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On this day in 1999, Robbie Fowler controversially celebrated his derby day goal by eating grass apparently 😂
What is the best and worst goal celebration you've seen?
Did your Saturday's afternoons in the 90's consist of Teletext pages on rotate with radio commentary playing in the background?
The days before Sky's Soccer Saturday was a thing.
Happy VE Day! ✌️
In Paris, 1943
#Germany
took on a makeshift Allied POW X1 in a friendly match. Not one of the heroes that played in that remarkable 4-4 draw returned to a POW camp as they all escaped at the final whistle.
How many players can you name?
Today we sadly remember the 39 Juve fans that tragically went to a football match and didn't come home.
The Heysel disaster happened before the start of the 1985 European Cup Final between
#Juventus
and
#Liverpool
.
RIP
#39
🙏🕊️
RETRO REWIND 🏴🇳🇱
Football was coming home in 1996 when
#England
thrashed the
#Netherlands
4-1 at Wembley. One of the
#ThreeLions
finest ever performances at a tournament.
Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti: We tried really hard to sign Paul Scholes, we even gave
#ManUtd
a blank cheque. We spoke to him, but his reply was short and simple - "If you want me to play for you, you would have to buy this club."
Happy Birthday Paul Scholes 🎂🥂
Like Father like Son.
Nigel Clough followed in Brian Clough's footsteps when he took over the reigns at
#DerbyCounty
in 2009.
Can you name any other footballing father and son's that both played a part in the beautiful game?
In July 2001
#DerbyCounty
signed Fabrizio Ravanelli on a free transfer. He bagged 16 goals in 53 appearances for the Rams 🐏
What is your clubs best ever free transfer?
Happy birthday to
#Umbro
🎂
The sportswear giant is 100 years old today and has produced some of the greatest football shirts ever made over the last century.
Which is your favourite double diamond creation?
On this day in 1971, the worst tragedy in Scottish football history occurred with 66 deaths and injuries to over 200 fans at Ibrox Stadium
We remember them 🕊️🙏
RETRO REWIND
Back in 1994
#ManchesterCity
fans said goodbye to the Kippax Stand in dramatic fashion as they come from two goals down against
#Chelsea
to rescue a point
#MCICHE
RIP Andreas Brehme 🇩🇪🕊️
The versatile attacking full back won major honours during his career including the World Cup with West Germany in 1990. At club level he won Bundesliga titles with
#BayernMunich
and
#kaiserslautern
plus a Serie A and UEFA Cup with
#InterMilan
.
You can't beat a bit of Bully🎯
The former
#England
marksman scored an incredible 306 goals in 561 matches for
#Wolves
during his 13 years at Molineux🐺
What is your favourite Steve Bull memory?
Cesare Maldini was born on this day in 1932. The
#ACMilan
captain won four Serie A league titles and one European Cup during his twelve seasons at the San Siro.
His son wasn’t a bad player either 🔴⚫️
The man did everything for his beloved
#LiverpoolFC
.
As player, physio, coach and eventually manager. He won the lot with 20 honours in 9 seasons at the Anfield helm. One of the greatest managers in football history was born on this day in 1919.
Everton's nickname "The Toffees" came about after
#Everton
moved to Goodison close to Mother Noblett's toffee shop.
The Toffee Lady would walk around the perimeter of the pitch before the start of a game tossing free Everton Mints into the crowd 🍬
Stan Collymore paid back a bit of his £7m transfer fee when he scored a brace for his boyhood team
#AstonVilla
to earn three points against his former employers
#Liverpool
back in 1998.
Can you name others that have played for both teams?
#AVLLIV
The official
#Chelsea
1974 change strip was nicknamed the ‘Castrol GTX kit’ due to it's striking resemblance to the famous racing car sponsorship markings.
Can you name any other classic kits that resemble something else?
New
#TottenhamHotspur
striker Jürgen Klinsmann made an instant impact on his Premier League debut at Hillsborough back in 1994.
The £2m summer signing went onto score 29 goals in 50 games which landed him the Football Writers Player of the Year Award 🇩🇪
Good old Des Lynam gives us a behind the scenes view of the Grandstand studios as they prepare for the 83/84 season, including showcasing the new cutting edge vidiprinter and voice behind the classified results.
