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Oasis on stage at Manchester City's football ground, Maine Road. Photo of OASIS and Noel GALLAGHER, Noel Gallagher performing on stage, Union Jack Epiphone guitar. Liam Gallagher performing on stage. Inset picture of Photo passes and laminates for shows by Oasis at Maine Road (1996)

How Oasis changed the Manchester City brand

By Richard Purden published

LONG READ Liam and Noel Gallagher's support for Manchester City is essential to their story and identity as a band, it might just have helped save the club as well

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Author David Peace next to a super-imposed image of his new book Munichs

'It was written to continue the conversation with my dad' David Peace, author of the Damned United explains the inspiration behind his new book 'Munichs'

By Steven Chicken published

The acclaimed, prize-winning author's latest novel focuses on Manchester United and the 1958 Munich air disaster

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A hand holding four fanned out football cards with the words 'GOT, GOT, NEED' over the top

How are collectable football cards selling for £100k? FourFourTwo speak to experts and collectors about a new phenomenon gripping the industry

By Matthew Ketchell published

Whether it’s Messi, Ronaldo or Yamal certain football trading cards are fetching incredible prices

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Exterior shot of Metlife Stadium, New Jersey, in the sunshine with a FIFA sign in shot and an inset picture of New Jersey governor Phil Murphy

'New Jersey hosting a Premier League game? I would absolutely love that!' US Governor Phil Murphy wants a game that counts to come to America

By Arthur Renard published

INTERVIEW In less than two years’ the World Cup final will kick off in New Jersey and Governor Phil Murphy believes the tournament will be gasoline on a soccer fire that is already burning across the country

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Oasis guitarist and Manchester City fan Noel Gallagher

Oasis star Noel Gallagher exclusive: 'I should be a Manchester United fan! The greatest player of all time played for United: my dad's brothers and our cousins are United fans, too'

By Richard Purden published

Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher on Manchester City, Maine Road, Celtic and why the Scottish leagues should merge with England

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Sven-Goran Eriksson

'It was a huge job, but beautiful. It is, and it was for me, every day': When Sven-Goran Eriksson came to England and won hearts and minds

By Steve Anglesey last updated

LONG READ When Sven-Goran Eriksson took over as England's first foreign manager in February 2001, he faced a staggering 'welcome' from high-level officials and gutter-level tabloids

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Ranked! All 92 Premier League and Football League club badges

Ranked! All 92 Premier League and Football League club badges

By Tom Hancock last updated

EVERY CREST RANKED Separating the crap crests from the lovely logos – where does your club sit in our list?

EVERY CREST RANKED
Huddersfield, John Smith's Stadium, best football stadiums

The death of the Saturday 3pm kick-off or brave new world? EFL enters Sky Sports+ era with massive implications for fans

By Steven Chicken published

The new big-money deal with Sky Sports means we're getting tonnes more EFL football on our screens... and a different-looking schedule

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Lady seamstress stitching Admiral football shirts in the 1970s in a factory

The birth of the replica football shirt, 50 years on

By Matthew Ketchell last updated

LONG READ It's been half a century since a small Midlands firm went from manufacturing nuns’ knickers to selling the world’s first replica football kits, just in time for Christmas

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Nigeria

From fallout to triumph: How Nigeria stunned the world to win Olympic gold in 1996

By Mark White published

Nigeria were in crisis and little was expected of them at the 1996 Olympics - only for the Super Eagles to dig deep and achieve immortality

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