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 […]
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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 – 13th August
Andrei Shevchenko scored on his Chelsea debut on this day back in 2006, in a 2-1 defeat to Liverpool in the Community Shield.The Ukrainian striker joined Chelsea from AC Milan for £30 million and big things were expected of him because of his prolific goalscoring throughout his career. Sadly for Shevchenko and Chelsea, he never […]
On This Day – 8th July
It was on this day back in 2006 that Zinedine Zidane played the last competitive match of his career.Every neutral fan supported France when their own country went out of the 2006 World Cup. They all wanted to see Zidane lift the golden trophy and see the Frenchman end his career on a high. Eight […]
On This Day – 3rd June
Peter Crouch performs the ‘Robot Dance’ with team-mate Joe Cole watching on England played their last game on this day back in 2006 before jetting off to the World Cup in Germany.Their opponents were Jamaica and England beat them comfortably 6-0 with charismatic striker Peter Crouch scoring a hat-trick. Wembley was still almost a year […]