For the second day in a row, an ‘On This Day’ features England being knocked out of a World Cup Quarter Final.Yesterday featured England’s defeat to Brazil in 2002 but on this day back in 1986, England lost 2-1 to Argentina in controversial circumstances. Diego Maradona was arguably the greatest player in the world back […]
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On This Day – 21st June
Michael Owen puts England ahead after Lucio (right) carelessly lost possession Brazil’s beat Italy in the 1970 World Cup Final which happened on this day fifty years ago. However, I have decided not to write about that legendary game, as I will feature it in my ‘Football’s Greatest Games’ series very soon. On this day […]
On This Day – 20th June
A clearly delighted Bruce Rioch with his new striker Dennis Bergkamp, 20th June 1995 It was on this day a quarter of a century ago that Arsenal Football Club changed forever.They had reached the final of the European Cup Winners Cup for the second successive season, losing in the last minute. This run in Europe […]
On This Day – 19th June
Pele scores for Brazil against Wales in the 1958 World Cup Quarter Final It has been 62 years since Wales last played in a World Cup. It was on this day back in 1958 that they played in their last game, losing 1-0 to Brazil in the Quarter Final. The 1958 finals in Sweden was […]
On This Day – 18th June
Former England manager Fabio Capello was born on this say back in 1946.His playing career lasted sixteen years, playing as a midfielder for SPAL, Roma, Juventus and AC Milan. Capello also won 32 caps for Italy and scored 8 goals for his country. The Italian was a manager in three different countries as well as […]
On This Day – 17th June
Wimbledon FC’s badge Workington Town finally lost their Football League status on this day back in 1977 after two successive seasons of finishing bottom of the Fourth Division. They were replaced by Wimbledon, who had just won the Southern League Championship for the third successive season. Wimbledon was better known at the time for the […]
On This Day – 16th June
The England team line up for a photo before their World Cup opener with France England began their World Cup campaign off with a 3-1 win over France on this day back in 1982.It was England’s first appearance at a World Cup after failing to qualify for the tournaments in 1974 and 78 and thousands […]
On This Day – 15th June
It was on this day back in 1996 that England’s Euro ’96 tournament started gathering pace, as they brushed Scotland aside with a 2-0 victory over the Auld Enemy. Second half goals from Alan Shearer and Paul Gascoigne settled were the difference between the two sides.It could have been a completely different story though as […]
On This Day – 14th June
Carlos Caszely scored an impressive 29 goals in 48 appearances for the Chilean national team, but on this day back in 1974, he made history for all of the wrong reasons. It was on this day during the 1974 World Cup that Caszely became the first player to be shown a red card at a […]
On This Day – 13th June
France’s match-winner Zinedine Zidane England began their Euro 2004 campaign on this day sixteen years ago and they couldn’t have been given a tougher opening fixture.The holders France were England’s first opponents in a group including Switzerland and Croatia. Those two had played out a goalless draw a few hours before so a win would […]