On This Day – 6th November

If you thought it was bad when Barcelona threw a pig’s head at Luis Figo when he returned to the Nou Camp with Real Madrid, that’s nothing!On this day back in 1965 that Brentford goalkeeper Chic Brodie had a hand grenade thrown at him by visiting Millwall fans in a league game at Griffin Park! […]

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On This Day – 5th November

Emlyn ‘Crazy Horse’ Hughes won the first of his 62 caps for England on this day back in 1969 as England beat Holland 1-0 in a friendly in Amsterdam.Hughes played as a left back and Colin Bell scored the only goal of the game with five minutes of the game left to play. Holland’s left […]

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Iconic Moments in Football No.62

This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’‘ comes from the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Aston Villa in the 2004/05 season.In the 80th minute, home side Newcastle trailing 3-0 and were being completely outplayed by their visitors, two of their players brought shame to the club by fighting. Frustrations had already started to boil over in […]

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