Person: El Rei

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Liam Mackey: There will never be another Pele, said Pele

Liam Mackey revisits an encounter with one of the few people on the planet who can get away with referring to themselves in the third person.

Fri, 10 Apr, 2020

Scotland v Ireland: The night wee Jimmy was all at sea

Watching Roy Keane and the Irish players striding into Celtic Park past the statue of Jimmy Johnstone was to be reminded that, to paraphrase Martin O’Neill, some pre-match "distractions" are definitely more distracting than others, writes Liam Mackey.

Sat, 15 Nov, 2014

Meetings with remarkable men

PELE’S visit to Ireland this week reminded me that I’ve been lucky enough to meet with the five footballers I consider to be the greatest of all time: George Best, Maradona, Johann Cruyff, Zinedine Zidane and ‘El Rei’ himself.

Sat, 28 Nov, 2009