It would almost be unpatriotic for me not to include the 1966 World Cup Final as the topic for today’s ‘On This Day’! For that reason alone, I will use it as the subject matter for today’s article.It is exactly 44 year to the day since Bobby Moore climbed the 39 steps to the Royal […]
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On This Day – 29th July
The Swedish Gold Medal winners from the 1948 Olympic Games The 14th Olympic Games began on this day back in 1948 in London. It was decided that the Games would still go ahead despite much of the world still being rebuilt after the effects of the Second World War which ended three years before. The […]
On This Day – 28th July
Emmanuel Petit and Marc Overmars both left Arsenal to join Barcelona on this day back in 2000 for a combined fee of £32 million.The vast majority of the fee was for Overmars, who became the fourth most expensive player in the world after moving to Spain in a deal worth £25 million. Emmanuel Petit cost […]
On This Day – 27th July
Kenny Dalglish completed one of the most important signings in Blackburn Rovers’ 145 year history on this day back in 1992.Alan Shearer signed for Rovers from Southampton for a then British record of £3.6 million. He would go on and score twice on his debut away to Crystal Palace on the opening day of the […]
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 […]
On This Day – 25th July
Replacing David Seaman was always going to be an onerous task for Arsene Wenger. On this day back in 2003 he announced that German international Jens Lehmann would be taking the number one jersey at Highbury.‘Mad Jens’ cost Arsenal a mere £1.5 million from Borussia Dortmund in Lehmann’s Germany. It would prove to be money […]
On This Day – 24th July
Barcelona fans let Luis Figo know what they think of him on his first return to the Nou Camp Luis Figo shocked the footballing world on this day back in 2000 as he signed for Real Madrid from their fierce rivals Barcelona.The deal between the two clubs came to £38 million, becoming the highest transfer […]
On This Day – 23rd July
England manager Alf Ramsey (c) tries to prevent England’s George Cohen (r) exchanging shirts with Argentina’s Alberto Gonzalez (l) after the match “We have still to produce our best football. It will come against the right type of opposition, a team which comes to play football and not act as animals.”These were the words from […]
On This Day – 22nd July
Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium hosted its first ever match on this day back in 2006 after spending 93 years at their iconic Highbury Stadium.The inaugural match at the Emirates was Dennis Bergkamp’s Testimonial, in a match against Ajax. The first half was between the first teams of both two sides and the second half was played […]
On This Day – 21st July
John White poses for a photograph at White Hart Lane Football lost a true great on this day back in 1964, when Tottenham’s John White lost his life in a freak accident.He was sheltering under a tree from a storm midway through a round of golf at Crews Hill golf course in Enfield and was […]