Nostalgia

Mike Gatting plays the reverse-sweep that brings about his downfall during the 1987 World Cup final. Picture by Patrick Eagar/Popperfoto via Getty Images.

Sweeping down memory lane as Ashes rivals get ready for World Cup dust-up

MAGIC DAY: Barnsley's Lloyd Isgrove, manager Paul Heckingbottom and Marc Roberts celebrate with the League One play-off trophy after beating Millwall at Wembley ion May 2016. Picture: Nigel French/PA

Barnsley and Wednesday have happy memories of League One play-off finals

Pele playing for Santos on his second visit to Sheffield Wednesday on February 23rd 1972, up against the Owls' Tommy Craig (Picture: Sheffield Newspapers)

Pele memories: From Santos in Sheffield to Rotherham legend scoring against him

CROWNING GLORY: England right-back George Cohen meets Queen Elizabeth II before the start of the 1966 World Cup

George Cohen dies: England's best right-back, according to Sir Alf Ramsey

"POCKET NAPOLEON": Captain Bobby Collins (right), was the driving force of manager Don Revie's early Leeds United

When Yorkshire clubs were caught in the 'big freeze' of 1962-63

ICONIC: The image of Pele celebrating after scoring a goal against Italy in the 1970 World Cup final went down in history

Pele dies: Brazil striker passed into legend thanks to imagery of 1970

LEGEND: Peter Lorimer - pictured playing for Leeds United against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in November 1965. The score was 1-0 to Chelsea. Picture: Getty Images.

Bygones - How Lorimer proved 'full of promise' on historic 1962 debut

Fred Trueman - bowling for England on the last day of the Third Test against India at Old Trafford in July 1952 Picture: Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Platinum anniversary of Trueman’s memorablle Test debut always worth celebrating

Molescroft Beverley Petanque Club. Suham Sidani is pictured playing Petanque. Image: Simon Hulme.

How the popularity of pétanque is uniting communities in one Yorkshire village

The Queen at Ascot - her favourite horse race meeting

Facts and figures about the Queen's love of horse racing - and the Grand Nationa...

Tony Kenworthy scored United's second goal in their win over Peterborough United in Division Four on May 8, 1982.

Sheffield United - Jason Holyhead’s book chronicles Blades’ 1982 championship

Amy Thraves-Connor, aged 25, a researcher at Leeds Discovery Centre, who has been very busy cataloguing the collection. Writer: James Hardisty

Leeds United programmes show 50 years of history at Elland Road

England's finest: Kevin Keegan. Picture: Duncan Raban/Getty Images

How Kevin Keegan became Europe's No 1 player - twice

David Bass and Sprinter Sacre clear the last at Doncaster where the steeplechasing superstar made his debut over larger obstacles 10 years ago.

How Sprinter Sacre set out towards superstar status at Doncaster

England's Charlie Hodgson clears the ball upfield against South Africa at Twickenham in November 2004. Picture: David Rogers/Getty Images

Hodgson recalls magic moments but has mixed feelings about England car

Wilfred Rhodes

Bygones: Grand nature of Rhodes ‘colossus’ career clear for all to see

Red Rum's historic third Grand National win in 1977 under Tommy Stack remains author Neil Clark's most evocative racing memory.

From AP McCoy to Tommy Stack, the 22 champion jockeys captured in Clark’s book

Anniversary montage: Hull KR mismash.

Robins rich history captured on canvas

Hat-trick hero: Mick Withers celebrates scoring one of three tries he scored in an opening salvo by Bradford Bulls that blew Wigan Warriors away in the 2001 Grand Final. (Picture:Bruce Rollinson)

Grand Final memories - When Withers and Bradford Bulls blew away Wigan

Leeds United's home bears the statue of Billy Bremner (Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe)

Leeds are masters at acknowledging their history, Tottenham should take note

BROADCASTER: When his playing career ended, Jimmy Greaves's sense of humour shone through as a television pundit

Jimmy Greaves missed the 1966 World Cup final yet he was still an all-time great
Jimmy Greaves, who has died aged 81, ought to have been one of English football's great immortals but had to settle for being an all-time great.

