Daniel Harris: Football is a pleasant game, according to the lyrics of a Manchester United song, but several tackles and challenges would suggest otherwise
December 2011
From Seve to D'Oliveira: The sportsmen and women we lost in 2011
Colleagues and opponents remember the lives of those who died this year
September 2011
Frank Lampard can join England's marathon midfield motor men
Being 33 is no barrier to being an England midfielder – Sir Stanley Matthews's engine was still purring at 42
January 2011
Bolton says farewell to a legend at funeral of Nat Lofthouse
Letter: Nat Lofthouse obituary
Nat Lofthouse obituary
Nat Lofthouse, the battering ram with a shrewd brain and heart of lion
April 2000
Golden Boy who made the ball do everything but talk
Nat Lofthouse: "When I watched Pele playing I thought of Wilf. Great though Pele is, I am proud to think I played with as great a player - perhaps even greater." Wilf Mannion died yesterday aged 81.
March 2000
Lofthouse is due his lion's share
Nat Lofthouse is set to finally join the ranks of footballing knights.