For most Sunderland fans, there is nothing finer than taking a player from Newcastle and making him one of your own. When the Mackems broke the transfer record in 1948 by paying £20,500 to bring ...

Known as The Clown Prince of Soccer, Shack was an artist with the ball. Favouring an inside left position he only gained five England caps, mainly due to a perceived anti-establishment stance. This ...

Len Shackleton was a footballing genius. No question about that. He was known as the Clown Prince of Soccer long before Gazza, a player with twinkling feet and an equally roguish sense of fun. He was ...

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When the former Sunderland inside forward, Len Shackleton, wrote his autobiography he entitled one chapter: “The average director’s knowledge of football.” It comprised a blank page and ensured that, ...