Quiz: 90’s Winners
Test your 90’s football knowledge by naming the the winners of the key competitions and awards between 1990-1999? Take the test here and tell us what score you got!
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West Ham United’s Greatest Goals
Frank Lampard vs Everton – FA Cup Semi Final 1980 Let me talk to you about the 1980 FA Cup semi-final replay against Everton. On the previous Saturday, the teams had fought a well-contested draw at Villa Park. Both goalkeepers had a fine game and played a significant part in keeping their team in the […]
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Reminiscent Rams
I wasn’t born when the Derby County team assembled by Brian Clough stormed out of the second division and rose onto become the champions of England. But my dad was and I’m surprised that he refrained from naming me Colin, Roy or Kevin, after one of his heroes. Brian Clough and Peter Taylor may have […]
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Bobby Moore & Eusébio
Former World Cup winner and England captain Bobby Moore and Portuguese legend and former Ballon d’Or winner Eusébio both played for the International X1 team versus Chelsea in the John Dempsey’s testimonial back in 1980. What was the final score?
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Germany 2 Holland 1
The 1974 World Cup final was contested by host nation West Germany and neighbours The Netherlands. Within just 2mins of the game starting and without the Germans actually touching the ball, talented Dutch number 14 Johan Cryuff burst into the German box and was brought down to give Holland an early spot kick which was […]
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Retro Football Manager: The Newcastle Odyssey Part 5
Sid Lambert is a 43-year-old man playing Retro Football Manager on his iPhone. He’s gone back to 1995/96 to take over Newcastle United and put right what once went wrong: beat Manchester United to the title. And he’d love it if he beat them. Love it. We’re six games into the season and it’s fair […]
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From Liverpool to Madrid
England and Liverpool wonderkid Michael Owen joined fellow Englishman David Beckham at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium to become the latest Galácticos to play in La Liga. Real Madrid signed the Liverpool star for £8 million on 13 August 2004 and during his time with Los Blancos he scored 16 La Liga goals from 26 starts. Following […]
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Charity Shield
Kenny Dalglish’s double winning Liverpool side faced Howard Kendall’s Everton in the all Merseyside Charity Shield back in 1986. Adrian Heath had put the Toffees ahead before Ian Rush equalised late on to end the game all level which meant the Shield was shared.
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Spot the ball
Goals Galore 2
The English football league season of 2004/05 saw the re-naming of the three divisions below the country’s Premier League division, with the Championship, League One, and League Two – as they became to be known – kicking off under the new system. Just like the Premier League there have been an abundance of high-scoring games […]
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