This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from 29th August 2009. It involved a sending off – but it wasn’t a player that received their marching orders! Arsenal travelled to Old Trafford to face old foes Manchester United in a league match. The host were leading 2-1 going into stoppage time at the end of the game […]
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Iconic Moments in Football No.84
This week’s iconic moment comes from the 2008 Champions League Final between Chelsea and Manchester United. It was Chelsea’s first Champions League Final and United’s third. Chelsea skipper John Terry would end the final in tears after missing a penalty shootout. Terry’s tears would be the most memorable moment of the match. The final was […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.83
This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ was one of the funniest moments in Premier League history. It happened during the Manchester United vs Arsenal match in February 2016. United’s manager at the time was Louis van Gaal. The Dutchman had a successful fifteen years in coaching, lifting twenty trophies in that time. He won the FA Cup […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.82
This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ got the nation whipped up into a World Cup frenzy ahead of the 1990 tournament in Italy. The music band New Order were rewarded with the honour of producing England’s 1990 World Cup song. It would become something of a cult classic and many of the fans who remember the tournament […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.81
Post-match interviews with managers can be great viewing. The result is a significant factor in how the interview pans out. The most entertaining interviews for me have to be when they are angry after a defeat. Everyone remembers Kevin Keegan’s “I would love it!” interview after his Newcastle United side drew away to Nottingham Forest […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.80
This week’s Iconic Moment never even happened on a matchday. It happened on the West Ham United training ground and sent shockwaves throughout the football world. It even made the front pages of many newspapers and was talked about on the news. The incident in question took place in September 1998 and involved John Hartson […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.79
This week’s Iconic Moment is one that I will never forget. It came in the biggest match of my team Arsenal’s history and effectively ruined our chance of winning Europe’s biggest prize. The match in question was the 2006 Champions League Final between Arsenal and Barcelona. The moment that I am going to write about […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.78
Watching Manchester City at the moment, it seems an impossible thought that they played out of the top flight. However, back in 1996 they were perilously close to relegation and went into the final match of the season needing to get a result at home to Liverpool to stay in the Premier League. Southampton and […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.77
This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from the 1994 World Cup in A Second Round match between Brazil and host nation the United States of America. USA had lost all three of their group matches in the previous World Cup in Italy but had done better this time around in front of their home fans.A win […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.76
As a player, the half-time team talk can be something to be very afraid of if you haven’t performed very well in the first half. Sir Alex Ferguson used his infamous ‘hairdryer treatment’, so-called by former players as he would shout in their faces!One method tried by Hull City’s Phil Brown on Boxing Day 2008 […]