England 3 Cameroon 2
On Sunday 1st July 1990, Bobby Robson’s Three Lions clashed with the Indomitable Lions from Africa in the Quarter Final of the World Cup in Naples. Heavy favourites England took the lead through David Platt but Cameroon came roaring back in the second half with two goals in three minutes from Kunde and Ekeke to put […]
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Footballing Icons: Johan CRUYFF
The Dutch attacking midfield maestro was born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands in 1947. He made his debut for his hometown club Ajax in 1964 and turned around their fortunes, becoming a dominant force domestically and on the continent with three consecutive European Cup titles between 1971-1973. On a individual level Johan was awarded the Ballon […]
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The Battle of Bramall Lane
On the face of it a match between promotion contending West Bromwich Albion and midtable Sheffield United in the second tier of the English professional game had nothing to suggest that it would become infamous throughout world football. The date was Saturday 16th March 2002. The home team, Sheffield United managed by boyhood Blade, Neil […]
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90 seconds with Bob ‘Oh Ah’ Booker
After a success trial at third division Brentford, the 6ft 2inch midfielder / striker signed professional terms with the Bees and in return his former non-league side Bedmond Social received a set of tracksuits as payment. Aged 20, Bob made his professional debut in 1978 against his hometown side Watford. After a decade at Griffin […]
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Flat Cap Keeper
World War 1 veteran Billy Mercer would find this muddy pitch luxury compared to the trench conditions that he served within during war time. The Huddersfield Town goalkeeper made 71 appearances for The Terriers is ready for action in 1924-28. Mud baths, flat caps, jumper and no gloves was the norm back then.
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How many can you name?
Whether it be the Busby Babes, Fergie’s Fledglings or the Class of 92, Manchester United have always taken great pride in the development of their youth system and that has been rewarded with a record ten FA Youth Cup titles. The investment in youth has seen some amazing talent coming though the ranks, most notably […]
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Football Pride
Let’s not kid ourselves that racism has been banished from football, but the subject is at least being addressed. Eventually, the governing bodies are taking it seriously and have a scale of punishments that are being applied. Moreover, whenever there is an incidence of racism, there is an outcry from all quarters as we’ve seen […]
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Manchester City 5 Manchester United 1
Alex Ferguson had spent big in the summer bringing in new recruits Neil Webb, Paul Ince, Gary Pallister and Danny Wallace to bolster his team at Old Trafford . After a slow start to the season for both Manchester teams, the bookies had the Reds as favourites for this Manchester derby in back in September […]
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Greatest Football Commentator
The first football match broadcast live over the radio airwaves was in back 1927 when Sheffield United visited Highbury to face Arsenal. To assist the listeners, The Radio Times magazine printed a reference grid that divided the pitch into numbered sectors. Whilst Teddy Wakelam described what was going on, his background partner C.A. Lewis announced […]
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Best 90’s Football Magazine
Before Google and social media was a thing we heavily relied on the back pages of tabloid newspapers, Teletext and the weekly football magazines to get our football fix. The latest results and transfer news, player interviews and the all important league ladders at the start of the season plus pull out squad posters for […]
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