Philip Walton is hoisted into the air by Bernhard Gallagher after Europe's win at Oak Hill (Picture: Simon Bruty/ALLSPORT)

Philip Walton and the story of how Europe won the 1995 Ryder Cup at Oak Hill

Ritchie Humphreys celeebrates his opening-day goal against Aston Villa with his Sheffield Wednesday team-mates (Picture: Ross Parry)

Ritchie Humphreys, David Pleat and the Owls team that topped the Premier League

Fred Trueman, bowling for England in the Fourth Test against India at The Oval in 1952, the same year a fiery spell at Headingley in his Test debut left the tourists' 0-4. Picture: Getty Images

Memorable Headingley Test debut by Fred Trueman leaves India terrified

An unholy matrimony: Brian Clough takes a training session with Leeds United’s players (Picture: YPN)

Brian Clough and his cursed, damned 44 days in charge of Leeds United

SPECIAL, KIND MAN: Peter Wynne-Thomas. Picture courtesy of Nottinghamshire CCC.

Peter Wynne-Thomas: Special man & great friend of cricket will be deeply missed

MAGIC MOMENT: Castleford's John Joyner holds the Challenge Cup trophy aloft after beating Hull KR in the final at Wembley Stadium in 1986. Picture: Bob Martin/Allsport/Getty Images.

Wembley hero John Joyner backing Castleford Tigers for Challenge Cup glory

Martin Offiah of Wigan is surrounded by Castleford players during the Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium in London. Wigan won the match 28-12. (Picturet: Bob Martin/Allsport)

Not even the mercurial Tawera Nikau could bring the Cup back for Cas

EPIC: Paul Ince celebrates with Steve McManaman after England qualify for the World Cup, in Rome, against Italy in October 1997. Picture: Adam Butler/PA Wire.

England v Italy: History against Three Lions but Germany victory offers hope

Marcel Kittell wins the first stage of the 2014 Tour de France in Harrogate from Peter Sagan after Mark Cavendish crashed at the bottom of Parliament Street. (Picture: Bruce Rollinson)

Tour de France in Yorkshire - has it really been seven years

On target: Colin Bell celebrates scoring England's first goal in the 2-0 friendly win against West Germany at Wembley. Pictures: Getty Images

Why Wembley is like home to the Germans

Great goal: Paul Gascoigne celebrating his goal with Teddy Sheringham in the Euro 96 match against Scotland.

Gazza’s England ‘goal from the Gods’ and the infamous dentist’s chair
ALONGSIDE the chief protagonists to a feted piece of Wembley theatre involving England and Scotland a quarter of a century ago this week, the props list should include a spoon, two police cones, a beach ball and, of course, a dentist’s chair.

This was the imperious Shergar winning the 1981 Epsom Derby under teenage jockey Walter Swinburn.

How Shergar destroyed the Derby field at Epsom 40 years ago

Job done: Gary Mills celebrates promotion. Picture: Tony Johsnon

When York’s Wembley double winners were ‘Barcelona of the Conference’

Victory charge: Barnsley's Dale Tonge leads the celebrations.

Slapstick proved spot on as Barnsley sank the Swans - sporting bygones

Doncaster's Graham Idle and Carl Hall (right) combine to stop Wigan's progress during their Cup tie at Central Park, January 1990.

From New Zealand to Doncaster... Carl Hall is the ideal candidate for All Stars

West Tip and Richard Dunwoody (right) deny Young Driver and Chris Grant (left) in the 1986 Grand National.

How West Tip’s Grand National triumph changed the career of Richard Dunwoody

CUP UPSET: A jubilant Sheffield Wednesday team after beating Manchester United 1-0 at Wembley in the Rumbelows League Cup Final - April, 21 1991. Wednesday went on to win promotion at the end of the season 1990-91 season. Picture: Nancy Fielder/PA.

