It was on this day in 1973 that Pele played in London for the only time in his career. It wasn’t at Wembley Stadium though, as you would imagine. Pele’s club Santos played two games in England in 1973, one at Fulham before going down to Plymouth Argyle. They had been in England the previous […]
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Record Breakers No.2 – Pele’s Goalscoring Records
Pele was one of the greatest players ever to play the game. He holds many individual records, including winning the World Cup three times. No other player in the history of the game has achieved this accomplishment. The records that I’m going to concentrate on in this article are his incredible goalscoring feats.To put it […]
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On This Day – 23rd October
Today is Pele’s 80th birthday. The Brazilian is the most famous player to wear the yellow number 10 shirt of Brazil and is regarded as the greatest player of all-time.His full name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento and I thinkhe chose the name Pele as it is much easier to sign autographs! Pele scored a […]
On This Day – 29th June
It can be argued that the 29th June should be forever known as the date that the name of Pele became known across the world.On this day back in 1958, Pele scored twice in Brazil’s 5-2 victory over hosts Sweden in the 1958 World Cup Final. The Brazilian was just 17 years old at the […]
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 […]
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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