The football pioneer who coined ‘soccer’
- Notable Surbitonians, Sport
- 28th November 2019

A team of 11, expertly switching – in perfect formation – from one end of the pitch to the other. Not West Ham, and not Chelsea either, although both teams
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The haunting face of a survivor. This girl from Leatherhead was one of 112 children aboard the Titanic when it hit an iceberg on April 15, 1912 en route from
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You started it! No, you started it! As a 54-year-old Austrian traded insults with a 48-year-old German on the touchline at Stamford Bridge, Ralph Hassenhuttl and Thomas Tuchel’s deputies also
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It’s rare that a match has everything – goals, near misses, red and yellow cards, a penalty, reverberating woodwork, VAR drama… and horizontal rain. But last weekend’s monsoon-soaked clash between
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Spare a thought for Chelsea’s programme sellers, who are left with boxfuls of unsold £3.50 souvenir mags… because Stamford Bridge has gone cashless. Even in last weekend’s important clash against
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Keeping a large squad happy is proving such a challenge for Chelsea Women’s manager Emma Hayes that she’s turned to her hairdresser for help. With so many quality players to
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