France 98 got underway on this day back in 1998, with holders Brazil facing huge underdogs Scotland in Paris. The Scots ran the Brazilians very close, but ultimately lost the game 2-1. Brazil had some fantastic players out on the field such as Roberto Carlos, Rivaldo, Ronaldo and Bebeto. Striker Denilson also played a small […]
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Iconic Moments in Football No.80
This week’s Iconic Moment never even happened on a matchday. It happened on the West Ham United training ground and sent shockwaves throughout the football world. It even made the front pages of many newspapers and was talked about on the news. The incident in question took place in September 1998 and involved John Hartson […]
On This Day – 12th February
It was on this day in 1998 that Chelsea and Ruud Gullit parted company. Chelsea chairman Ken Bates had decided to fire Gullit from his role as manager, a decision that was rather surprising.At the time, Gullit had guided Chelsea to second in the Premier League and the Quarter Final of the Coca Cola Cup […]
On This Day – 13th December
League leaders Aston Villa hosted Arsenal on this day in 1998 and came back from a two-goal deficit to beat the League Champions 3-2. Arsenal had won the League and Cup Double the previous season but had started their season slowly. They sat in sixth place in the table going into the match at Villa […]
Historic Matches No.3 – Charlton Athletic 4 Sunderland 4
Charlton Athletic celebrate with the trophy The 1998 First Division Play Off Final will go down as one of the most enthralling and entertaining finals of all-time.Charlton Athletic hadn’t played in the new Premier League since it was formed in 1992 and their last season in the top flight was the 1989/90 campaign. Sunderland were […]
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On This Day – 9th September
27 minutes into their league match against Wimbledon on this day back in 1998, West Ham United fans could be forgiven for thinking that their side were going to come away with all three points.United had raced into a three-goal lead but somehow Harry Redknapp’s men somehow managed to lose the match 4-3! United had […]
On This Day – 27th August
Kenny Dalglish gets to his feet after Nottingham Forest’s second goal put Newcastle out of the FA Cup. Photo Owen Humphreys/PA Kenny Dalglish was shown the door by Newcastle United on this day back in 1999 following a poor start to the season.Dalglish had come in to replace Kevin Keegan in the Newcastle hot-seat midway […]
On This Day – 23rd June
The Scotland team line up before their defeat to Morocco, 23rd June 1998 Scotland lost 3-0 to Morocco at the World Cup on this day back in 1998. Scotland’s World Cup song for France ’98 was called ‘Don’t Come Home Too Soon’ by Del Amitri. This was because France ’98 was their eighth World Cup […]
On this Day – 16th May
Arsenal beat Newcastle United 2-0 on this day to win the FA Cup. In doing so, they completed the League and Cup Double for the second time in their history. It was the perfect end to Arsene Wenger’s first full season in charge at Highbury. The Frenchman had revitalised the squad and brought in his […]
Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.4
Jamie Pollock after his famous own-goal in 1998 If you start typing ‘Jamie Pollock’ into Google, the search engine predictive text facility’s first guess is that you are looking up ‘Jamie Pollock Own Goal’!This must be particularly frustrating for Pollock as he had made 367 appearances in the Football League over the course of his […]