In the mid 1980s, Ian Rush became tantalisingly close to forming a mouth-watering strike partnership with the legendary Diego Maradona at Napoli. Sounds like fiction, but it's actually 100% fact.
After scoring 108 goals in 174 games for Liverpool, winning three league championships in a row and lifting the European Cup in Rome, Rush was tempted to leave Anfield for Napoli in 1984.

This is a guest article from one of our roving reporters who kindly reported back on his findings as he watched the Tottenham XI play MK Dons last night.

His name is Charlie Keeler and he is in his late 20′s. This is his first blog article.

He saw the 1987 FA Cup Final Squad on Blue Peter and decided that Spurs were the team for him.

There are many cases in which footballers are talked up as being "the greatest in the world" or "the best player in this era", but the true measure of a great of the game is longevity. Lionel Messi might be the talk of the town; he is currently recognised as the very best by many observers at this moment but he is no legend, not yet anyway.

Chidge and the boys discuss the Stoke result and look forward to the quarter final Big Cup tie against Man USA. The weekly ‘Fannies' are awarded, a terrace song or two belted out and wee Pat Nevin is this week's DLBIA!
All in all a frustrating day in the Potteries where we could have won 3-1 but equally could have lost 3-1!