On This Day – 5th June

It was on this day back in 1968 that Alan Mullery got the most unwanted record of his career, becoming the first England player to be sent off.Mullery was given his marching orders in the 89th minute of a foul-tempered match with Yugoslavia in the 1968 European Championship Semi-Final. The Yugoslavs set out to frustrate […]

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On This Day – 3rd June

Peter Crouch performs the ‘Robot Dance’ with team-mate Joe Cole watching on England played their last game on this day back in 2006 before jetting off to the World Cup in Germany.Their opponents were Jamaica and England beat them comfortably 6-0 with charismatic striker Peter Crouch scoring a hat-trick. Wembley was still almost a year […]

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Euro 96 Revisited – Semi-Final heartbreak again for England

Heroes. Every single one of them I could so easily have done it. I could have watched the re-run of the England vs Germany Semi-Final on ITV. I was home from work in plenty of time. But something stopped me and I couldn’t bring myself to go through the heartbreak and disappointment for a second […]

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Iconic Moments in Football No.39

The England team (in white shirts) performing the Nazi salute alongside their German counterparts, 14th May 1938 This week’s iconic moment comes from 14th May 1938 and was a pivotal moment in the history of the sport.  It remains one of the darkest moments of England’s football history. The Nazi party were starting to gain momentum […]

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Euro 96 Revisited – England reach semi-finals after penalty shootout victory over Spain

I thought that I would give writing an article from a couple of days after seeing the game would work out for me. I thought that it would be a little bit like the articles that you would read in a newspaper on a Monday, so the writer has extra time to reflect on what […]

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On This Day – 25th May

Bobby Moore gets lead away for questioning by the Colombia authorities Bobby Moore was arrested in Colombia on this day 50 years ago in the build-up to the World Cup in Mexico.The England captain was accused of stealing a bracelet in a jewellery shop called ‘Fuego Verde’; situated inside the lobby of the hotel where […]

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Euro 96 Revisited – England Demolish Dutch to reach Quarter Finals!

The deadly England strike partnership of Alan Shearer and Teddy Sheringham England beat Holland 4-1 tonight in one of the most complete performances ever seen by an England team at Wembley.In a game where the hosts had to avoid defeat, England played with hunger and desire. There was a ruthless streak not seen in the […]

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