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I name Nottingham Forest's great team of 1966-67, therefore I am | Richard Williams

The ability to reel off great XIs of the past, as featured in an Oscar-winning Argentinian film, defines the true football fanThe lawyer leans back on his bar stool, thinking about the names that the state prosecutor has just given him, taken from mysterious letters written by a man who may have...

Ian Watmore's sudden departure robs FA of power to govern effectively | David Conn

The FA's former chief executive was frustrated at not being able to introduce greater regulation in the gameCut through the spin and forest of recent detail which will follow the chief executive's resignation at so divided and hamstrung an organisation as the Football Association, and, to make...

Football quiz: Lionel Messi

Today's questions could do what he does if we wanted ...Evan Fanning

Riera set for £6m CSKA Moscow move

• Benítez's biggest critic on his way by the end of week• Spanish winger described Liverpool 'as a sinking ship'Liverpool have accepted an offer of around £6m from CSKA Moscow for their outspoken midfielder Albert Riera and hope to conclude the sale of Rafael Benítez's...

England's mounting injury concerns

Wayne Rooney in bubble wrap, the board game Operation and the winner of this year's best picture Oscar all feature in this week's Gallery

Jamie Carragher remains confident Liverpool can finish fourth

• Liverpool lie sixth after defeat to Manchester United• Chelsea are only remaining opponents in top eightJamie Carragher, meanwhile, remains convinced that Liverpool stand a realistic chance of finishing fourth and reaching next season's Champions League qualifiers despite suffering a...

Balram Chainrai set to waive right to Portsmouth's advance TV money

The Premier League has received assurances that any advance would be used to pay Pompey's football creditorsBalram Chainrai, the Hong Kong-based businessman who pushed Portsmouth into administration over non-payment of the £13.5m loan that he made to the club last year, will assure the Premier...

Leeds 0-2 Millwall

Steve Morison and Shaun Batt fired in-form Millwall up to third in League One and within three points of second-placed Leeds United with a 2‑0 win at Elland Road this evening.The Lions have now won 10 of their past 12 matches. Leeds, who earlier this season looked odds-on favourites for...