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 […]
On This Day – 16th June
The England team line up for a photo before their World Cup opener with France England began their World Cup campaign off with a 3-1 win over France on this day back in 1982.It was England’s first appearance at a World Cup after failing to qualify for the tournaments in 1974 and 78 and thousands […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
On This Day – 10th June
England’s Ron Springett meets a four legged friend A funny incident took place in the World Cup match between holders Brazil and England on this day back in 1962.A few minutes into the game, a black dog made its way on to the pitch and despite several players trying to grab it to take it […]
On This Day – 9th June
Alexei Lalas jumps highest to head in for USA, 9th June 1993 It seems a rather relevant ‘On This Day’ today given all of the recent news surrounding the ‘Black Lives Matter’ protests in the last few weeks.Paul Ince became the first black player to England on this day back in 1993 in a hugely […]
On This Day – 8th June
England captain Billy Wright on the left and US captain Walter Behr on the right England played their first match under floodlights on this day back in 1953. They played in the Yankee Stadium, home of the New York Yankees baseball team against the United States and won the game 6-3. The Yankee Stadium had […]
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 […]