Alan Hansen was a fantastic centre back during his career, winning 25 major honours for Liverpool between 1977 and 1991. A year after retiring from the game, Hansen became one of the pundits on BBC’s Match of the Day. With all of Hansen’s experience in the game, viewers took his opinions very seriously. However there […]
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Iconic Moments in Football No.93
Football fans can be a strange bunch. They are fiercely loyal, passionate about their club and hero-worship their players. Get on the wrong side of them though and you’ll soon know about it! Social media has given angry fans the platform to vent their frustrations after another poor performance from their team. If a player […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.92
By:Chris Amy Blackburn Rovers – certainly no bottlers! Bottle. A term used in football meaning to succumb to pressure. This week’s iconic moment sees Blackburn Rovers’ goalkeeper Tim Flowers used the phrase quite a few times in a post-match interview. Flowers was being interviewed by Sky Sports immediately after his Blackburn Rovers side had beaten […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.92
By:Chris Amy Blackburn Rovers – certainly no bottlers! Bottle. A term used in football meaning to succumb to pressure. This week’s iconic moment sees Blackburn Rovers’ goalkeeper Tim Flowers used the phrase quite a few times in a post-match interview. Flowers was being interviewed by Sky Sports immediately after his Blackburn Rovers side had beaten […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.91
Forty years ago, England travelled to Norway for a World Cup Qualifier. They had failed to qualify for the two previous tournaments and Ron Greenwood and his men were determined to reach the Finals in Spain the following year. Hungary, Romania and Swtzerland joined Norway and England in the qualifying group, with the top two […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.90
Vinnie Jones proudly shows off his 1988 FA Cup winners medal. Should he even have been allowed to finish the match though? “The Crazy Gang have beaten The Culture Club!” cried John Motson from the television gantry as the referee blew the final whistle of the 1988 FA Cup Final. No one is quite sure […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.89
This week’s Iconic Moment comes from the second leg of the 2019 Champions League Semi Final between Liverpool and Barcelona. Barcelona had won the first leg at the Nou Camp 3-0, giving Liverpool a huge task to try and comeback and progress to the Final. No one expected them to overcome Barcelona, who had won […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.88
Penalty shootouts test the nerve of everyone involved. The fans are subjected to the highest levels of tension and confidence from the players is vital in winning any shootout. At the 2016 European Championships in France, Italy and Germany played each other in the Quarter Final. The game went to a shootout after it ended […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.87
One of the most iconic moments of the 1970’s took place in a match between Sheffield United and Leicester City on 26th April 1975. It was caught on camera and created quite a storm in the national news. Leicester’s Adam Birchenall and United’s maverick midfielder Tony Currie tussled for the ball. Both fell to the […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.86
This week’s Iconic Moment is often shown on bloopers compilation videos and can make a man laugh and wince at the same time! It is of course, the moment Phil Babb crashed into the goalpost at Anfield! The unfortunate incident came in the Liverpool vs Chelsea league match on 4th October 1998. A ball was […]