🎙️ForFar 4 East Fife 5 😂 The Halcyon Days
On this day in 1996
#Arsenal
parted company with Bruce Rioch after just 47 matches in charge. Johan Cruyff was the favourite to replace him but instead The Gunners would appoint an unknown Frenchman called Arsène Wenger 🇫🇷
It was the battle of the Kings at Ewood Park back in 1995 as King Kev's Magpies took on King Kenny's Rovers in the
#FACup
3rd round replay. Sit back and watch this classic 90's FA Cup tie!
#BRFC
#NUFC
Happy Birthday to
#Scotland
and
#Celtic
legend Danny McGrain.
He won 14 domestic honours during his time with the Celts and was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in 2004 🏴
Back in 1990
@GaryLineker
scored the only goal of the game as
#England
beat
#Brazil
1-0 at Wembley. Credit also goes to goalkeeper Stuart 'Psycho' Pearce for keeping the Samba Boys out with some nifty handy work🧤🏴🇧🇷
After the 'Butcher of Bilbao' incident, Maradona was transferred from
#Barcelona
to
#Napoli
for a world record transfer fee of £6.9 million.
During his two seasons in La Liga he scored 38 goals in 58 games before heading to the Serie A to score 115 goals in 259 matches 🇦🇷
On this day in 1941, the Luftwaffe bombed Old Trafford which prevented
#ManchesterUnited
from playing a league home game at Old Trafford until 1949. Local neighbours
#ManchesterCity
provided an interim home for the Reds at Maine Road 🔴🤝🔵
Happy Birthday to former
#England
forward Peter Beardsley 🎂After a decade of playing for the
#ThreeLions
he amassed 59 caps and scored 9 goals between 1986-1996 🏴
He also wore the captains armband on one occasion, who was the opposition?
RIP Joe Kinnear 🕊️
During his time at White Hart Lane the
#ROI
🇮🇪defender made over 250 appearances for
#Spurs
scoring two goals, he also lifted the UEFA Cup, FA Cup and League Cup twice.
Many fans will remember him for his time in the dugout whilst managing the Crazy Gang.
On this day in 1981
#Spurs
and
#ManCity
clashed in the FA Cup final replay at Wembley. Tottenham eventually edged a close fought tie with a brace from Ricky Villa 🏆
#TOTMCI
Happy Birthday to Everton legend Graeme Sharp.
- Top goalscorer for the
#Toffees
82, 83, 85, 88.
- Won the league twice, FA Cup and ECWC once
- Scored goal of season in 84-85 against
#Liverpool
What's your favourite Sharpy memory?
The famous Lisbon Lions we're made up of 11 local lads who helped
#GlasgowCeltic
to become the first British club to win the European Cup, and still the only Scottish club to have reached the final 🏆🍀
Happy birthday Teddy Sheringham 🎂
Sheringham was capped 51 times for the
#England
, scoring 11 times. He appeared in the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cups, as well as the 1996 UEFA European Championship 🏴
The first time that
#England
won a penalty shoot out was in the quarter finals of
#EURO96
against
#Spain
.
Shearer, Platt, Pearce and Gascoigne scored for the
#ThreeLions
but who was scheduled to take England's fifth penalty?
In 1973, Sir Bobby Charlton made his last appearance for Manchester United against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. With the Red Devils he amassed 758 matches and scored 249 goals.
With
#England
heading to
#Germany
next week we thought we'd take a nostalgic lookback at the heartache of the semi-final against back in 1996. The
#ThreeLions
came literally inches short of reaching the final but it wasn't be be as the Germans went through on penalties 🏴🇩🇪
It wasn't a good day at the races for Sir Alex Ferguson's treble winning
#ManUtd
as they took on Gianluca Vialli's
#Chelsea
at Stamford Bridge back in 1999.
On this day in 1987
#ManchesterCity
hit
#HuddersfieldTown
for🔟with hat-tricks from Paul Stewart, Tony Adcock and David White.
🎶We want ten, we want ten!
Bobby Robson's
#England
side got off to an incredible start against
#Yugoslavia
in a European Qualification match in Belgrade back in 1987. Peter Beardsley, John Barnes, Bryan Robson and Tony Adams had given the
#ThreeLions
a four nil lead within just 25 minutes 🏴
OTD in 1973
#England
captain Bobby Moore won his final cap and a then record 108th cap for the
#ThreeLions
.
