Carlisle United goalkeeper Jimmy Glass scored a dramatic last-gasp winner against Plymouth Argyle on this day in 1999. In doing so, he managed to keep United in the Football League, at the expense of Scarborough. In the days leading up to the final match of the season, Carlisle boss Nigel Pearson had a real nightmare […]
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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 […]
Crucial Goals in Football No.2 – Teddy Sheringham vs Bayern Munich 26th May 1999
This week’s Crucial Goal comes from Teddy Sheringham, then of Manchester United. It came in the 91st minute of the 1999 Champions League Final against Bayern Munich. Everyone knows that United won the Treble that year. It was an historic achievement as it had never been done before. With the league and FA Cup already […]
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On This Day – 13th February
Kevin Keegan was announced as the new England manager on this day in 1999, replacing Glenn Hoddle. The twice winner of the Ballon d’Or started well, with a 3-1 victory over Poland at Wembley. He guided England to the 2000 European Championships after beating Scotland 2-1 over a two-legged play-off. England performed dismally at Euro […]
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 […]
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 – 26th May
I have already written about Arsenal’s last-gasp victory over Liverpool in 1989, which I believe is the greatest last-minute win of all-time. This can be found here. That victory for Arsenal took place on this day in 1989 but the article I am going to write about today took place 10 years after.Manchester United faced […]
On This Day – 6th May
Blackburn Rovers were relegated from the Premier League on this day back in 1999.It was only 1,453 days since they lifted the Premier League championship trophy at Anfield after just pipping Manchester United to the title on the last day of the season. A lot had changed at Ewood Park in the four years since […]