On This Day – 22nd June

For the second day in a row, an ‘On This Day’ features England being knocked out of a World Cup Quarter Final.Yesterday featured England’s defeat to Brazil in 2002 but on this day back in 1986, England lost 2-1 to Argentina in controversial circumstances. Diego Maradona was arguably the greatest player in the world back […]

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On This Day – 21st June

Michael Owen puts England ahead after Lucio (right) carelessly lost possession Brazil’s beat Italy in the 1970 World Cup Final which happened on this day fifty years ago. However, I have decided not to write about that legendary game, as I will feature it in my ‘Football’s Greatest Games’ series very soon. On this day […]

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On This Day – 15th June

It was on this day back in 1996 that England’s Euro ’96 tournament started gathering pace, as they brushed Scotland aside with a 2-0 victory over the Auld Enemy. Second half goals from Alan Shearer and Paul Gascoigne settled were the difference between the two sides.It could have been a completely different story though as […]

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On This Day – 13th June

France’s match-winner Zinedine Zidane England began their Euro 2004 campaign on this day sixteen years ago and they couldn’t have been given a tougher opening fixture.The holders France were England’s first opponents in a group including Switzerland and Croatia. Those two had played out a goalless draw a few hours before so a win would […]

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An Interview with…John Ruddy

I’m really excited about this interview as John is a current Premiership player. He has kindly taken some time to send me his answers between training sessions with Wolverhampton Wanderers ahead of the resumption of Premier League football. First of all, how have you been coping during lockdown?To be honest, I really enjoyed the unexpected […]

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On This Day – 7th June

David Beckham made up for his sending off against Argentina in France ’98 by scoring against the same opponents on this day back in 2002.Beckham blasted home a penalty moments before half-time to score the only goal of the game. The relief and joy on Beckham’s face was there for all to see. Italian referee […]

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