On This Day – 15th June

Today is the 25th anniversary of the memorable encounter between England and Scotland at Euro 96. Alan Shearer nodded England ahead early in the second half before David Seaman saved a penalty kick from Gary McAllister. Moments later, Paul Gascoigne scored one of the goals of the tournament with a sublime flick over Colin Hendry’s […]

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‘Spirit of Euro 96 can ensure a glorious summer for England’

Former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson believes recreating “that Euro 96 feeling” will give Gareth Southgate’s side “a fantastic opportunity” to win this summer’s Euros. The tournament, delayed a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, will be held across 11 hosts cities throughout Europe. However, England will play all their group games at Wembley, with potential […]

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Football’s Greatest Goals No.26

After yesterday’s ‘Iconic Moment’ featured a moment in Euro 96, I thought that I would include a goal from the tournament for this week’s ‘Greatest Goal’.In my opinion there were four truly great goals in the tournament. Paul Gascoigne’s delightful goal against Scotland, Karel Poborsky and Davor Suker’s lobs for Czech Republic and Croatia and […]

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Iconic Moments in Football No.51

Heartbreaking. That’s the one word that I can use to describe this iconic moment. As I sit here writing this article in my grey shirt, a replica of the one worn by England on that night back in June 1996, heartbreaking is the best word that I can find to describe it. England were playing […]

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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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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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Euro 96 Revisited – Quarter Final round-up

Karel Poborsky of Czech Republic watches his audacious lob against Portugal I have already written about the first Quarter Final, which was between England and Spain but have yet to write about the three remaining ties. England will play Germany in their semi-final after the Germans beat Croatia 2-1 in an entertaining game at Old […]

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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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Euro 96 Revisited – 19th June

The Czech Republic team celebrate qualifying for the Quarter Finals at the final whistle against Russia We now know of the Quarter Final line-up following the conclusion of Groups C and D.An 88th minute equaliser for Czech Republic against Russia in a six goal thriller completely changed the complexion of Group C.Valdimir Smicer’s 88th minute […]

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