Mick Cooper is a Club volunteer and former Knebworth player, and was a long-standing committee member of the Herts Senior County League. An avid football fan, he has visited 500+ grounds.
His first installment tells us of ‘The Scraps’ and how his love for Wolverhampton Wanderers began… read here
The second installment tells us of the Matthews Final and Mick’s first pair of football boots… read here
Part three sees Mick quit Sunday school and become the ‘bees knees’… read here
Mick is introduced to football royalty in the fourth installment as Puskas and di Stefano grace his television set… read here
Part five sees the Busby Babes conquer domestically and Real Madrid begin their European Cup dominance… read here
Mick’s passion for non-league football is sparked with the Amateur Cup Final… read here
Part seven brings playing success at secondary school and Brazil’s 1958 World Cup win… read here
Wolves get back on top in part eight while Mick is kept on the sidelines… read here
Mick is back on the pitch and gets a big call up, plus a trip to Wembley… read here
The best match ever televised (according to Mick) and leaving school… read here
Eusebio lights up the European Cup final, and England and Scotland share 12 goals!… read here
Mick describes the The Rec as it was in 1961… read here
Mick’s adult football career begins with a trip to Leggatts Way Old Boys… read here
Knebworth form an U18s side and Non-League football gets restructured… read here
The coach trip to Saffron Walden doesn’t go to plan… read here
Legendary Spurs player Dave McKay becomes referee… read here
Hitchin’s ‘shamatuerism’ and England win the World Cup… read here
Stevenage rise to the Southern League Premier Division… read here
Sandridge Rovers begin to climb the leagues and Stevenage fold… read here
Stevenage rise from the ashes… read here
