When England took to the field to play Albania on this day in 2001, they had seven Manchester United among the ranks! David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Andy Cole, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes all started the match, with Wes Brown and Teddy Sheringham coming on to represent the reigning champions in the second half. In […]
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On This Day – 27th January
Jamie Carragher landed himself in hot water on this day in 2002 in an FA Cup tie against Arsenal at Highbury. In a fiercely competed game, Martin Keown was sent off after 66 minutes. Seven minutes later, Dennis Bergkamp was given his marching orders after a badly-timed lunge on Carragher.A coin was thrown from the […]
On This Day – 16th March
It was on this day in 2002 that a farcical match took place between Sheffield United and West Bromwich Albion at Bramall Lane. The match later became known as ‘The Battle of Bramall Lane’, after fights broke out between the opposing teams on several occasions and Sheffield United were reduced to eight men. After using […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.41
There are players whose career can be defined by a single goal. One moment of magic that can be set apart from the rest of their career. This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ stands out from the rest of the player’s goals because of its significance. Ray Parlour was an Arsenal icon. He was almost the figure […]
On This Day – 3rd November
42 year old Tony Ford made his 931st and final Football League appearance on this day back in 2001, playing for Rochdale in a 2-0 home defeat to Torquay United. Ford began his incredible run of appearances back in 1975 when he made his debut for his hometown club Grimsby Town. He spent eleven years […]
Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.13
Leicester City’s Frank Sinclair walks off with his head down after scoring an own goal to give Middlesbrough the lead (Photo by Steve Morton/EMPICS via Getty Images) Poor Frank Sinclair! He had a torrid time with own goals when he played for Leicester City, scoring three own goals in his six years in his time […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.23
This week’s greatest goal comes from Gianfranco Zola for Chelsea in the 2002 FA Cup against Norwich City.The goal has been rightly considered one of the greatest in Chelsea’s 105 year history and showed a real sense of skill, initiative and class by the diminutive Italian. With the score at 2-0, Chelsea won a corner […]