You don't have to look far at the Tameside Stadium for a slice of football history given a statue of three World Cup winners ...

While you are welcomed by the past in the shape of a statue of England's World Cup winning pair Geoff Hurst and Jimmy Armfield and Italy World Cup winner Simone Perrotta - all born in the town ...

Did it carry or not? Was it an edge or not? These questions have intrigued countless cricket fans throughout the sport's ...

Some of football’s greatest names have been knighted for their achievements in the game. Sir Alf Ramsey received his gong for ...

FA Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup winner's medals and a FIFA World Cup final hat-trick to his name, Sir Geoff Hurst enjoyed a unique career full of incredible achievements for West Ham United and ...

In the World Cup final Alan Ball was magnificent ... hasn’t happened since has kept it as a major talking point. Sir Geoff Hurst will be appearing in conversation at Buxton Opera House on ...

The Blackpool-born winger did not play in his country's only major tournament win but he was a part of Sir Alf Ramsey's squad ...

Boffins have written off Tameside as one of the worst ten areas to live in the country. After a study of data, which included ...

It was Germany who England beat controversially in 1966 to lift the World Cup, still the only major success by the ... since ...

Mbappe is only the second player to score a World Cup final hat-trick, after Geoff Hurst in 1966. * Mbappe is only the second player to score in consecutive World Cup final matches, after Vava in ...