The
#WestHam
defender took the armband in 1964, aged just 23. His greatest moment during his 11 years at international level was lifting the Jules Rimet in 1966 🏆🏴
Peter Lorimer was a
#LUFC
and
#Scotland
legend who made his debut at just 15 and went on to make 703 appearances during his career at Elland Road scoring a record 238 goals.
Rest in peace Thunder Boots 🕊️🙏
#ThreeYearsToday
The last time that
#England
defeated
#Italy
on home turf was back in 1977. Ron Greenwood's
#ThreeLions
beat the
#Azzurri
2-0 in a World Cup qualifier at Wembley courtesy of goals from Kevin Keegan and Trevor Brooking
#ENGITA
🏴🇮🇹
Back in 1992
#ManchesterCity
defender Keith Curle helped pull ten men City back into the Manchester Derby and earn the Blues a well earned point, with a cool as you like penalty against
#ManchesterUnited
at Old Trafford.
Happy birthday, Oh Curly Wurly 🎯
Today we remember former
#Scotland
manager Craig Brown who sadly passed away one year ago today 🕊️
He was
#Scotland
's longest serving manager taking charge between 1993 and 2001 and he led the
#TartanArmy
to two major tournaments, EURO96 and the World Cup in 1998 🏴
Back in 1998
#Chelsea
manager Gianluca Vialli led the blues to League Cup success against Bryan Robson’s
#Middlesborough
to become the first foreign manager to lift the cup 🏆
The 1981 League Cup Final pitched Bob Paisley's
#Liverpool
against John Lyall's
#WestHamUnited
in front of a packed out Wembley.
Hope none of the 100,000 supporters tried to make an early exit! ⌚️🏃
18 year old wonderkid Wayne Rooney announces himself onto the international football scene when he scores a brace for
#England
against
#Switzerland
in 2004 to become the youngest goal scorer at a European Championship finals 🏴🇨🇭
Tino Asprilla was the
#NewcastleUnited
hero in the 3rd round of the UEFA Cup back in 1996 when he scored a brace against
#Metz
at St James Park to help the Toon progress to the next round.
Who scored the
#NUFC
goal in the first leg in France?
Le Roi was born on this day in 1955 👑
The French midfielder won the Ballon d'Or three times during the mid 80's. Only Messi and Ronaldo have won it more times 🇫🇷
Where does
#MichelPlatini
rank amongst the all time greats?
RIP Chris Nicoll 🕊️💚
The former
#AstonVilla
and
#Southampton
defender won 51 caps for
#NorthernIreland
and scored 3 goals during his International career. At club level he lifted the League Cup twice whilst at Villa.
Thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of former
#Scotland
and
#Liverpool
legend
#AlanHansen
who is seriously ill in hospital 🙏 Speedy recovery Jockey!
Back in 1995
#Brazilian
🇧🇷 playmaker Juninho aka 'the little fella' made an instant impact on his debut for
#Middlesbrough
with an assist for the opening goal at the Riverside Stadium. However, Brian Deane scored his first goal of the season to earn a point for
#LeedsUnited
.
On this day in 1994
#AstonVilla
fans said farewell to the Holte End standing terrace in fine style with a 2-1 victory over
#Liverpool
with both goals coming from Dwight Yorke.
Any Villa fans got the certificate to say you we're there?
On this day in 1976
#DerbyCounty
recorded their record victory in a 12-0 win over
#FinnHarps
in the first round, first leg of the UEFA Cup at the Baseball Ground. Rams legend Kevin Hector bagged five of the goals, whilst Charlie George and Leighton James netted hat-tricks 🐏
🗣️One team in Tallinn🎶🏴
On this day in 1996, Craig Brown's
#Scotland
team and the
#TartanArmy
turned up alone in a World Cup qualifier in Estonia.
On this day in 1976, pioneers
#KetteringTown
became the first senior football club in the UK to feature the logo of their sponsor, Kettering Tyres.
Who was the first top flight British team to follow suit?
Almost 32 years to the day
#AstonVilla
hosted
#ManCity
at Villa Park for the last time in the old Division One.
Big boot out from Les Sealey, flick on by Cyrille Regis and a cracking volley from
@TonyDaley7
to settle the match. Route one football at it's finest, how very 90's!