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With the weather outside being lousy, and there being very little else to occupy our time, we decided to crank...

It is commonplace these days to hear how ‘tired’ players are; how they need a ‘rest’; or how the ‘fixture...

The annals of history are littered with tales of footballers whose careers did not go in quite the direction as...

Matchday 14 – Sunday, 30th June 1996 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL Wembley, 73,611 GERMANY   (0)   2   (Bierhoff 73, 95) CZECH REPUBLIC  ...

Matchday 13 – Wednesday, 26th June 1996 SEMI-FINALS Wembley, 75,862 GERMANY   (1)   1   (Kuntz 16) ENGLAND   (1)   1   (Shearer 3)...

Matchday 13 – Wednesday, 26th June 1996 SEMI-FINALS Old Trafford, 43,877 FRANCE   (0)   0 CZECH REPUBLIC   (0)   0 FRANCE: Lama;...

In the first part of this focus on Michael Owen, we covered his emergence as one of the best young...

Yesterday we had the drama of both Quarter-Final ties going to penalties. England and France emerged victorious and waited to...

Yesterday, we woke to the sad news of the death of Michael Robinson. A lovely man, he managed the unusual...

Matchday 11 – Saturday, 22nd June 1996 Anfield, 37,465 FRANCE   (0)   0 NETHERLANDS   (0)   0   FRANCE: Lama; Thuram, Blanc, Desailly,...

Matchday 11 – Saturday, 22nd June 1996 QUARTER-FINALS Wembley, 75,440 SPAIN   (0)   0 ENGLAND   (0)   0   SPAIN: Zubizarreta; Nadal, Alkorta...

Four weeks in and I'm now starting not to miss live football quite so much. This weekly re-watch of a...

Matchday 10 – Wednesday, 19th June 1996 – Group C Welcome back. Tonight, we have the last round of group...

I loved Michael Owen. Still do. I realise for many reds this is sacrilege. Many cannot forgive him for ‘engineering...

Matchday 10 – Wednesday, 19th June 1996 – Group D After the excitement of yesterday’s matches, attention focuses on Groups...

Matchday 9 – Tuesday, 18th June 1996 – Group A Hello and welcome to the evening matches. After the drama...

Matchday 9 – Tuesday, 18th June 1996 – Group B Hello and welcome to a midweek special Euro '96 edition....

Matchday 8 – Sunday, 16th June 1996 GROUP C, Old Trafford, Manchester, 50,760 RUSSIA   (0)   0 GERMANY   (0)   3   (Sammer...

Matchday 7 – Saturday, 15th June 1996 When the draw was made all eyes pointed to this day in the...

Matchday 6 – Friday, 14th June 1996 GROUP D, City Ground, Nottingham, 22,670 PORTUGAL   (0)   1   (Couto 66) TURKEY   (0)  ...

In the first part of this look back at the relationship between Sir Kenny and Sir Alex, we examined the...

Matchday 5 – Thursday, 13th June 1996 GROUP B, St. James’ Park, Newcastle, 19,107 BULGARIA   (1)   1   (Stoichkov 3) ROMANIA  ...

In the beautiful city of Cancún, Mexico, on the shores of the Caribbean Sea, Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido was born...

Matchday 4 – Tuesday, 11th June 1996 GROUP C, Anfield, Liverpool, 35,120 ITALY   (1)   2   (Casiraghi 5, 52) RUSSIA   (1)  ...

I won't bore you with the details of how I passed the recent minutes, hours and days while in isolation,...

Matchday 3 – Monday, 10th June 1996 GROUP A, Villa Park, Birmingham, 34,363 NETHERLANDS   (0)   0 SCOTLAND   (0)   0 NETHERLANDS:...

To many Andriy Shevchenko was one of the best strikers in the first decade of the 21st century. His career...

Matchday 2 – Sunday 9th June 1996 GROUP B, Elland Road, Leeds, 24,005 SPAIN   (0)   1   (Alfonso 74) BULGARIA   (0)  ...

Matchday 1 – Saturday, 8th June 1996 GROUP A, Wembley Stadium, 76,567 ENGLAND   (1)   1   (Shearer 24) SWITZERLAND   (0)   1  ...

This was the tenth UEFA European Championship. England was the host nation for the first time and it was the...

Everyone can appreciate music, but not everyone can play a musical instrument. The value of practical experience is summed up...

The rivalry that exists between North London giants Arsenal and Tottenham is such that any player brave enough to make...

In 2018, Kenny Dalglish finally followed Alex Ferguson in becoming a ‘Sir’ when he was knighted for services to football....

I've rearranged my books, records, DVDs, shoes, shirts, t-shirts and pants. I've begun to start pairing my socks for the...

http://gty.im/886658730   It wasn’t until Pep Guardiola was midway through his third season in England, that the English public...

After one week of self-isolating, I am already running out of ways to amuse myself. There are only so many...

The all-conquering (on the home front, anyway) Manchester City side of 2018-19 became the first in the history of the...

Enzo Bearzot would lead Italy to World Cup glory at Espana '82...but it was a victory achieved against very long...

Football is a funny old game. One minute you're on top of the world, invincible and carefree. The next, you're...

The first World Cup you remember will always occupy a special place in any football fan’s heart. The tournament itself...

To a normal football audience, Inter signing Christian Eriksen wasn't as special as it was for the nerazzurri faithful. From...

Long before the Premier League, there was what some of us refer to as football’s little secret - the Football...

In 1966, Alf Ramsey famously led England to the World Cup final and consequently the Jules Rimet trophy. However, Sir...

Bob Paisley was a fine trainer and physiotherapist, long before he became, in my opinion, English football’s greatest manager. Anfield...

Having been in football for many years as part of the supporting cast I have worked for a number of...

The manner in which football has come leaps and bounds over the years only makes the progress tougher to trace....

You have to know your players, certain ones will go down and the gaffer will say you better get on...

Aston Villa have a lot to show to prove that they are a big club in English football. If seven...

In his autobiography ‘Who Ate All the Pies?’ Newcastle striker Micky Quinn held the game up as the perfect example...

Football has become a much more hectic sport than it used to be many decades ago. The pace of the...