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English professional footballer and defender with West Ham United Football Club, Bobby Moore (1941-1993) pictured on the pitch at Upton Park in London prior to a match in 1970. (Photo by Rolls Press/Popperfoto/Getty Images) Bobby Moore is a name that has to go down in the ‘Far Post Header Hall of Fame’ after an illustrious 25 […]
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I realised last night that I haven’t written one of these articles for quite a while now. This time, I think that it’s appropriate that I include Geoff Hurst’s hat-trick in the 1966 World Cup Final. My reasoning is that last Thursday (30th July) marked the 52nd anniversary since the greatest moment in English football history as […]
Steve McClaren became England manager on this day back in 2006. He was announced as successor to Sven-Goran Eriksson in January of 2006 before taking charge after the World Cup.McClaren started his managerial career at Middlesbrough in the 2000/01 season and was the Football Association’s second choice to replace Eriksson. Initially, Luis Felipe Scolari was […]
It would almost be unpatriotic for me not to include the 1966 World Cup Final as the topic for today’s ‘On This Day’! For that reason alone, I will use it as the subject matter for today’s article.It is exactly 44 year to the day since Bobby Moore climbed the 39 steps to the Royal […]
England manager Alf Ramsey (c) tries to prevent England’s George Cohen (r) exchanging shirts with Argentina’s Alberto Gonzalez (l) after the match “We have still to produce our best football. It will come against the right type of opposition, a team which comes to play football and not act as animals.”These were the words from […]
Jack Charlton passed away yesterday at the age of 85. His is best known for being part of the England team who won the World Cup back in 1966, but he also had a successful career in management. In his playing days, Jack was an imposing centre half, who was both feared and respected by […]
Peter Shilton against Italy, 7th July 1990 Peter Shilton made his 125th and final cap for England on this day back in 1990, in the Third and Fourth Place Play Off against hosts Italy at the World Cup.The England goalkeeper was just short of 41 years old at the time and was one of the […]
As an Englishman, Diego Maradona’s first goal in the 1986 Quarter Final for Argentina against England is the defining moment of the game.I was only a month old when Maradona punched the ball into the back of the net in that match and I have grown up reading about the injustice of that goal. The […]
David Platt wheels away in celebration after scoring the goal that sent England through to the Quarter Final of the World Cup, 26th June 1990 It was on this day back in 1990 that David Platt scored a last-minute winner for England against Belgium.The two countries were playing each other in a Second Round knockout […]
Harry Kane celebrates one of his three goals against Panama It was in this day two years ago that England thrashed Panama 6-1 in their second match at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.Harry Kane helped scored twice, centre back John Stones also hit a double and Jesse Lingard also scored in a blistering first-half […]