly recalls the ultimate upset.

The most mental semi-final ever: when Bobby Moore went in goal... and saved a penalty
By Richard Edwards last updated
League Cup Rich Edwards reflects on one of Stoke's most dramatic cup memories as they aim to make history again on Tuesday...

Long read: It's not the economy, stupid – how football cost Labour a general election
By Paul Simpson last updated
England When Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson decided to hold the 1970 general election during the World Cup, he was concerned what effect England's performance could have. Then, four days before the vote, the Three Lions were knocked out...

Remembered! When nobody but Liverpool won the League Cup
By Richard Edwards last updated
Rich Edwards recalls a time when success in the competition was a matter of course for the Merseysiders

Bullfighter, stamper… legend: why Juanito is an all-time Real Madrid hero
By Andrew Murray published
Action Replay No Madrid player is more beloved by die-hard Blancos than the irascible wideman, who died in a car crash at 37 – though Lothar Matthaus wasn’t a fan...

When Portsmouth’s 6.57 Crew tried to hijack the general election – and accidentally helped the Tories win
By Richard Edwards published
Action Replay Docker Hughes’s notorious firm were better known for causing chaos wherever they went in the 1980s, but made headlines of a different kind when their leader ran for office with a madcap manifesto

The craziest season in English football: when the champions got relegated and ‘Lucky Arsenal’ annoyed the nation
By Jon Spurling published
Action Replay Hapless title holders, unlikely contenders at the top and a glut of mid-ranking sides upsetting the established order – the 1937/38 season was mental from start to finish

Football's greatest-ever title finish? Arsenal's 1989 triumph over Liverpool, told by the players
By Louis Massarella published
Action Replay Before Aguero there was this: George Graham’s rebuilt Arsenal against Liverpool in the final 90 minutes of the entire season. But as a TV audience of millions watched on, no one would have predicted its dramatic conclusion

The 9 best Phoenix From The Flames sketches from Baddiel & Skinner's 'Fantasy Football League'
By Chris Flanagan last updated
Action Replay Peter Beardsley singing, George Best getting punchy, Uri Geller in a helicopter and more…

The football team destroyed by the Chernobyl disaster: FC Pripyat
By Paul Brown last updated
FourFourTwo FC Pripyat were preparing for a cup semi-final and move to a new stadium in April 1986 when Chernobyl changed everything. Their former captain recalls how a progressive town and its football team came to an abrupt, tragic end
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