How football changed forever in the 1990s

Sad passing: Frank Worthington. Picture: Getty Images

‘If Frank Worthington was playing today he’d probably be on 250 grand a week’

Legend: Garfield Sobers waves to crowd at Headingley in 1966.

India’s Ravi Ashwin ends 55-year wait to emulate Sobers’ Headingley heroics

Cup shock: Paul Madeley can hardly believe it as Colchester United head for victory against Leeds United. Pictures: Varley Picture Agency

50 years on - When Colchester United stunned mighty Leeds United in the FA Cup

Banned for life: Defender Peter Swan in action for Sheffield Wednesday in 1961. Picture: Allsport Hulton/Archive

Sheffield Wednesday legend Peter Swan’s sad story a salutary lesson even for the...

Graphic: Graeme Bandeira.

Flashback – FA Cup Classics involving Bradford, Barnsley, Leeds, Boro & York

Douglas ‘Duggy’ Clark: Son of a Cumbrian coal merchant, Douglas Clark, part of the Huddersfield team that proudly display their four-trophy haul from 1914-15. Picture: Elizabeth James & Imperial War Museum/1917 Huddersfield Rugby League

Wounded war hero Clark who went on to star in Huddersfield ‘Team of All Talents’

Bradford Park Avenue, Newcastle United, Sunderland and England footballer Len Shackleton puts his boots on in the dressing room circa 1957. (Picture: Allsport/ Don Morley/Getty Images)

When Len Shackleton scored for two Bradford clubs on one Christmas Day

BIG ASK: Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder and assistant Alan Knill have a massive job ahead of them to try and avoid relegation. Picture: David Klein/Sportimage

Blades battling to join exclusive Premier League great escape artists

Double delight: Wakefield Trinity centre Ian Brooke scores one of his two tries in the 1967 Rugby League Championship final replay victory over St Helens at Station Road, Swinton.

Wembley memories for former Wakefield Trinity and Great Britain star Ian Brooke

Batsman and prankster: England and Surrey cricketer Jack Hobbs. Picture: PA

When England’s cricketers entered protective Ashes bubble 100 years ago

Portrait of Yorkshire and England cricketer and commentator, Geoffrey Boycott on 1 May 1965 at the Headingley Stadium, Leeds, United Kingdom. (Picture: Don Morley/Getty Images)

Sir Geoffrey Boycott - My top five knocks for Yorkshire CCC

Well done: Len Hutton is congratulated by Don Bradman. Pictures: Getty Images

When Len Hutton eclipsed Don Bradman with record knock at The Oval

Striding out: Australian cricketers Warwick Armstrong (1879 - 1947), left, and Victor Trumper (1877 - 1915) going out to bat in the First Test against England at Birmingham, 27th May 1909. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bygones - Australia batsman Victor Trumper – a dove that graced the cricketing h...

One-day great: Australia batsman Dean Jones celebrating a century against Pakistan in 1987. Picture: Getty Images

When Dean Jones’s path to cricketing glory began in the snow at Altofts

Owls hero: Gerry Young.

Gerry Young and Johnny Quinn - a fond farewell to Sheffield Wednesday’s legends

Anita Lonsbroigh return to Britain in triumph following her gold medal success at the 1960 Rome Olympics.

Special anniversary looms for 1960 Olympic Games heroine Anita Lonsbrough

Cec Thompson: With Great Britain.

Why the colour of a player’s skin has never mattered to rugby league

Bradford City's Valley Parade Stadium. Illustraion by Graeme Bandeira.

Bradford City’s Valley Parade - a ground touched by triumph and tragedy

Top challenge: Hull FC's Danny Houghton's match-saving tackle on Warrington's Ben Currie. Picture: SWPIX

Danny Houghton’s tackle 52 and Leeds Rhinos’ breaking the curse

Illustration: Graeme Bandeira.

Leeds United's Elland Road, stirs passions even in lockdown

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Bygones - Recalling when popular golfer Darren Clarke defied the odds, weather a...

John Booth at Marussia Virgin Racing (Picture: Rachel Atkins)

Improbable tale of the team from an old pit village that tried to take on F1