Back in 1997, ‘Sexy football’ was born as former Dutch icon Ruud Gullit brought a unique style of football to West London and Stamford Bridge. The talented Chelsea side went on to lift the FA Cup at Wembley after beating West Bromwich Albion, Liverpool, Leicester City, Portsmouth, Wimbledon and Middlesborough along the way. SHOP the […]
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The 1973 FA Cup final was a historic football match between Sunderland and Leeds United. It took place on May 5, 1973, at Wembley Stadium in London. The match ended in a surprising upset, with Sunderland winning 1-0. The only goal of the game was scored by Ian Porterfield, a midfielder for Sunderland, in the […]
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First Division champions Leeds United and FA Cup holders Liverpool treated Wembley to a classic curtain raiser match up in the 1992 FA Charity Shield. A Eric Cantona hat-trick was enough to edge the game to the east of the M62 motorway. Sit back and enjoy! SHOP the official Leeds United retro collection at 3Retro.com
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On 11 April 1959, England and Wolves captain Billy Wright became the first international player to become a centurion when he made his 100th appearance for England against Scotland at Wembley. He led the Three Lions to a 1-0 victory that day with Bobby Charlton scoring the only goal of the game. SHOP the official […]
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Mark Abraham Bright was born on the 6th June 1962 in Stoke-on-Trent. The imposing striker played Youth football for his boyhood team Port Vale before being released aged 16. After three years playing non-league football with Leek Town he would return to Vale Park and eventually made his first team debut for the Valiants in […]
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Liverpool and Leeds United captains and fellow Scotland internationals, Ron Yeats and Bobby Collins shake hands before the 1965 FA Cup final at Wembley. The big Liverpool defender went on to lift the famous old FA Cup trophy after beating Don Revie’s men 2-1 after extra time thanks to goals from Roger Hunt and Ian […]
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Back in 1966, the Swiss match official Gottfried Dienst blew the final whistle at Wembley Stadium and crowned England World Cup champions for the first and only time in their history. Whilst the England players celebrated the official Slazenger match ball was safely tucked under the arm of German striker Helmut Haller, who then took […]
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Don Revie’s Three Lions clashed with Mike Smith’s Welsh Dragons in a international friendly at Wembley back in 1975. The late David Johnson scored a brace on his England debut to open the scoring, the Ipswich Town striker then levelled the scores at 2-2 after goals from John Toshack and Arfon Griffiths had put Wales […]
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The last few weeks have seen League 1 and 2 teams join the remaining non-league sides in the first two rounds of the Football Association Challenge Cup, with clubs hoping that they are starting on their road to Wembley. Exactly one hundred years ago clubs at the same stage would have been starting out on […]
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Over the decades, classic sportswear brands like Admiral, Bukta and Umbro have all designed and manufactured some great England shirts adorning the Three Lions across the chest. From the simple and clean styling of the 66 and 70 shirts to the iconic designs from the Espana 82 and Italia 90 World Cup’s, which one would […]
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