Chelsea secured the Premier League title on this day back in 2010 with an incredible 8-0 win over Wigan Athletic at Stamford Bridge. Carlo Ancellotti’s men were only 2-0 up at half time but turned on the style in the second half to record their highest Premier League win. Didier Drogba hit a hat-trick in […]
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Iconic Moments in Football No.85
This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from 29th August 2009. It involved a sending off – but it wasn’t a player that received their marching orders! Arsenal travelled to Old Trafford to face old foes Manchester United in a league match. The host were leading 2-1 going into stoppage time at the end of the game […]
On This Day – 18th March
Bobby Zamora scores the Fulham’s opening goal in an extraordinary night at Craven Cottage 3-1 down from the away leg in Italy against a strong Juventus team. Surely Fulham were about to be knocked out of the Europa League on this day in 2010? The Fulham fans that made up the majority of the 23,458 […]
On This Day – 16th January
Nicolas Anelka scores the first of Chelsea’s seven goals against Sunderland, 16th January 2010 Chelsea fans were in seventh heaven on this day back in 2010 as Chelsea beat Sunderland 7-2 at Stamford Bridge. Nicolas Anelka opened the scoring after eight minutes. The Frenchman broke the Sunderland offside trap, took the ball around goalkeeper Martin […]
On This Day – 3rd January
It was on this day in 2010 that a single goal from Jermaine Beckford gave Leeds United the giant-killing that their fans so desperately craved away to Manchester United. It was the first time in nearly six years that the two clubs played against each other since Leeds’ relegation from the top flight in 2004. […]
On This Day – 30th December
There was a Premier League first on this day back in 2009 in the match played between Portsmouth and Arsenal. It was the first time ever that a game was played in the top flight where both starting line-ups hadn’t got a single Englishman! In all, seven French players started the match and there were […]
On This Day – 20th December
Roberto Mancini became Manchester City manager on this day back in 2009. The Italian was the first Manchester City manager since the management team of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison won the league title back in 1968. He won his first four matches in charge at the Ethiad Stadium. In his first transfer window, Mancini […]
On This Day – 10th October
Eight months before his clanger against USA in the 2010, Robert Green made history by becoming the first England goalkeeper to be sent off.The red card came on this day back in 2009 in a qualifier away to Ukraine. England had already qualified for the World Cup in South Africa before the match had even […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.9
Today’s goal comes from Fulham’s Clint Dempsey in the Europa League. It was the fourth goal for Fulham on a magical night at Craven Cottage, where Italian giants Juventus were beaten 4-1 on 18th March 2010. Fulham had qualified for the Europa League after finishing seventh in the Premier League the previous season. It was […]