Jeremy Wilson

The death of Nobby Stiles, one of England's 1966 World Cup heroes , will be investigated after new medical tests found that he died with a brain disease linked to repetitive head impacts.

Autopsy reveals World Cup winner was suffering with a form of dementia associated with repeated head impacts when he died aged 78 in 2020

Ken Bates, who has died at the age of 94, was one of the most influential owners in English football history, famously buying Chelsea for a pound before selling it for £140m to the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.

Ken Bates, who has died at the age of 94, was one of the most influential owners in English football history, famously buying Chelsea for a pound before selling it for £140m to the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.

The Government has been issued with a landmark warning over heading in schools after an inquest ruled that football caused devastating brain disease in Nobby Stiles, the 1966 World Cup hero.

Still dancing in the minds of England fans, Nobby Stiles was man of the match the only time that the national team won a World Cup semi-final.

So the most exclusive club in English football still has only one member, even if its founder always yearned for company.

Josh Kerr audaciously called it “Project 222” way back in March. And then, almost Muhammad Ali-style in front of 60,000 fans in ecstatic London, he went out and delivered one of the greatest feats in athletics history.

Tonda Eckert, the Southampton head coach, has been charged by the Football Association amid the ongoing fallout from the “spygate” scandal.

Tonda Eckert, the Southampton head coach, faces a touchline ban of up to six months after he was charged for his role in the “spygate” scandal.