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Ernst Happel (Part 2)

It’s the summer of 69. In Rotterdam, Feyenoord are reigning champions, preparing to embark on their fourth crack at the European Cup. Further up in

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Ernst Happel (Part 1)

Ernst Franz Hermann Happel was one of the greatest football managers of all time. Not only in terms of trophies won, his influence tactically can

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The Football Conversations Episode 5 – Michael Grant – Aberdeen under Sir Alex Ferguson

The natives of Aberdeen are no strangers to adverse weather conditions. Gale force winds in spring? No problem. Rain of biblical proportions in summer? Likewise. In 1978 however, a tornado struck The Granite City with such force its impact reverberated throughout the whole of Scottish football for the best part of a decade. Nothing could’ve prepared them for it and for better and worse, things would never be the same again. Billy McNeill spent a solitary season managing Aberdeen before he upped sticks and headed back south to Glasgow to replace the legendary Jock Stein. McNeill’s hero status with Celtic,

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