For 24 years, this goal was only seen by those who were at Anfield for the League (then Milk) Cup match against Manchester United. Everyone else could only read about it because the TV crews were on strike.
The story goes that Ron Atkinson, then manager of Manchester United, was the only person who had access to the footage and magnanimously gave the tape to Jan Molby after the game. After all these years, that mythical goal has now found its place in the tubes permanently.
464 first-team appearances, 35 goals and a whole clutch of medals, from the FA Cup to the Champions League. I just wished Liverpool’s finest Finn, Sami Hyypiä, could have left Liverpool with the league title as well, but it was not meant to be.
The worst thing has been the injuries to Torres… He has been our main striker and scored a lot of goals for us last season. And this season could have been totally different with him.
Match Day Football Programmes is a collection of match day programmes from the golden era of British football (before all the commercialism, professionalism and all that) published by Fuel Design. It features English league (and a few non-league) clubs from 1945 to 1991. At £18 a piece, this pocket sized book is an excellent window into the simpler (albeit amateur) days of the beautiful game.
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british, classic, english, english football, league matches, programme, retro
I’m happy the guillotine does no longer exist, otherwise some of you would have been delighted to send me there… I didn’t kill anybody. Maybe if I had, I would have benefited from mitigating circumstances.
The Opus Football table is hand-crafted from wood and stainless-steel and comes with individually-modelled players, ergonomically designed handles and many other exquisite details. This table is not just for foosball nerds—this is for bloody wealthy foosball nerds, as Opus costs about US$75,000 a set.
The beauty of football is you have some values, you have the teams, you have the fans, you represent something important and you are not a travelling circus.
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My name is and I just learned that the hash sign is also known as an octothorp. It's exactly this kind of unnecessary information works its way into conversations that scares people away from me. Not that I am really complaining though…
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