No-nonsense tackling, wild fans and bobbly pitches are all closely associated with English football in the late 1980s. That same period will always be marred by the Hillsborough tragedy, but on that very day in April 1989, football was blessed with the first edition of Bert Trautmann’s Helmet. The first and only Manchester City fanzine …
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Co-written with Lukas Flottmeier On 24th February, Borussia Mönchengladbach will host Manchester City for the first leg of their last-16 tie in the UEFA Champions League. The fixture is certainly not one you would have seen in Europe’s elite competition a decade ago. Both sides have come an awfully long way in that time, although they …
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