Alex Ferguson took charge of his first match in charge of Manchester United. Sadly for Ferguson, it wasn’t a fairytale start as his new charges went down 2-0 at the Manor Ground. Ferguson had left Scottish side Aberdeen to replace Ron Atkinson at Old Trafford and things started slowly. In fact, United only won one […]
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Football’s Greatest Goals No.20
As an Englishman, Diego Maradona’s first goal in the 1986 Quarter Final for Argentina against England is the defining moment of the game.I was only a month old when Maradona punched the ball into the back of the net in that match and I have grown up reading about the injustice of that goal. The […]
On This Day – 22nd June
For the second day in a row, an ‘On This Day’ features England being knocked out of a World Cup Quarter Final.Yesterday featured England’s defeat to Brazil in 2002 but on this day back in 1986, England lost 2-1 to Argentina in controversial circumstances. Diego Maradona was arguably the greatest player in the world back […]
On This Day – 10th May
It was on this day back in 1986 that the first all-Merseyside FA Cup Final took place.Liverpool won the game 3-1 to become the first club since Arsenal in 1971 to win the League and Cup Double. Everton had finished the season as runners-up. Officially there were 100,000 fans in the Wembley crowd that day, […]