Tim Cahill’s thunderbolt volley for Australia against the Netherlands in the 2014 World Cup is this week’s ‘Greatest Goal’. Australia were playing in their third successive World Cup after a 32-year hiatus from the game’s elite competition. They had lost their opening game 3-1 against Chile, with Everton’s Tim Cahill scoring The Socceroos only goal […]
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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, […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.69
Few footballers have been disliked as much as Luis Suarez in recent years. The Uruguayan has bitten three opponents in separate incidents over his career, stamped on opposition players and regularly dived in order to win penalties. Almost all of those have been punished with long bans and fines. However, there was one incident involving […]
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 […]
Football’s Greatest Hat-Tricks No.5
Paolo Rossi died on Wednesday at the age of 64. I wrote an obituary for him and this can be found here. The Italian striker scored a fantastic hat-trick for Italy against Brazil in the 1982 World Cup second stage against Brazil. The match is widely considered to be one of the greatest football matches […]
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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Football’s Greatest Goals No.39
This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ is Robin van Persie’s wonderful diving header for Netherlands against Spain in the 2014 World Cup. The Dutch were out for revenge after Spain had beaten them four years earlier to win the 2010 World Cup Final in South Africa. It was the furthest that a Netherlands had gone in a […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.65
This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from the 2002 World Cup and was surely one of the most shameful moments of Brazilian Rivaldo’s career. The 2002 World Cup was the first to be held in two different countries; Japan and South Korea with ten stadiums from each country being used as venues. Japan’s national stadium in […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.64
If you type ‘Graham Poll’ into Google, the first thing that appears after his name are ‘three yellows’. This refers to an error that Poll made in a World Cup match and features as this week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ . Graham Poll is considered to be the best English referee of his generation. He spent 24 […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.63
This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from the 1990 World Cup in the Second Round tie between Colombia and Cameroon.Roger Milla shot to fame with a fantastic celebration after scoring his second goal of the game in a 2-1 win for his Cameroon side. It remains one of the enduring images of the tournament. Milla gave […]