I have already written about Arsenal’s last-gasp victory over Liverpool in 1989, which I believe is the greatest last-minute win of all-time. This can be found here. That victory for Arsenal took place on this day in 1989 but the article I am going to write about today took place 10 years after.Manchester United faced […]
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Football’s Greatest Goals No.14
It seems fitting that number 14 in this series should be from Thierry Henry.The Frenchman wore this squad number during his first spell at Arsenal, where he became the club’s record goalscorer. Henry joined Arsenal in 1999 and was originally a winger; but manager Arsene Wenger saw something in him that made him think he […]
On This Day – 12th May
Alan Sunderland (far right) runs away in celebration after his late winner in the 1979 FA Cup Final On this day 41 years ago, Arsenal beat Manchester United 3-2 to win the 1979 FA Cup.The Final became known as ‘The Five Minute Final’ after the dramatic final few minutes of the game. United scored twice […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.13
Today’s ‘Greatest Goal’ comes from Cristiano Ronaldo during his time at Manchester United. It was in a league match at home to Portsmouth on 30th January 2008. Going in to the game with Pompey, United needed a win to go back to the top of the table. They would win this game 2-0, courtesy of […]
Alternative Football History Part VIII – Newcastle United win the 1995/96 Premiership!
Manchester United’s Alan Shearer had more to celebrate in an England shirt than in his club’s colours in his first season at Old Trafford In the first part of this article, Newcastle United won the 1995/96 Premiership title and Alex Ferguson was about to start a complete rebuilding of the Manchester United squad. The United […]
Alternative Football History Part VIII – Newcastle United win the 1995/96 Premiership!
Keegan in his famous rant on Sky Sports A little over 24 years ago, Kevin Keegan had a mini-meltdown live on Sky Sports after his Newcastle United side won 1-0 at Leeds United to close the gap on leaders Manchester United to three points. Newcastle United had a game in hand and only two games […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.11
Victorian illustrator Frederick R. Barnard once said that a picture can paint a thousand words. I believe that this is the same with goals. There are some goals that can sum up a player and shows their attributes. If someone had never seen the scorer play, show them a video of the player scoring a […]
On This Day – 21st April
The Manchester United team line up before the Juventus game One of Manchester United’s great comebacks took place on this day back in 1999.After drawing 1-1 at Old Trafford with Juventus in the First Leg of the Semi Final, they went to Turin knowing that they would need to score to have a chance of […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.10
This goal catapulted David Beckham into the limelight. It came on the opening game of the season against Wimbledon on August 1996.Beckham’s long-range effort made people sit up and realise what great potential the young man had. It’s fair to say that the goal changed his life forever. There were only seconds remaining of the […]
When outfield players become goalkeepers Part I
Whenever this rare occurrence happens, football fan’s inner child comes out. After the initial laughter has subsided, they rub their hands with glee at the prospect of seeing a player looking so out of his depth between the sticks. This unusual situation doesn’t happen so much these days as seven substitutes are allowed to be […]
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