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Jesper Gronkjaer scored the winning goal for Chelsea in a match against Liverpool on the final day of the season. It not only secured Chelsea a place in the Champions League the following season, but would have bigger implications for the club’s history. More of that shortly. Chelsea and Liverpool both stood a chance of […]
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Today’s article is the final part of this series about own goals. I feel that it is time to move on and find a new subject matter that will hopefully be of interest. When thinking of what own goal to use for this final article, I decided that it must be unique and also sensational.However, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This week’s iconic moment comes from the 2003 FA Cup Semi Final between Arsenal and Sheffield United and was has been described by many as one of the greatest saves of all-time. Arsenal had won the League and FA Cup Double the previous season, just as they had four years previously. They were performing well […]