England beat Paraguay 4-0 on this day back in 2002 in a friendly ahead of the World Cup in Japan and South Korea. It was the second time that the two countries had played against each other. The first was in 1986 at the World Cup in Mexico and England won 3-0. Michael Owen, Danny […]
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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 […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.65
This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from the 2002 World Cup and was surely one of the most shameful moments of Brazilian Rivaldo’s career. The 2002 World Cup was the first to be held in two different countries; Japan and South Korea with ten stadiums from each country being used as venues. Japan’s national stadium in […]
On This Day – 23rd November
Joey Barton would have made senior debut for Manchester City on this day in 2002 had it not been for the most bizarre of circumstances. City were away to Middlesbrough and after Geremi scored to give the hosts a 3-1 lead on 84 minutes, manager Kevin Keegan told Barton to get ready to go on […]
On This Day – 29th October
Grimsby Town and Burnley played out an eleven goal thriller at Grimsby’s Blundell Park on this day back in 2002.The match ended 6-5 to Grimsby in a First Division match and the hosts were 4-3 up at half time! It’s freak results like this that make fans go to every game, for fear that they […]
On This Day – 16th October
England’s goalkeeper David Seaman is beaten direct from a corner by Macedonia’s Artim Sakiri (Photo by Neal Simpson/EMPICS via Getty Images) It was on this day back in 2002 that Macedonian Artim Sakiri managed to embarrass David Seaman by scoring direct from a corner against England in a European Championship qualifier. Seaman was making his […]
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 […]