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Friday Flashback: 20 Assorted Vintage Football Stickers – Champions League...
By Chris Wright With the big’n just around the corner, we thought we’d use this Friday’s Panini Flashback to offer a proverbial doff of the cap to 20 players who have left indelible marks on the...
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The Story Of German Football In Europe: From Eintracht Frankfurt To Bayern...
The Germans are coming (again), by Ed Barrett German football didn’t turn professional until the mid-sixties, but by that time the (West Germany) national team had already won the World Cup, and one...
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The Lansdowne Road Riot: The Last Time England Played Republic Of Ireland,...
By Chris Wright England’s post-season friendly against the Republic of Ireland at Wembley tomorrow evening is a fixture that resonates deep in the pits of many people’s stomachs due to the disgusting...
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Friday Flashback: 20 Magnificent Assorted Vintage Football Stickers – Vol #36
By Chris Wright Friday Flashback XXXVI: Fight to the Finish… Once again, many many many thanks to Old School Panini (@OldSchoolPanini) for letting us plunder their archives yet again. Nous vous aimons...
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Zinedine Zidane Reunites France ’98 World Cup-Winning Team To Play Against...
By Chris Wright “We simply must do this again in 15 years’ time” Having recently invested in French fourth division club Rodez Aveyron FC, who are based in his wife’s hometown, Zinedine Zidane staged...
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Classic Moments: Pablo Aimar & Roman Riquelme Run Rings Around England U20s,...
By Chris Wright We’re skipping back to the 1997 U20 World Cup in Malaysia here, when England’s young’ns took on eventual winners Argentina in the Round of 16 and promptly had their sunburnt pink...
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Friday Flashback: 20 Magnificent Assorted Vintage Football Stickers – Vol #37
By Chris Wright Friday Flashback XXXVII: At World’s End… Ben Stiller in Dodgeball… Once again, many many many thanks to Old School Panini (@OldSchoolPanini) for letting us plunder their archives yet...
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Classic Moment: Phil Neville Nobbles Cristiano Ronaldo, 2008 (Video)
By Chris Wright Phil “Chopper Nev” Neville officially called it quits yesterday, retiring from the game after 18 years in the business and, to mark his passing into the golfing hereafter, we thought...
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O Rei Do Gol: 16 Magnificent Photos Of Romario In His Pomp
By Chris Wright For absolutely no reason other than we felt like it, here’s a gallery chock-full of photos of legendary Brazilian goal-hoarder Romario in his regal pomp (click on each for the...
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Friday Flashback: 20 Magnificent Assorted Vintage Football Stickers – Vol #38
By Chris Wright Friday Flashback XXXVIII: Escape From LA… As per usual, mucho thankos to Old School Panini (@OldSchoolPanini) for letting us rifle through their archives yet again. More Friday...
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Classic Moments: The Weird, Strangely Erotic ‘Match Of The Day’ Opening...
By Chris Wright Here we have it folks: the weird, hyper-colour, strangely erotic (there’s a shower scene for God’s sake) “Match of the Day” opening titles which were used for one week and one week...
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Friday Flashback: 20 Magnificent Assorted Vintage Football Stickers – Vol #39
By Chris Wright The Friday Flashback: Farewell to the Flesh…. What’s the matter Guy? Why the Fraunie face? Oh Marco, what happened mate? I know Babacar Gueye and that ain’t him! As per usual, mucho...
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Classic Moments: The Intro To The First Ever Sky Sports ‘Super Sunday’...
By Chris Wright While plumbing the depths of Youtube to turn up those unsettling opening titles from a 1991 edition of Match of the Day yesterday, we unwittingly unearthed another little gem in the...
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Classic Moments: Roman Abramovich Crowned Russia’s Most Seductive Fisherman,...
By Chris Wright Ten years ago this very day, a certain Russian oligarch changed the complexion of the Premier League when he bought perennial also-rans Chelsea from Uncle Ken Bates in 2003 and set...
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The Black-And-White Years: 30 Marvelous Vintage Photos Of Arsenal’s Highbury...
By Chris Wright Forgive the lack of pithy intro, but this one does exactly what it says on the tin… The Arsenal goalkeeper collects a loose ball as Chelsea’s Hughie Gallacher (second right) is ready...
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Classic Moments: George Best And His Mum Appear On ‘This Is Your Life’, 1971...
By Chris Wright We’ve been Youtube mining again and this time we’ve dug up George Best’s emotional “This Is Your Life” episode (it would appear that it’s quite rare footage) from 1971, featuring...
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Friday Flashback: 20 Magnificent Assorted Vintage Football Stickers – Vol #41
By Chris Wright Friday Flashback XLI: First Contact… As per bloody usual, gracias to Old School Panini (@OldSchoolPanini) for letting us rifle through their archives. More Friday Flashback goodness on...
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The Black-And-White Years: 30 Wonderful Vintage Photos Of Chelsea’s Stamford...
By Chris Wright We’ve already basked in the glory of Highbury in monochrome, now it’s Chelsea’s turn… One of the very first known photographs of Stamford Bridge, taken during Chelsea’s Division Two...
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Thierry Henry Finally Pulls Off ‘Pires Penalty’ During Charity Game, Eight...
By Chris Wright With Robert Pires swapped out for Florent Malouda, Thierry Henry finally laid to rest the gnawing unrequited memory of his woefully inept attempt at the old “Johan Cruyff/Jesper Olsen”...
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The Black-And-White Years: Cracking Vintage Photos Of Aston Villa’s Villa...
By Chris Wright Built on the site of an old Victorian amusement park in 1897, Villa Park is one of English football’s oldest and grandest stadiums so we thought we’d give it the old...
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