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Crucial Goals in Football No.4 – Alan Smith vs Liverpool 1988/89
Arsenal fans of a certain age will forever remember the goal that Michael Thomas scored in the last game of the 1988/89 season against Liverpool to clinch their first league title for eighteen years. It was one of the most famous goals in the club’s 135-year history and Thomas is always remembered as the player […]
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On This Day – 7th January
It was on this day back in 1989 that Sutton United recorded a famous 2-1 win over Coventry City.First Division Coventry had won the FA Cup two seasons before and Sutton United were a Vauxhall Conference team at the time. The match was played in front of a sell-out crowd, with 8,000 fans watching at […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.67
This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ is one of the most controversial and deplorable moments in the history of the spot. It was so bad that a country was disqualified from two World Cups and a player was given a lifetime ban from the game. Brazil and Chile were playing a crucial World Cup qualifier at the […]
On This Day – 3rd October
Fourth Division Aldershot were subjected to an 8-0 hammering at home to First Division Sheffield Wednesday on this day in 1989.The defeat came in the second leg of their Second Round tie in the League Cup Second Round Second Leg. After earning a credible 0-0 draw away to the First Division side on 20th September, […]
On This Day – 6th September
It was on this day back in 1989 that Terry Butcher gained fame for playing with a nasty head injury for England against Sweden in a World Cup qualifier.Butcher went up for an aerial challenge in the first half, missed the ball and ended up headbutting his Swedish counterpart instead!He was patched up by the […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.52
Naughty Tony Adams! This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from 11th February 1989 in a First Division match between Millwall and Arsenal.An ITV documentary was covering the game, following the match officials and showing what they do during a match. The referee David Elleray and two linesmen were wired up with microphones and club officials from […]
On This Day – 18th August
Entrepreneur Michael Knighton was unveiled to Manchester United fans as their new owner latest ahead of the opening match of the 1989/90 season on this day back in 1989. The businessman headed out onto the famous Old Trafford turf dressed in a full United kit and tracksuit ahead of their match against reigning champions Arsenal. […]
On This Day -16th July
Brazil fans’ nineteen year wait for a trophy was finally ended on this day back in 1989 as they defeated Uruguay 1-0 in the final of the Copa America.The game was a repeat of the 1950 World Cup Final that was famously won by the Uruguayans in Brazil exactly 39 years previously. Revenge for the […]
On This Day – 23rd May
Paul Gascoigne on the ball against Chile We’ve all been to those drab, utterly forgettable 0-0 draws. The kind of matches that leave you questioning why you bothered to go in the first place.These types of games often get played out in front of low crowds. I also think that players don’t try so hard […]