Former Bayern Munich and West Germany goalkeeper Sepp Maier was born on this day in 1944. Maier spent his entire playing career at Bayern, a regular between the sticks between 1962 and 1980. He was also West Germany’s undisputed number one between 1966 and 1979. During his career, Maier had an extraordinary run of playing […]
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Iconic Moments in Football No.73
Former Germany, Bayern Munich and Tottenham Hotspur striker Jurgen Klinsmann made a name for himself for diving. Throughout his career, he was scythed down many a time by opposition defenders, but he needed no encouragement to roll around on the turf after being challenged! When Klinsmann left his native Germany for Tottenham Hotspur in 1994, […]
Historic Matches No.4 – Italy 4 West Germany 3
This ‘Historic Match’ was between West Germany and Italy in the 1970 World Cup Semi Final in Mexico. It is known as ‘The Game of the Century’ and is widely considered one of the greatest World Cup matches of all time. The match really came to life in Extra Time. It was only then that […]
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Far Post Header ‘Hall of Fame’ No.19 – Gerd Muller
Gerd Muller was affectionately known as Der Bomber because of his deadly finishing.He is one of the most prolific strikers in the history of the game, scoring a total of 656 goals over the course of his 19 years in the game. 68 of these goals were for West Germany and came in only 62 matches […]
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Football’s Greatest Hat-Tricks No.3
I realised last night that I haven’t written one of these articles for quite a while now. This time, I think that it’s appropriate that I include Geoff Hurst’s hat-trick in the 1966 World Cup Final. My reasoning is that last Thursday (30th July) marked the 52nd anniversary since the greatest moment in English football history as […]
On This Day – 30th July
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 […]
On This Day – 8th July
Team Germany celebrate his victory during of the game Semi Final World Cup match between West Germany and France 8th July 1982 in Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium, Sevilla, Spain ( Photo by Michel Barrault / Onze / Icon Sport ) The 1982 World Cup Semi Final between West Germany and France took place in Seville […]
On This Day – 24th June
Tempers flare up moments before Voller and Rijkaard are given their marching orders It was on this day back in 1990 that West Germany and Holland played each other in a bad-tempered match in the Second Round of the World Cup.Holland’s Frank Rijkaard and Germany’s Rudi Voller were both sent off midway through the first […]
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 […]
Far Post Header ‘Hall of Fame’ No.15 – Lothar Matthaus
Lothar Matthaus has played five different World Cups and holds the record for World Cup appearances, having played in 25 games. For that reason alone, he must be a decent player!He is considered to be one of the greatest midfielders of all-time, playing as a box-to-box midfielder before dropping back to the sweeper role towards […]
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