Euro 96 Revisited – 15th and 16th June

After the country celebrated England’s victory over their arch-rivals Scotland, France and Spain played out a 1-1 draw in Newcastle. France took the lead just after half-time with a goal from Youri Djorkaeff. The striker latched on to a chipped ball over the top of the defence by Christian Karambeau before a composed right footed […]

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Euro 96 Revisited – 13th and 14th June

Radek Bjebl volleys low into the back of the net to give Czech Republc a shock 2-1 win over Italy In all the excitement of the England vs Scotland match, I completely forgot to add the match reports of two games!On 13th June, Bulgaria beat Romania, their Balkan counterparts by a goal to nil. The […]

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On This Day – 18th May

Alfredo Di Stefano before kick-off in the 1960 European Cup Final It was on this day 60 years ago that Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt in one of the great European Finals of all-time.Real won 7-3 at Hampden Park in Scotland in front of an enormous crowd of 127,621 to record their fifth successive European […]

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