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The Goalkeeper’s History of Britain

John Williams comes off his line smartly to grab a chunk of goalkeeping history

I’m not sure how it is with you, but when I think back to childhood footballing days, things seem decidedly hazy. Detailed accounts of the hours we spent playing and watching are pretty much beyond me now.

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Welcome to Milan

A background of Grizzlies and Stompers may prove the right preparation for Portsmouth, says Mike Woitalla

In the USA, Milan Mandaric owned teams called the Earthquakes, Stompers, Storm, Grizzlies and Thundercats between 1974 and 1999.They were outdoor and indoor teams, and covered three different states in four different leagues. They’re all dead. But one made a major impact on the American soccer landscape and another led to his investment in Portsmouth.

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Gold coast

Portsmouth have been bought by a Serbian-American electronics magnate. Steven Morgan is chuffed, so far

The sight of grown men behaving like kids has not been confined purely to footballers on holiday this summer. Serbian tycoon Milan Mandaric’s £5 million takeover of Portsmouth has seen long-suffering sup­porters on the south coast spend the close season pinching themselves in disbelief.

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Partition walls

A fractured league system in Bosnian football continues to hamper the national team, as Mirsad Cviko explains

Season 1998-99 could be the turning point for football in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In­credibly, after a disastrous run of results last year, the national team still has a chance of qualifying for Euro 2000 and there now seems to be a possibility that pressure from UEFA will bring about a unified national league.

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Money talks

With the possibility of expulsion from next season's domestic cup competitions, a group of Everton fans have come together in an attempt to save the day, as Mark Tallentire explains

Given the premature proclamation by the FA’s interim executive director David Davies  that Everton and Tranmere Rovers may be banned from next season’s FA and Worthington Cups unless Peter Johnson sells his stake in one or other of them, it is timely  that a group of Evertonians have already taken it upon them­selves to try to give him a helping hand.

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