It was on this day in 1978 that Liverpool retained the European Cup, beating Brugge in the Final at Wembley Stadium. A goal in the 64th minute goal from Kenny Dalglish was enough to secure victory. The Scot ran through the Brugge defence to get on the end of a wonderful through ball from Graeme […]
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Football’s Greatest Hat-Tricks No.12
The North London Derby takes place in an hour’s time, so I thought that it was appropriate to include a hat-trick from a previous match between Arsenal and Tottenham for this week’s Greatest Hat-Trick. On 23rd December, Arsenal travelled down the Seven Sisters Road to face arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane. A victory […]
On This Day – 23rd December
It was on this day in 1978 that Arsenal put five goals without reply against their bitter rivals Tottenham Hotspur. 42,073 fans were at White Hart Lane to see Arsenal match the second highest victory in the derby, a record that was held by Tottenham who beat Arsenal by the same scoreline on Christmas Day […]
Heroes & Villains – Leyton Orient
Heroes – FA Cup Semi Finalists 1977/78This Orient side went one step further in the competition than the club had gone before, most recently reaching the Quarter Finals in 1972.All but one of their ties went to replays, with the exception being a 3-1 home win over Blackburn Rovers in the Fourth Round. The other […]
On This Day – 11th June
Archie Gemmill en route to scoring Scotland’s third goal Archie Gemmill scored the most iconic goal in the history of Scottish football on this day back in 1978. It could easily have been included in the ‘Football’s Greatest Goals’ series but I have selected it for the ‘On This Day’ instead. Gemmill’s goal came against […]
Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.7
Willie Donachie and Jim Blyth wonder what has just happened as the ball nestles in the back of the net This week’s own goal comes from Scotland’s Willie Donachie for Scotland against Wales in the 1978 Home Championship.The game was played at Hampden Park on 17th May, with Scotland about to jet off to Argentina […]