Right now it’s duly impossible to escape wonderful words, anecdotes and highlights which remember Diego Armando Maradona. Much has been said about the great Argentinian – players, managers, journalists, broadcasters have all had tales and stories to share. We’ve found these 12 quotes said by players and managers over the years about Diego but taken […]
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Breaking The Mould
"Saelua’s role in giving some dignity back to one of the worst teams in the world made waves across the globe. "Korean TV came to my house to do an interview. It was kind of weird," Saelua said. "I would have people from New York call in and say they wanted to come to my […]
Bye Bye Bebe
“I am going to be a brilliant player,” Bebé said. He wasn’t. To our surprise, given his mediocre showing for the reserves, he made his United debut six days later in a Carling Cup win at Scunthorpe (Ferguson, scouting Champions League opponents Valencia, didn’t see Bebé play then either). It was the first of seven […]
Quiz! Liverpool 0 Arsenal 2 (1989)
22 players, 5 minutes Whenever Arsenal and Liverpool come up against each other that Anfield night in 1989 is revisited over and over again. And for good reason – the top two, the final day of the season, the title still undecided – “I swear you’ll never see anything like this ever again,” said Martin […]
The Whisky Option
"By the ashtray lay a single sheet of paper and an unopened bottle of Scotch. Joao Rocha turning to his interlocutor without as much as a smile, said ‘I’m afraid it’s one or the other, Malcolm’. His time leading Portugal’s famous green and white hoops, brief and glamourously successful, was over in one simple, dramatic […]
Accidental Hero
“It was a relief to see the team sheet and to find out that Beardsley was not there,” said Lenny Lawrence, the Charlton manager, “Instead they started with somebody we didn’t know. The relief turned very quickly into sheer horror. They set Ronnie on us and he tormented us that day.” In Episode Fifty Eight […]
Quiz! Champions League Semi-Final Headers
26 headers, 5 minutes “Football is played with the head. Your feet are just the tools.” – said the newly-appointed Juventus boss Andrea Pirlo once, apparently. In this quiz, just recall who scored the 26 Champions League semi-final headed goals since 1998. Let us know how you do on Twitter. Try these quizzes too: Can […]
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The Lost Kingdom
The Hakeem al-Araibi affair has confirmed the end of the unifying dream of Bahraini football
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