On this day · 2022
Stepping up or stabbing upWhen a number two becomes the number one Part 2
Looking at the examples when a manager's right hand man takes over the reigns of the club where he was previously 2nd in command
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Fowler, Le Tissier and the Goalkeeper Caught in BetweenAnfield, 30 October 1993
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Sliding DoorsDavid Hirst, the Fax, and the Day Manchester United Bought Cantona Instead
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Euro 96 & Britpop
It was the summer the football shirt became fashion, Britpop ruled the radio and Gareth Southgate's… 31 pieces
The 1970s
Ten shilling notes, Page 3, long hot summers and Don Revie's bridge over troubled water. Back… 38 pieces
The 1980s
It was a decade when English football seemed determined to make itself unwatchable, and yet so… 31 pieces
The 1990s
The decade the game got its new clothes, seen mostly from the cheaper seats. Rangers chase… 23 pieces
The Great Managers
The tracksuit, the sheepskin and the shouting. This hub is about the men who made the… 52 pieces
Liverpool & the Boot Room
A small room at Anfield and some of the best football brains in Europe. The Boot… 13 pieces
Unsung Heroes
Every club has someone whose name gets a knowing nod in the pub and a blank… 40 pieces
Mavericks & Goal Kings
These are the players for whom the rules were more of a suggestion. Romario gets a… 21 pieces
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