Matchday 3 – Monday, 10th June 1996 GROUP A, Villa Park, Birmingham, 34,363 NETHERLANDS (0) 0 SCOTLAND (0) 0 NETHERLANDS: van der Sar; Reiziger, de
Following on from the passing of Jimmy Armfield, Gordon Banks, Martin Peters and Peter Bonetti in the past 12 months, the football world said goodbye
Matchday 2 – Sunday 9th June 1996 GROUP B, Elland Road, Leeds, 24,005 SPAIN (0) 1 (Alfonso 74) BULGARIA (0) 1 (Stoichov pen 65) SPAIN:
Matchday 1 – Saturday, 8th June 1996 GROUP A, Wembley Stadium, 76,567 ENGLAND (1) 1 (Shearer 24) SWITZERLAND (0) 1 (Turkyilmaz pen 82) ENGLAND: Seaman;
This was the tenth UEFA European Championship. England was the host nation for the first time and it was the first international tournament in the
The football world was saddened this weekend to learn of the death of former Chelsea and England goalkeeper, Peter Bonetti. He had been suffering from
Brian Clough was known to always get his man when it came to transfers. Able to try all sorts of tricks in the transfer market,
In part two of the series looking at the origins of Crystal Palace’s rise to the ‘team of the eighties’ tag, we look at their
With the right subscription these days you can view a whole array of football matches from around the world, live. But back when I were
This is the second part of our tribute to Martin Peters, who sadly passed away last weekend. The first part covered his West Ham career,
Football was again in mourning this weekend at the sad news of the death of one of the most liked and admired players to have
You may be aware of Crystal Palace once labelled as ‘the Team of the Eighties’. It all began in the mid-seventies when Malcolm Allison was
This article originally featured on Tale of Two Halves on January 4, 2019 Ever had the idea of getting into the Football Manager database and
After the sad death of Ron Saunders at the weekend, the football world was saddened once again with news much-loved Jim Smith has now passed
Saturday 7th December 2019 marked a sad day for football as the death of Ron Saunders was announced to the world. This is our obituary
As part of our relaunch of The Football Pink, we are introducing you to some of the work previously published by our new group of
BY PETE SPENCER Greg Dyke is not a man unfamiliar with controversy. A man, in some quarters, credited with the introducing of ‘tabloid’ television broadcasting
BY PETE SPENCER A while back I wrote an article about players who played mainly in the 1970’s and were considered ‘Mavericks’. These were players
BY PETE SPENCER I often write about rule changes I’d like to see in football, as many of them seem nonsensical. However, a lot of
BY PETE SPENCER In the wake of Paolo Di Canio’s departure from Sunderland, it has emerged some of the senior players complained to the Chief
BY PETE SPENCER A club which wins their domestic League 15 times in 22 seasons, finishing 2nd on a further three occasions, along with 12
Matchday 3 – Monday, 10th June 1996 GROUP A, Villa Park, Birmingham, 34,363 NETHERLANDS (0) 0 SCOTLAND (0) 0 NETHERLANDS: van der Sar; Reiziger, de
Following on from the passing of Jimmy Armfield, Gordon Banks, Martin Peters and Peter Bonetti in the past 12 months, the football world said goodbye
Matchday 2 – Sunday 9th June 1996 GROUP B, Elland Road, Leeds, 24,005 SPAIN (0) 1 (Alfonso 74) BULGARIA (0) 1 (Stoichov pen 65) SPAIN:
Matchday 1 – Saturday, 8th June 1996 GROUP A, Wembley Stadium, 76,567 ENGLAND (1) 1 (Shearer 24) SWITZERLAND (0) 1 (Turkyilmaz pen 82) ENGLAND: Seaman;
This was the tenth UEFA European Championship. England was the host nation for the first time and it was the first international tournament in the
The football world was saddened this weekend to learn of the death of former Chelsea and England goalkeeper, Peter Bonetti. He had been suffering from
Brian Clough was known to always get his man when it came to transfers. Able to try all sorts of tricks in the transfer market,
In part two of the series looking at the origins of Crystal Palace’s rise to the ‘team of the eighties’ tag, we look at their
With the right subscription these days you can view a whole array of football matches from around the world, live. But back when I were
This is the second part of our tribute to Martin Peters, who sadly passed away last weekend. The first part covered his West Ham career,
Football was again in mourning this weekend at the sad news of the death of one of the most liked and admired players to have
You may be aware of Crystal Palace once labelled as ‘the Team of the Eighties’. It all began in the mid-seventies when Malcolm Allison was
This article originally featured on Tale of Two Halves on January 4, 2019 Ever had the idea of getting into the Football Manager database and
After the sad death of Ron Saunders at the weekend, the football world was saddened once again with news much-loved Jim Smith has now passed
Saturday 7th December 2019 marked a sad day for football as the death of Ron Saunders was announced to the world. This is our obituary
As part of our relaunch of The Football Pink, we are introducing you to some of the work previously published by our new group of
BY PETE SPENCER Greg Dyke is not a man unfamiliar with controversy. A man, in some quarters, credited with the introducing of ‘tabloid’ television broadcasting
BY PETE SPENCER A while back I wrote an article about players who played mainly in the 1970’s and were considered ‘Mavericks’. These were players
BY PETE SPENCER I often write about rule changes I’d like to see in football, as many of them seem nonsensical. However, a lot of
BY PETE SPENCER In the wake of Paolo Di Canio’s departure from Sunderland, it has emerged some of the senior players complained to the Chief
BY PETE SPENCER A club which wins their domestic League 15 times in 22 seasons, finishing 2nd on a further three occasions, along with 12
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