Arsenal striker Nwankwo Kanu scored a fantastic hat-trick away to Chelsea on 23rd October 1999 There had been a torrential downpour on the day of the game and had left many areas of the pitch completely saturated. Puddles had even formed in small patches of the pitch, making it difficult for the ball to be […]
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On This Day – 27th February
Leicester City won the first League Cup Final of the 21st century on this day in 2000, beating First Division Tranmere Rovers at Wembley.This was the second time that The Foxes won the trophy in the space of four years, with their last victory back in 1997 against Middlesbrough. Matt Elliott gave Leicester the lead […]
On This Day – 26th February
Alan Shearer announced on this day back in 2000 that he would retire from international football at the end of the summer’s European Championships. Shearer scored on his international debut in a 2-0 victory over France in February 1992. Graham Taylor saw Shearer as the perfect replacement for Gary Lineker and to help England qualify […]
Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.26
Up until now, all of the articles in this ‘Greatest Own Goals of All Time’ series have been about one unfortunate own goal. This week, Liverpool’s Jamie Carragher becomes the first man to be the first player to score two own goals in one game. The match in question was at Anfield against bitter rivals […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.71
Referee Andy D’Urso became a Football League referee in 1994 before getting promoted to the Premier League in 1999. He made front and back page news in his first season in England’s top flight in an incident that features as this week’s ‘Iconic Moment’. D’Urso was appointed as the man in charge of the Premier […]
On This Day – 24th December
It was on this day in 1999 that Bill Kenwright became the owner of Everton Football Club.Kenwright had been the Vice-Chairman but decided to step up and buy Peter Johnson’s 68% shares in the club for £20 million. It was a dream come true for Kenwright who had supported Everton as a young boy. Everton […]
On This Day – 10th December
It was on this day in 2000 that Tottenham defender Ledley King scored what was then the quickest goal in Premier League history.King’s goal was scored after 9.82 seconds in an away game at Bradford City that ended in a 3-3 draw. He was playing in a more advanced role in midfield, a position he […]
On This Day – 19th September
Sir Bobby Robson return back home on this day back in 1999, in his first match at St James’s Park as manager of Newcastle United.Robson was born in County Durham and had followed Newcastle as a boy. After 31 years managing in four different countries and eight years as England manager, the opportunity to manage […]
On This Day – 25th August
Alan Shearer cuts a dejected figure in the Newcastle United dugout, standing behind Ruud Gullit, the manager brave enough to start the Toon Army’s hero on the bench! Ruud Gullit put the final nail in his Newcastle United coffin on this day back in 1999 after deciding to start the Tyne-Wear Derby against Sunderland with […]
On This Day – 7th August
Alan Shearer was sent off for the first time in his career on this day back in 1999. His career had begun eleven year prior at Southampton and he had joined Newcastle via Blackburn Rovers, where he had won the Premier League title in 1995. The red card was as a result of a second […]