Since the European Cup started in the 1955/56 season, there are a number different English sides who have competed in the competition. For 37 years only the champions of each country and the holders qualified for a straight knockout tournament. From the 1992/93 campaign it was renamed the UEFA Champions League (although still playing for […]
Born in the early 1980s, I am most definitely a 90s kid. Taking me from the age of 6-16, this decade saw me move from a small boy into adolescence. All the stressful experiences a teenager has to go through happened to me at this time – girls, exams, social acceptance, etc. Whenever I hear […]
When I arrived at the Keepmoat Stadium at midday on Saturday 25th May, there was a buzz in the air. Children were already taking advantage of the ‘family fun day’ activities around the ground and the car parks were filling up rapidly. As I made my way round to our East Stand entrance with my […]
On Saturday the 25th May, former players from both Doncaster Rovers and Leeds United, together with fundraisers from everyday normal backgrounds, will play in a match at the Keepmoat Stadium in aid of the fantastic cancer charity, Evestrust. Meet the players DONCASTER ROVERS Brian Stock: Central midfielder Stock, was Rovers captain for the historic […]
Sunday, 27th March, 1994. 9:30am. I had already been up for a couple of hours, pacing around the house in my Aston Villa shirt, waiting for my dad to come home from work. He’d been working all night on the railway and our taxi to take us to the train station was booked for 10am. […]
Between the seasons of 1992/93 and 2011/12, the minimum amount of games you needed to play in order to win a Premier League winners’ medal was 10, but since 2012, that was reduced to 5 appearances. Since the PL began, there have been 86 different Englishmen who have received a winners’ medal. Of those players, […]
The debate of whether there are too many foreign imports in English football is as regular as clockwork these days. It was recently revealed that 69.2 percent of all footballers in the Premier League were born somewhere other than the UK and Ireland. Indeed just last weekend, 133 non-British or Irish players were named in […]
The Carabao Cup final takes place this Sunday, with the first silverware of the season on the line. Traditionally known as the League Cup (or EFL Cup if you prefer these days), the trophy is a funny looking old thing. The three-handled design has been used since its introduction in the 1960-61 season, apart from […]
On the 29th May 1985, the Heysel Stadium disaster changed the immediate future of English football. Pressure mounted on UEFA to do something drastic, and just two days later the governing body banned English clubs from European competition for ‘an indeterminate period of time’. This period would end up being 5 years for all English […]
Penalties have always been a massive part of football. They can simply win or lose games with just one kick. These days the opportunity for goalkeepers to study their opponents’ penalty takers has never been easier, with cameras at every match around the world, allowing for hours of footage to be used to their advantage. […]
