On this day in 2000, the five England players not to receive an honour were finally given an MBE for their work in football. Almost 34 years had passed since England’s famous World Cup win but Alan Ball, George Cohen, Roger Hunt, Nobby Stiles and Ray Wilson finally got their hands on a gong. Many […]
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Football’s Greatest Goals No.42
This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ is one that comes from Bobby Charlton’s trusty right boot. He was renowned for his long-range efforts and scored from many of these over his illustrious career. The goal that I am going to write about is one of these thunderbolts. Charlton was playing for England against Mexico in their second […]
Far Post Header ‘Hall of Fame’ No.20 – Bobby Charlton
Bobby Charlton had an illustrious career. He won 106 caps for England, lifted the World Cup in 1966 and was the country’s record goalscorer for 45 years.In the 17 years he spent at Manchester United, Charlton won the First Division Championship, FA Cup and European Cup and was part of a feared forward trio with […]
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Nobby Stiles – An Obituary
“But I still see that tackle by Moore, and when Lineker scored, and Nobby dancing…” This line from ‘Three Lions (Football’s Coming Home)’ by Frank Skinner and David Baddiel gave me my first insight into who Nobby Stiles was. I knew his name and that he was in the 1966 World Cup winning side as […]
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 – 23rd July
England manager Alf Ramsey (c) tries to prevent England’s George Cohen (r) exchanging shirts with Argentina’s Alberto Gonzalez (l) after the match “We have still to produce our best football. It will come against the right type of opposition, a team which comes to play football and not act as animals.”These were the words from […]
On This Day – 19th July
Pak Doo-ik’s shot heads towards the back of the net, 19th July 1966 One of the greatest shocks in World Cup history took place on this day back in 1966, with the name of Pak Doo-ik going down in football folklore in the process.Pa Doo-ik fired in a 42nd minute winner for North Korea over […]