This week’s ‘Greatest Own Goal’ is a bit of an odd one in that the scorer of the own goal didn’t face the negative press or face the backlash of the own goal. On this occasion, it was the goalkeeper who had to take the blame for the error. Although it was officially Gary Neville […]
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On This Day – 22nd November
Steve McClaren became known as the ‘Wally with the Brolly’ on this day in 2007 as his England side failed to qualify for Euro 2008.England hosted Croatia at Wembley, knowing that avoiding defeat would take them to the Finals the following year. Croatia had already qualified for the European Championships and both sides would qualify […]
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 […]