Delia Smith has had an active role at Norwich City Football Club for many years now. She had been introduced to the club when she met her husband, who is an avid fan. In February 2005, City were battling against relegation from the Premier League. It was their first season back in the top flight […]
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Iconic Moments in Football No.73
Former Germany, Bayern Munich and Tottenham Hotspur striker Jurgen Klinsmann made a name for himself for diving. Throughout his career, he was scythed down many a time by opposition defenders, but he needed no encouragement to roll around on the turf after being challenged! When Klinsmann left his native Germany for Tottenham Hotspur in 1994, […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.72
This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from the League Cup Semi Final Second Leg between Swansea City and Chelsea on 23rd January 2013.The incident involved Chelsea’s Eden Hazard and a 17-year-old ballboy called Charlie Morgan. Swansea had won the first leg 2-0 at Stamford Bridge and Michael Laudrup’s men were 90 minutes away from their first […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.71
Referee Andy D’Urso became a Football League referee in 1994 before getting promoted to the Premier League in 1999. He made front and back page news in his first season in England’s top flight in an incident that features as this week’s ‘Iconic Moment’. D’Urso was appointed as the man in charge of the Premier […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.70
There are some things that happen on a football field that are unforgivable. Players become carried away in the heat of battle and tempers flare, causing them to lash out at opponents or go in for wild challenges. One of these incidents will be the subject of this week’s ‘Iconic Moment’. Duncan Ferguson was a […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.69
Few footballers have been disliked as much as Luis Suarez in recent years. The Uruguayan has bitten three opponents in separate incidents over his career, stamped on opposition players and regularly dived in order to win penalties. Almost all of those have been punished with long bans and fines. However, there was one incident involving […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.68
Liverpool fans were finally able to enjoy winning the championship last season, ending a 30-year wait to be the best club in England. German manager Jurgen Klopp masterminded the title win, managing to finally claim the one trophy that had eluded the Anfield club for so long. The wait was made all the more painful […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.67
This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ is one of the most controversial and deplorable moments in the history of the spot. It was so bad that a country was disqualified from two World Cups and a player was given a lifetime ban from the game. Brazil and Chile were playing a crucial World Cup qualifier at the […]
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. […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.65
This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from the 2002 World Cup and was surely one of the most shameful moments of Brazilian Rivaldo’s career. The 2002 World Cup was the first to be held in two different countries; Japan and South Korea with ten stadiums from each country being used as venues. Japan’s national stadium in […]