...the first ever winner of the BBC's Goal of the Season competition - Ernie Hunt of Coventry City .   Image: BBC That iconic don...

Image: BBC For years it was the gold standard of football quality. Twenty-five yard screamers, fabulous team efforts, flying headers... ...

By my reckoning, it’s 83 great goals, 15 that might be great and 3 that definitely aren't, but that’s just me being pedantic. And besi...

The final part of our look at the men who commented on football, but not well enough to sit in John Motson's seat. Keegan, Kevin A...

Continuing our look at the great, the good and the trying-hard-not-to-be-embarrassing from the world of football co-commentary... Charlt...

When idly passing by an hour or two, it's greatly satisfying to recall happy memories of long hot summers, pre-decimal coinage and the s...

Imagine, if you will, a time in Britain when the theme to a World Cup programme on TV could be written and performed by someone you've...

If you search YouTube long enough, you'll soon realise there are enough clips to delight and amuse you well into the next century. Yet...

The first edition of the BBC’s Match of the Day programme was aired on 22 August 1964. Shown on BBC2, it was the first time people in the U...

Continuing our 'Favourite 5' series, here's my best five TV theme tunes for British football shows (in no particular order of pr...