After a career spanning 23 years, David Seaman finally announced his retirement from the game on this day back in 2004. Nicknamed ‘Safe Hands’ as he was known for being a reliable goalkeeper, Seaman won 75 caps for England. This made him the second most-capped goalkeeper for the England national team with only Peter Shilton […]
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Football’s Greatest Goals No.43
It is fair to say that this week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ was the turning point in Liverpool’s successful Champions League run in the 2004/05 season. Without it, the club wouldn’t have even made it out of the group stages and their famous night in Istanbul would never have occurred. Olympiakos lead the group with ten points […]
On This Day – 19th December
Christmas can be an expensive time of year for everyone. The actions by Joey Barton at the Manchester City Christmas Party on this day in 2004 cost the midfielder £125,000 and a lot of bad press. Barton and James Tandy (a member of the reserve team) got involved in a bit of trouble at the […]
On This Day – 12th December
Champions Arsenal took on Champions-elect Chelsea at Highbury on this day in 2004. It was Chelsea’s first visit back after they had knocked Arsenal out of the Quarter Final of the Champions League a few months earlier. Thierry Henry fired the home side ahead after just two minutes, controlling a pass from Cesc Fabregas and […]
On This Day – 28th September
Wayne Rooney made an impressive start to his career at Old Trafford, scoring a hat-trick on his debut on this day back in 2004.The 18 year old joined from Everton for £30 million and made an immediate impact in a 6-2 win over Turkish side Fenerbahce. Rooney could, and perhaps should have scored early on, […]
Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.8
Crystal Palace had a tough 2004/05 season and were relegated on the final day of the season. They very nearly stayed up, leading 2-1 at neighbours Charlton Athletic until Jonathan Fortune headed in an equaliser and West Bromwich Albion stayed up instead. The 2004/05 season was Palace’s first back in the top flight for six […]
On This Day – 23rd August
An extra £7 million and Wayne Rooney would have been holding a black and white Newcastle United shirt instead back in the summer of 2004 It was on this day back in 2004 that Newcastle United put in a bid of £20 million to Everton for the services of teenage sensation Wayne Rooney.Their offer was […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.25
This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ comes from Arsenal’s record goalscorer Thierry Henry. In a game against Charlton Athletic at Highbury in October 2004, the mercurial Frenchman showed his awareness, skill and flair with a single flick of his right foot. Many of Thierry Henry’s goals in his two spells at Arsenal were fantastic. He perfected the […]
On This Day – 13th June
France’s match-winner Zinedine Zidane England began their Euro 2004 campaign on this day sixteen years ago and they couldn’t have been given a tougher opening fixture.The holders France were England’s first opponents in a group including Switzerland and Croatia. Those two had played out a goalless draw a few hours before so a win would […]