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John Beck: Pioneer of Pragmatic Football Tactics

John Beck: Pioneer of Pragmatic Football Tactics

John Beck: The Football Tactician Who Was About More Than Just ‘Route One’ Football Historian Peter Kenny Jones returns to The Sporting Blog with the story of John Beck, a man known for his pragmatic tactics, and supposedly uncultured style of management. Yet there was success with Cambridge Utd and

German Football in the time of Hitler and the Nazi's

German Football in the time of Hitler and the Nazi's

A History of Football in Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler and football are perhaps not the most well-known partnership, nevertheless, there is an overlap between the two. Hitler’s Nazi regime is possibly the most well-researched and documented period of world history, yet not as much is known about

Matthias Sindelar: The Footballer Who Defied Nazi Germany

Matthias Sindelar: The Footballer Who Defied Nazi Germany

Matthias Sindelar - Mozart of Football: the Austrian killed for refusing to represent the Nazi German Football Team Rarely can one man have such an impact on football through ability and morality than is the case of the amazing Austrian, Matthias Sindelar. The man is deemed one of, if not the,

George Robledo: The First Foreign Golden Boot

George Robledo: The First Foreign Golden Boot

George Robledo - The First Foreign Top Goalscorer in England Chilean Jorge Robledo made his name in the North East of England, as he became the first non-English player to end the season as top goal scorer in the league. The modern game is awash with foreign stars, and in

Arthur Friedenreich: More Goals Than Ronaldo, Pele and Messi?

Arthur Friedenreich: More Goals Than Ronaldo, Pele and Messi?

Arthur Friedenreich: The Real Greatest Goalscorer in Football History? Football historian Peter Kenny Jones laces up for The Sporting Blog and heads straight towards the top of the pitch with a piece about a striker who is not often included in the ‘GOAT’ debates. But should be. Much has been

Domingos da Guia: A Defender Ahead of His Time

Domingos da Guia: A Defender Ahead of His Time

Domingos da Guia: El Maestro Divino Domingos da Guia is certainly not a household name in Europe. In his native Brazil, however, he is considered one of the greatest players their nation has ever produced. Despite being born in 1912 and playing most of his football in the 1930s and

Jack Leslie: Dropped From the England Squad For Being Black

Jack Leslie: Dropped From the England Squad For Being Black

Dropped For Being Black: The Story of Jack Leslie and the England Football Team Jack Leslie would have been the first black man to play for England, had he not been dropped from the squad without good reason. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="300"