This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ comes from the enigmatic Paolo di Canio. The wild-tempered Italian had moved to West Ham United in January 1999 after Sheffield Wednesday were unable to cope with his behaviour. Four months before he joined West Ham, Di Canio had shoved referee Paul Alcock to the ground after being sent off and […]
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On This Day – 20th May
The last FA Cup Final to be played at the old Wembley Stadium was played on this day back in 2000. It’s hard to believe that this was twenty years ago now! Chelsea and Aston Villa played out the last FA Cup Final under the Twin Towers with the Londoners winning the game 1-0. In […]
On This Day – 7th May
Manchester City fans run on to the pitch after securing promotion at Blackburn Rovers, 7th May 2000 Manchester City fans have always had a turbulent time. Life is never easy being a City fan although it has been much easier since they’ve had a billionaire take over the club!Even then, City made life very difficult […]
On This Day – 2nd April
Eyal Berkovic scoops in Celtic’s third goal It was on this day back in 2000 that Celtic beat Kilmarnock 4-2 in the Scottish Premier League.There was nothing significant about the fixture, it was a usual run-of-the-mill league game. But it was events in the second half that made the game memorable. Celtic were 2-0 up […]