Current Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made his last Premier League appearance for the club as a player on this day back in 2007. Solskjaer joined United for only £1.5 million, from Molde in his native Norway. In all, he made 366 appearances for the club and scored 126 times. The most famous of […]
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On This Day – 10th March
On this day back in 2007, 19-year-old Lionel Messi scored the first career hat-trick of his career.The diminutive Argentine couldn’t have picked a bigger setting, with his treble coming in the famous El Classico derby between his Barcelona side and their rivals Real Madrid. Both sides shared six goals in a thrilling encounter. Messi’s first […]
On This Day – 11th January
David Beckham at the statue of him at LA Galaxy David Beckham announced on this day back in 2007 that he would be leaving the mighty Real Madrid to joining MLS side LA Galaxy. It seemed to be a real backward step for Beckham’s football career, leaving ‘The Galacticos’ for a league that was deemed […]
Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.22
This week’s ‘Greatest Own Goal’ is a bit of an odd one in that the scorer of the own goal didn’t face the negative press or face the backlash of the own goal. On this occasion, it was the goalkeeper who had to take the blame for the error. Although it was officially Gary Neville […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.36
This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ comes from Liverpool’s Xabi Alonso in a league match against Newcastle United on 20th September 2006.Liverpool were already 1-0 up in their Premier League match at Anfield thanks to a goal from Dutch striker Dirk Kuyt. The Spaniard dispossessed Charles N’Zogbia inside his own half before looking up to see what […]
On This Day – 23rd September
William Gallas celebrates scoring Arsenal’s 1st goal with Kolo Toure. Arsenal 3:0 Sheffield United. FA Permiership. Emirates Stadium, Islington, London, 23/9/06. Credit: Arsenal Football Club / Stuart MacFarlane. Arsenal beat Sheffield United 3-0 on this day back in 2006 to record their first league win at their new Emirates Stadium home. The match as also […]
On This Day – 3rd September
The Emirates Stadium. Brazil 3:0 Argentina. Friendly International. Emirates Stadium, Islington, London, 3/9/06. Credit: Arsenal Football Club / David Price. Brazil and Argentina played out a friendly on this day back in 2006 at the brand new Emirates Stadium, Arsenal’s new home.The Brazilian side won convincingly 3-0 thanks to two goals from Elano and a […]
On This Day – 31st August
31st August is always one of the busiest days in the football calendar when it comes to last minute transfer deals. This is because 31st August is the end of the summer transfer window.Sky Sports make a day of it and presenter Jim White presents a rolling news broadcast, becoming almost too excited about news […]