All rise and applaud Sir Stanley Matthews, a soccer icon whose influence transcended generations. Born on February 1, 1915, in Stoke-on-Trent, England, Matthews was a pioneer of the beautiful game.

It is a day no-one who was there, watched on television, or read the coverage in The Sentinel will ever forget. Today - Monday March 3, 2025 - marks 25 years since the funeral of Stoke City legend Sir ...

But when members of the Football Writers Association were originally asked to vote for the Footballer of the Year - the English game’s oldest individual award, first won by Sir Stanley Matthews in ...