And here's Joe Chapman: "Flag-centric kits aren't only reserved for the nationalistic; they also offer an opportunity for publicity hungry chairmen. Windsor FC (the phoenix club from the old Windsor and Eton side that dissolved in 2011) have announced they will wear this kit from now on. It's ostensibly patriotic though the style does give the impression that whoever designed it suffers from acute colour-blindness. I'm not sure if the bowler hats are mandatory for the ensemble though." ALLITERATIVE LEAGUE WINNERS McGovern, as McFarland eluded to, hit the only goal in a 1-0 win. Asked if he remembered the goal, McGovern said: "When you scored as few goals as I did, you remember them! Alan Durban loved to get a goal, he was good at getting a goal but this time he threw a dummy to the Liverpool player by letting the ball run. I was kind of falling over in amazement that he hadn't tried a shot at goal, and it put me half a step out. I had to try and throw one leg forward to reach the ball and catch it with my instep, and try and keep it down. I could tell by the roar of the crowd that it had actually gone in." The chapter detailing the loss of Matthew to neuroblastoma, a rare cancer, at the age of just nine, and how the family tried to cope during his final days and months, is both a powerful and emotional read. Growing up in England’s West Midlands, football was part of his DNA – so much so that he rooted for two clubs. With two goals for Edin Dzeko last night, Manchester City have now got four players with 20 goals for the season in all competitions (Edin Dzeko, Yaya Touré, Sergio Agüero and Alvaro Negredo)," begins Sam Al-Hamdani. "Has any team ever bettered this in a single season?"

That meant starting out in the youth ranks and working his way up through six different senior teams, as well as the series of other tasks that being a trainee entailed. Alan Hinton.

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Hinton became Tulsa coach in 1979, leaving to direct the Sounders in 1980. He guided Seattle to the 1982 Soccer Bowl, losing to the New York Cosmos 1-0 in Carlos Alberto’s final competitive match. What is remarkable is that Derby used only 16 players all season and three of them - Powell, Jim Walker and Tony Bailey - made only six starts and four substitute appearances between them although Walker grabbed a crucial winner against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

When it comes to the first luminous footwear, things, ironically, are a little murkier. The mid-90s are the turning point once more and the earliest definitive reference we've uncovered comes in a report from Dundee's Dens Park. "It was perhaps a portent that the afternoon was going to be a rather grim affair," wrote Archie MacGregor in the Sunday Times in November 1996, "when St Johnstone's Attila Sekerlioglu decided to dispense with his notorious yellow boots."Sheffield United: Hodgkinson; Badger, Hemsley; Flynn, Colquhoun, Powell; Woodward, Barnwell, Addison (Dearden, 68), Currie, Reece.

That is what my mother wanted for me’ - The unusual secret behind Derby County icon Georgi Kinkladze Derby County next manager latest as Wayne Rooney's credentials questioned and Bristol City stars in isolation When Queens Park Rangers arrived at the Baseball Ground 50 years ago this weekend they were definitely the team of the moment. Promoted only a few months earlier, QPR sat on top of the Second Division, still basking in the glory of a sensational League Cup Final victory over First Division West Brom at Wembley the previous year. The Wolves link has also played a key part in the publication of the book, both via advice and guidance from former Express & Star sports journalists Dave Harrison, David Instone and Steve Gordos, and Billy Wright’s biographer, Norman Giller.I looked like an old granny if you look at the old pictures,” he says. “But I was proud of that, because one of my favorites at the old Wolves was Dennis Wilshaw. When they called me Gladys I was very proud of that.” The two points, it was two for a win in those day, put the Rams top of the pile on 58 having completed their fixtures but both Leeds on 57 points and Liverpool on 56 points each had one game to play and either of them could still win the title. Liverpool needed to win at Arsenal and Leeds required only a draw against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux. Hinton too has had health problems, being diagnosed with bladder cancer several years ago, for which he underwent surgery and lengthy treatment and is now, thankfully, in remission. Steve Earle equalised for the home side before Vic Halom, who won the FA Cup with Sunderland in 1973, scored twice to put Fulham in control. Fifty years ago today, May 8, 1972, Derby County were crowned champions of England for the first time. Where has the time gone, does it feel like 50 years ago? It seemed the obvious first question to put to club legend Roy McFarland.

McFarland captained the title-winning side, a special team with special players and an extra-special management duo in Brian Clough and Peter Taylor. The team could be tight defensively, keeping 23 clean sheets in 42 games, but it also had bags of flair and could play. So much so that they pipped excellent sides such as Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal to top spot. He was quite charming and that was nice to hear, but I guess as a player I just didn’t respond well to harsh language and treatment.”Growing up my Mum insisted the three of us joined the church choir – life revolved around school, church and football, and it was a special time.” And then the devastation of the death of Alan and Joy’s 9-year-old son. For a while Alan’s life fell apart, but then Bobby Moore told Al Miller, the Dallas Tornado Coach, that Alan Hinton still had petrol in the tank, and he should go get him.