Celebrating the life of Don Shula (1930 – 2020)
By Lawrence Vos (@F10YRetro and @NFLFANINENGLAND) I happened to be flicking through a 2000 NFL Record and Fact Book the other day, and as the league looked forward to a new century of statistical achievements I stumbled upon a table that listed head coaches with over 100 career wins. Atop the table was the former […]
Taking it all the way back to 1980 (Part 1)
by Lawrence Vos (@F10YRetro @NFLFANINENGLAND) When you are as old as I am (45) and you fell in love with the NFL in the mid-1980s then you will always have fond memories of a time that was dominated by Joe Montana, Da Bearz, and the likes of the outstanding Cleveland Browns secondary, consisting of Hanford […]
One love or one big mistake? The first 10 years of the NFL Draft’s #1 pick (1936-1945)
by Lawrence Vos (@F10YRetro and @NFLFANINENGLAND) PART 1 – The First Ten Years What do Chunk from ‘The Goonies’, O.J. Simpson, Myles Garrett and Peyton Manning all have in common? The fact they are memorable characters, or that they have created headlines for a plethora of different reasons, good, bad and downright mind-boggling? Nope these […]
F10Y Retro Feature – Tom Rathman – The original #44
by Lawrence Vos (@F10YRetro and @NFLFANINENGLAND) When the San Francisco 49ers scored their first touchdown in Super Bowl 54, it wasn’t mega-stud TE George Kittle, red-hot RB Raheem Mostert or even mid-season acquisition WR Emmanuel Sanders who broke the plane of the end-zone, it was a guy with a name that features two z’s, and […]
Full10Yards – 54 facts for Super Bowl LIV
by Lawrence Vos (@F10YRetro and @NFLFANINENGLAND) Some known, some unknown and some complete random facts for you to consume during Super Bowl weekend. The 49ers and Chiefs have met only 13 times. The 49ers lead the series 7-6, but they have only won one of the last four meetings. The teams last met in Week […]
F10Y Retro – The 1981 49ers – The season that launched a dynasty
by Lawrence Vos (@F10YRetro and @NFLFANINENGLAND) Sometimes legacies begin with a big bang, sometimes however they start without even a fizzle. Back in the Spring of 1977 Eddie De Bartolo Sr bought a present for his 31 year old son of the same name. It wasn’t a car or even a house, it was an […]
F10Y 2019 Divisional Playoffs takeaways
by Lawrence Vos (@F10YRetro and @NFLFANINENGLAND) DID that really just happen? Not sure if I had too much coffee over the weekend and started hallucinating but I swear I just watched an NFL game where the road team went 21-0 by the end of the first quarter, then allowed their opponents to score 28 in […]
F10Y Retro Recap – 1987 Divisional Playoffs Vikings @ 49ers
by Lawrence Vos (@F10YRetro & @NFLFANINENGLAND) With just hours to go before the first of four fascinating NFL Divisional Playoff games its time to turn back the clock and take a visit to Candlestick Park and a truly memorable contest between the two teams that open up this weekend’s four game slate…… January 9, 1988. […]
F10Y Retro – Coach Vault (#1) – Sam Wyche
by Lawrence Vos (@F10YRetro & @NFLFANINENGLAND) With the very sad passing of former Cincinnati Bengals head coach Sam Wyche this month (January 2020) I thought it would be highly appropriate to conduct the first unlocking of the F10Y Retro Coach Vault by going back to the 1960s before travelling back to the future to a […]
We wish you all a Full10 Christmas
By Lawrence Vos (@NFLFANINENGLAND & @Full10Retro) As you root around that tub of Quality Tai ‘Street’s for the last remaining purple one, here at the Full 10 yards we are feeling Howard ‘Fest’ive so we have donned our tasteless ‘Jumpy'(ers) Geathers, downed a double shot of Al egg ‘Nog’a and decided to light the Dick […]
The NFL & Thanksgiving – A brief history
by Lawrence Vos (@F10YRetro @NFLFANINENGLAND) You will have noticed that however hard you try it’s impossible to avoid watching the Detroit Lions or the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day. The day is seen as a North American event, where families get together and consume vast amounts of turkey, candied yam and cranberry sauce whilst fighting […]
