Stu’s Football Flashbacks
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Nostalgic football blog & memories. @WeAreTheFSA nominated. Rumbelows Cup man. Author of ‘Get Ready For This’ — out now!
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On this day in the year 2000, Michael Owen scored this vastly underrated goal against Brazil at Wembley. The touch, control and composure all within a split second here is just delightful. Owen in an England shirt was outstanding at times. 🏴
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A reminder of the last time a World Cup finals draw took place in the USA in December 1993, when Robin Williams stole the show by pissing about on stage and repeatedly making fun of Sepp Blatter. FIFA hasn’t invited a comedy genius to help out since.
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35 years ago today, England faced Argentina in one of the most bad-tempered friendlies ever seen at Wembley. Here’s a selection of fouls from the feisty match, which somehow only produced one yellow card. There was no love lost between these two nations.
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On this day in 1995, after waiting patiently for years behind John Motson, Barry Davies finally commentated on his first FA Cup Final. What we didn’t know was that Barry had his son, Mark, sat next to him for the full game. Here’s their wonderful story…
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30 years ago today, Steve Claridge’s 120th minute winner in the First Division play-off final became the last ever goal to be scored in the old traditional Wembley nets, before they were changed for Euro ‘96. The end of an era. (📹 When Football Was Better)
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It’s 20 years today since England were beating France 1-0 going into stoppage time, but still lost 2-1. Here are both of Zinedine Zidane’s goals from that night, in real time. One of the most extraordinary endings to a match ever seen at a European Championship.
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Tonight in 1982, Aston Villa beat Bayern Munich in the European Cup Final. But after just 10 mins, sub keeper Nigel Spink came on for the injured Jimmy Rimmer, having only played one previous game in the first team. Peter Withe was the match winner, but Spink was the hero.
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35 years ago today, Sunderland suffered First Division relegation at Maine Road. But just before half-time they scored twice in 4 mins, giving their 15,000 travelling fans hope. The noise is incredible. Limbs are everywhere. This is football at its best.
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Today marks 34 years since the last ever First Division matches before the Premier League and Sky took over. Here’s the final league table from that 1991/92 season, together with The Match’s music. We would never hear that iconic theme tune on ITV again. The end of an era. ❤️
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It’s 33 years today since Liverpool manager Graeme Souness chose to go and watch Peter Ndlovu at Highfield Road, instead of taking charge of his side’s final game of the season against Spurs. Here, MOTD fills us in on the drama. Crazy times at Anfield.
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Today in 1991, Yorkshire Television infamously cut away from Sheffield Wednesday’s celebrations, when other ITV regions stayed at Wembley. Instead choosing to show a 1986 recording of ‘War of the Monster Trucks,’ leaving thousands of fans fuming at home.
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Today marks 35 years since Paul Gascoigne’s infamous tackles in the FA Cup Final. Here Des Lynam & Jimmy Hill look at Gazza’s behaviour at Wembley that day, and the impact his injury might have. A damning assessment from two of the best in the business.
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