Gary Lineker, the former Leicester City, Everton, Barcelona, Tottenham Hotspur, Grampus Eight, and England striker turned 60 today.Lineker scored 48 goals in 80 matches, going tantalisingly close to breaking Bobby Charlton’s record of 49. He won the Golden Boot in the 1986 World Cup after scoring In his club career, Lineker scored 103 goals for […]
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Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.19
Gary Mabbutt lifted the FA Cup in 1991 after Nottingham Forest’s Des Walker put through his own goal in Extra Time to give Tottenham a 2-1 win.Four years earlier, Mabbutt had an FA Cup Final to forget as he scored an own goal in a 3-2 defeat to underdogs Coventry City. Nobody outside Coventry gave […]
Ray Clemence – An obituary
I was saddened to read that Ray Clemence passed away today at the age of 72. The former Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper won 61 caps for England during his playing career and later became a goalkeeping coach and manager. Clemence would undoubtedly have won many more caps if it wasn’t for Peter Shilton who […]
On This Day – 11th October
Bill Nicholson made his debut in the Tottenham Hotspur dugout on this day in 1958 as Everton came to visit White Hart Lane.The Scot must have had a good impression on his new charges as they hammered the Toffees, winning 10-4! Previous manager Jimmy Anderson had handed in his resignation a few days before the […]
Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.12
Tottenham Hotspur’s Gareth Bale scores an own goal as Liverpool’s Luis Suarez celebrates As an Arsenal fan, this week’s ‘Greatest Own Goal’ is bloody hilarious! It came from current Real Madrid star Gareth Bale from his Tottenham Hotspur days (now you see why I think it’s so funny?). Bale’s Tottenham were hosting Liverpool at White […]
Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.9
The FA Cup was the one trophy that eluded Brian Clough throughout his career.He had guided his Nottingham Forest side to two successive semi finals in 1988 and 1989, only to be paired with Liverpool and lost on both occasions. Forest then went one better in the 1990/91 season, reaching the FA Cup Final after […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.27
This week’s ‘Greatest Goal” is probably the most iconic goal of the 1980’s. It came from Coventry City’s Keith Houchen against Tottenham Hotspur in the 1987 FA Cup Final. The Final was a classic and was the perfect opportunity for nearly every single football cliche to be used by John Motson in the BBC commentary […]
On This Day – 31st July
Michael Carrick moved from Tottenham Hotspur to Manchester United on this day back in 2006 in a deal worth just over £18.5 million.Carrick was part of the West Ham United Youth Cup winning side at the start of the millennium and came through the Academy at Upton Park with the likes of Rio Ferdinand, Joe […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.48
This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from the 1967 Charity Shield between champions Manchester United and FA Cup winners Tottenham Hotspur.The match was played at United’s home ground Old Trafford as it was another seven years before the season’s curtain-raiser was played at Wembley. Pat Jennings scored the second goal of the game with a drop […]
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 […]