On This Day – 22nd August

“Welcome to Match of the Day, the first of a weekly series coming to you every Saturday on BBC Two”.This was the introduction that Kenneth Wolstenholme gave as Match of the Day was broadcast for the first time on this day back in 1964.Wolstenholme would become famous two years later for his line of “They […]

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On This Day – 16th August

Following on from yesterday’s article, ‘On This Day’ back in 1992 was the first ever ‘Super Sunday’ on Sky Sports.Nottingham Forest hosted Liverpool at their City Ground home, which had one end closed off as the terrace at the Bridgford End had been bulldozed and replaced with a new stand behind the goal. The new […]

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On This Day – 13th August

Andrei Shevchenko scored on his Chelsea debut on this day back in 2006, in a 2-1 defeat to Liverpool in the Community Shield.The Ukrainian striker joined Chelsea from AC Milan for £30 million and big things were expected of him because of his prolific goalscoring throughout his career. Sadly for Shevchenko and Chelsea, he never […]

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On This Day – 8th August

Champions Leeds United and FA Cup winners Liverpool played out a memorable seven goal thriller in the Charity Shield on this day back in 1992.With a week to go until the first games of the new Premier League, a hat-trick from Frenchman Eric Cantona gave Leeds a 4-3 victory over Graeme Souness’s Liverpool side. Leeds […]

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Iconic Moments in Football No.49

This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from the 1974 Charity Shield between the league champions Leeds United and FA Cup winners Liverpool.The match was the first Charity Shield to be held at Wembley and made it into much more of a showpiece occasion to start the season. Don Revie had left Leeds United at the end […]

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On This Day – 26th July

When Bill Shankly resigned from the manager’s job at Liverpool back in 1974, it sent shockwaves through the footballing world. You can read more about it here.Luckily for Liverpool, they had a ready-made replacement in Bob Paisley, thereby starting the famous Anfield Boot Room series of coaching staff replacing managers. Paisley famously never wanted the […]

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