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Classic Moments: Bayern Munich Legend Oliver Kahn Scores Proper Goalkeeper’s...
By Chris Wright We’ve seen a steady slew of goalkeeper goals over the past few days so we figured it high time to remind the world of the greatest ever scored: the proper goalie goal smashed home by...
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Fan Finds He’s Six Stickers Short Of Completing His 1996 Premier League...
By Chris Wright This ‘ere be the tale of Adam Carroll-Smith, a 29-year-old football fan from Portsmouth who recently found his old 1996 Merlin Premier League sticker album while rooting around in his...
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15 Excellent Photos Of Man Utd Legend Bill Foulkes In His Pomp
By Chris Wright We’re sad to say that Bill Foulkes, one of the oldest surviving members of the famous ‘Busby Babes’, former Manchester United captain and bona fide one-club man, has passed away today...
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Shit Football Kits: 1993-95 Argentinian Goalkeeper Strips Provide Impressive...
By Chris Wright If you thought the various retina-pummelling ‘keeper kit designs on show in the Premier League in the early-to-mid 1990s were bile-inducingly vile, then feast your eyes on this little...
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Classic Moments: Legendary Energie Cottbus Keeper Tomislav Piplica Scores...
By Chris Wright With a doff of the cap to poor old Thibaut Courtois, who dropped a bit of a ricket against Zenit last night, we thought we’d show him that his gaffe is by far the worst we’ve ever seen...
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Classic Moments: Ryan Giggs Misses *That* Sitter Against Arsenal In The FA...
By Chris Wright Anyone remember what happened next? Ryan Giggsy Wiggsy turns 40 today and, to mark the momentous occasion, we thought we’d revisit what perhaps might be the only memorable blip (other...
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David Beckham Fondly Recalls The Time He Tossed Off Over Clayton Blackmore At...
By Chris Wright As part of the pre-release plugging for the new Class of ’92 film, David Beckham has been forced to delve into his repressed memories and relive his Manchester United initiation which...
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Adidas Release Cracking Viral Charting Every Official World Cup Football From...
By Chris Wright As previously mentioned this morning, Adidas have officially unveiled their new ‘Brazuca’ matchball for the 2014 Brazil World Cup this morning and, as well as giving away a free one to...
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Eight Glorious Minutes Of Great Players Humiliating Fellow Great Players (Video)
By Chris Wright This one does exactly what it says on the tin… (Via Inside World Soccer)
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Retro Football: Rene Higuita Stars In Colombian Fruit Juice Advert Complete...
By Chris Wright Marvel at the wonderful production values and try to estimate the budget here, as everyone’s favourite lunatic Colombian sweeper-keeper, Rene Higuita, attempts to sell you fruit juice...
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Eusebio Passes Away Aged 71 – Ten Brilliant Photos Of The Late Portuguese...
By Chris Wright We’re utterly heartbroken to hear of the sad death of Portuguese legend Eusebio, who passed away this morning at the age of 71 after spending the last year going in and out of hospital...
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Retro Football: Big Match Pundit Malcolm Allison Criticises England’s Alan...
By Chris Wright It may only be a minute long, but what we have here is an interesting little window into what football punditry used to be like (occasionally) back when t’were a man’s game and,...
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Retro Football: Gazza’s Italian Diaries – Full Channel 4 Documentary, 1994...
By Chris Wright *That* ponytail: for shame, for shame Here we have yet another Grade ‘A’ Youtube unearthing from Pies’ favourite footballing archaeologist, @DavidHartrick (we urge you to follow him on...
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Retro Snapshot: Uwe Rosler Happily Poses In ‘Uwe Rosler’s Grandad Bombed Old...
By Chris Wright Fairly difficult to imagine this kind of photo-op getting past the Man City PR censors: Former City striker and current Wigan manager Uwe Rosler posing at Maine Road wearing an “Uwe...
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Wicked Wednesday Quiz: Can You Identify These Rubbish Corinthian Figures?
By Chris Wright Time for a little quiz that we’ve been sitting on for a while after stumbling upon an old Bryan Roy Corinthian figurine and realising just how bloody terrible the likeness was. Resin...
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Diego Maradona’s ‘Goal Of The Century’ Against England From Never-Before-Seen...
By Chris Wright Here’s a cracking little bit of footballing curio for thou, in the shape of an unbroadcast television replay of Diego Maradona’s magnum opus: his ‘Goal of the Century’ against England...
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Retro Football GIF: Graeme Souness Plays Truly Majestic 65-Yard Backpass vs...
By Chris Wright This very morn, the brilliant Adam Hurrey (or @FootballCliches as he’s perhaps better known) has written a marvellous paean in memory of the legal backpass (RIP 1863-1993) for Guardian...
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Wicked Wednesday ‘Big Head’ Quiz #2: Can You Identify These Corinthian Figures?
By Chris Wright The observant among you may have noted that we completely forgot to publish the latest edition of our new ‘Wicked Wednesday‘ quiz yesterday but, thanks to time being a linear constant,...
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Retro Football: Pele’s ‘Most Beautiful Goal’ Recreated By Naff Computer...
By Chris Wright We’ve no idea from where or whence this emanates, but here’s a charmingly ropey computer simulation of the ‘most beautiful goal’ Pele ever scored – which has had to be recreated...
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The Black-And-White Years: 10 Haunting Images Of The Munich Air Disaster...
By Chris Wright Today is the 56th anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster which claimed 23 lives, including eight members of Manchester United’s Busby Babes and three members of the club’s staff, back...
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