When Paul Lambert left Motherwell for Borussia Dortmund in 1996, he did not even know if he had a club to go to.
He had no contract.
He had no agent.
And by the time he arrived in Germany, he had almost no money left either.
So Lambert told Dortmund’s general manager exactly where he stood.
“Motherwell don’t know I’m here.”
“They don’t have a clue where I am.”
“The other thing is I’ve run out of money as well.”
Dortmund gave him 200 Marks and a trial.
Within a few weeks, he was in their team.
Within a year, he was playing in a Champions League final against Juventus, marking Zinedine Zidane, and helping Dortmund become champions of Europe.
By then, everything had changed.
Juventus wanted him.
Franz Beckenbauer asked if he would be interested in Bayern Munich.
But Lambert wanted to stay at Dortmund.
“I had everything at Dortmund.”
Then his son became ill again.
Lambert and his wife had first seen it when he was a baby in Glasgow.
He had a temperature, they brought him into bed, and then his arm went limp.
Lambert picked him up.
Then his head flopped.
“I was shaking him, but there was nothing there.”
He recovered, but the doctors told them it could happen again for years.
And after the Champions League final in 1997, it did.
That was when Lambert and his wife knew they had to go back to Scotland.
Not because he wanted to leave Dortmund.
But because they needed to be near family.
Dortmund did not want him to go.
Before a Champions League game against Parma, the supporters made that clear.
Banners went up around the ground.
“Paul, don’t go.”
“Thank you, Paul.”
Then they started singing his name.
“Paul Lambert, You’ll Never Walk Alone.”
After the game, the club asked him to do a lap of honour.
Lambert got as far as the Yellow Wall, saw people crying, and had to go back down the tunnel.
Dortmund asked him one last time.
“Paul, we’re going to ask you again.”
“Don’t go.”
But his mind was made up.
He went home and signed for Celtic.
And within months, Lambert had gone from winning the Champions League with Dortmund to helping Celtic stop Rangers winning ten in a row.
“My football career is mad, isn’t it?”
“It is real fairytale stuff.”
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"All onside, play on". Moments like this make you laugh from Wigan ref Liam Moore whilst refereeing Wigan. Fair play to the 2 Wigan players who got onside.
This is why Bryan Robson is and will always be our greatest ever leader. Roy is honest and respect for that but there's a point when honesty turns bitter. His career after he left us speaks for itself. We made you Roy.
This is for the rival fans calling us useless for backing Bruno Fernandes over Roy Keane;
For Chelsea fans, imagine John Terry or Frank Lampard publicly saying they were never really Chelsea fans, that they actually support Arsenal, and Chelsea results don’t affect their weekend. Then imagine them coming online every few days to constantly attack your beloved “average” Enzo Fernández.
For Arsenal fans, imagine Ian Wright saying on The Overlap that he never truly loved Arsenal, only played there for the money, and the club he actually supports is Chelsea or Tottenham then spending every week criticising your “average” Bukayo Saka.
How would you lot feel?
Silly bastards. Definitely would of got england caps playing in finals and semi finals whilst playing in league 1 ey. They get better and better each year liverpool fans.
Jordan Pickford left Sunderland 9 years ago to join Everton thinking he was escaping mediocrity.
Since then Sunderland have had back to back relegations, rebuilt the club, got promoted back to the Championship, won the play-offs to get back to the Premier League and qualified for Europe at the first attempt.
Everton have spent most of that time flirting with relegation, getting points deductions and acting like finishing 14th is a successful season.
He genuinely would’ve had a more successful career if he’d just stayed at Sunderland. That is peak Everton.
😇😇 St.Helens R.F.C. can confirm that Saints Women's captain Jodie Cunningham and vice-captain Emily Rudge will retire from rugby league at the end of 2026.
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#COY😇😇 St.Helens R.F.C. can confirm that Saints Women's captain Jodie Cunningham and vice-captain Emily Rudge will retire from rugby league at the end of 2026.
Full story 🔻 https://t.co/kXwDlXHNdl
#COY😇😇 St.Helens R.F.C. can confirm that Saints Women's captain Jodie Cunningham and vice-captain Emily Rudge will retire from rugby league at the end of 2026.
Full story 🔻 https://t.co/kXwDlXHNdl
#COY😇😇 St.Helens R.F.C. can confirm that Saints Women's captain Jodie Cunningham and vice-captain Emily Rudge will retire from rugby league at the end of 2026.
Full story 🔻 https://t.co/kXwDlXHNdl
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🚨💙 Pep Guardiola will take up a role as a Global Ambassador for the City Football Group.
He will give technical advice to the clubs in the group, working on specific projects and collaborations.
A legacy stained with:
• As a player: caught doping twice.
• As Barcelona coach: managed a club that paid the referees’ committee vice president for years (Negreira case).
• As City coach: managed a club charged with 115 FFP breaches.
One of the most controversial legacies football has ever seen.