Imagine scoring a hat-trick in the FA Cup Final, only for one of your team mates to take the limelight? Well, that was the case for Blackpool’s Stan Mortensen in 1953. Blackpool had English football’s star player at the time, Stanley Matthews. He was 38 years old at the time and had yet to win […]
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Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.24
This week’s ‘Greatest Own Goal’ comes from the 1981 FA Cup Final between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur. The unfortunate man to put through his own net was Manchester city midfielder Tommy Hutchison. Hutchison scored the opening goal of the game in the 30th minute, getting on the end of a Ray Ranson cross to thump a […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.41
There are players whose career can be defined by a single goal. One moment of magic that can be set apart from the rest of their career. This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ stands out from the rest of the player’s goals because of its significance. Ray Parlour was an Arsenal icon. He was almost the figure […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.66
This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from the 1980 FA Cup Final between West Ham United and Arsenal.Arsenal were red-hot favourites going into the Final as West Ham were a Second Division side at the time. All the pressure was off the East London club and they managed to pull off a historic FA Cup shock. […]
Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.19
Gary Mabbutt lifted the FA Cup in 1991 after Nottingham Forest’s Des Walker put through his own goal in Extra Time to give Tottenham a 2-1 win.Four years earlier, Mabbutt had an FA Cup Final to forget as he scored an own goal in a 3-2 defeat to underdogs Coventry City. Nobody outside Coventry gave […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.33
This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ comes from the right boot of Chelsea’s Roberto Di Matteo in the 1997 FA Cup Final. It was the fastest goal scored in FA Cup Final history, a record that stood for twelve years until Louis Saha scored in the 2009 final for Everton, ironically against Chelsea. The goal came after […]
Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.9
The FA Cup was the one trophy that eluded Brian Clough throughout his career.He had guided his Nottingham Forest side to two successive semi finals in 1988 and 1989, only to be paired with Liverpool and lost on both occasions. Forest then went one better in the 1990/91 season, reaching the FA Cup Final after […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.27
This week’s ‘Greatest Goal” is probably the most iconic goal of the 1980’s. It came from Coventry City’s Keith Houchen against Tottenham Hotspur in the 1987 FA Cup Final. The Final was a classic and was the perfect opportunity for nearly every single football cliche to be used by John Motson in the BBC commentary […]
On This Day – 20th July
Action from the 1872 FA Cup Final An announcement was made on this day in 1871 from the Football Association secretary Charles Alcock. It was to introduce the idea of a cup competition, which became known as The Football Association Challenge Cup or the FA Cup as it is more commonly known. “It is desirable […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.45
This week’s iconic moment comes from the 1985 FA Cup Final between Everton and Manchester United.Everton had already won the league title and the European Cup Winners Cup just three days before the Wembley final. An unwanted record was broken in the 78th minute of the game when Manchester United’s Kevin Moran sent Everton’s Peter […]