Sven-Goran Eriksson became the first foreign England manager on this day back in 2001.The Swede had been in charge of Italian side Lazio, but resigned to take over the biggest job in English football. Other names such as Terry Venables, Bobby Robson, Alan Curbishley and even John Gregory were named by bookies as possibles to […]
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Football’s Greatest Goals No.42
This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ is one that comes from Bobby Charlton’s trusty right boot. He was renowned for his long-range efforts and scored from many of these over his illustrious career. The goal that I am going to write about is one of these thunderbolts. Charlton was playing for England against Mexico in their second […]
On This Day – 17th December
On this day in 2001, Michael Owen’s ‘Annus Mirabilis’ was made complete as he won the Ballon D’Or.The Liverpool striker won the European Footballer of the Year award just three days after his 22nd birthday. In doing so, he became the first English player to win the illustrious award since Kevin Keegan in 1979. Owen had […]
On This Day – 15th December
Former England and Manchester City winger Mike Summerbee was born on this day in 1942. He was part of the successful City side that won four trophies in four seasons in the late 1960’s and early 70’s. Summerbee began his career at Swindon Town, where he made his debut when he was only 16 years […]
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 […]
On This Day – 2nd December
Alf Ramsey made his England debut on this day in 1948 in a 6-0 win over Switzerland at Highbury. He is better known for his managerial career but this was the first of 32 caps that he would win as a player. The match against Switzerland was played on a Thursday afternoon at Highbury. It […]
On This Day – 30th November
Gary Lineker, the former Leicester City, Everton, Barcelona, Tottenham Hotspur, Grampus Eight, and England striker turned 60 today.Lineker scored 48 goals in 80 matches, going tantalisingly close to breaking Bobby Charlton’s record of 49. He won the Golden Boot in the 1986 World Cup after scoring In his club career, Lineker scored 103 goals for […]
On This Day – 27th November
Bobby Robson (far left) prods home his second and England’s fourth against France, 27th November 1957 Bobby Robson made his debut for England on this day back in 1957, scoring twice in a 4-0 win over France at Wembley. Incredibly, Robson said that he only found out that he was going to play in the […]
On This Day – 22nd November
Steve McClaren became known as the ‘Wally with the Brolly’ on this day in 2007 as his England side failed to qualify for Euro 2008.England hosted Croatia at Wembley, knowing that avoiding defeat would take them to the Finals the following year. Croatia had already qualified for the European Championships and both sides would qualify […]
On This Day – 16th November
Tottenham’s Willie Hall scored five goals for England on this day back in 1938 in a 7-0 demolition of Ireland in the Home Championships.Hall scored a hat-trick in under four minutes in the first half- a record that stands to this day – before adding two further goals in the second half. Tommy Lawton scored […]