Flamengo is one of the iconic football clubs of Brazil and the city of Rio de Janeiro. The club is today dominating the game and might have the best team in their history, and they have just won the Libertadores, a grand tournament of South America that Flamengo last won and were finalists as far…
Month: November 2019
Focus On: Martin O’Neill
Factfile: Full Name: Martin Hugh Michael O’Neill Position: Midfield Date of Birth: 01.03.1952 Birthplace: Kilrea Nation: N. Ireland Full Caps: 64 Major League Career 1971-81, Nottingham Forest (285/48) 1981, Norwich City (11/1) 1981-82, Manchester City (13/0) 1982-83, Norwich City (55/11) 1983-84, Notts County (64/5) More Facts Wikipedia Photo Gallery Pinterest
Retro Footy Topics – Happy Birthday and Remembrance, November 2019
The month of November is one that settles more and more the outcome of the league as teams establish themselves more or less in the positions they are likely to end, that is now and that was then, looking a bit in the mirror for those players born in this month. On the 1st of…
Focus On: Ron Harris
Factfile: Full Name: Ronald Edward Harris Position: Defender Date of Birth: 13.11.1944 Birthplace: Hackney, London Nation: England Full Caps: – Major League Career 1961-80, Chelsea (655/13) 1980-83, Brentford (61/0) More Facts Wikipedia Photo Gallery Pinterest
Arsenal, the Bertie Mee years, players, pocals and fans
A football manager does not have to be the best player in the World, but he needs a bit of luck and some skills that makes it possible to do that special. But a manager without his special assistants around could easily fall into a trap believing he is “the special one”. Being born on…
A special chapter in football, two former Champions League winners takes charge of local rival clubs in the fourth tier of Norwegian football
Norwegian football might not be that glamour, but the names John Arne Riise and Ronny Johnsen is well known and they both experienced to win the Champions League with two of the most iconic football clubs in the World, Liverpool and Manchester United. To see the two now in charge of rival clubs Flint and…
Focus On: John Wark
Factfile: Full Name: John Wark Position: Midfield Date of Birth: 04.08.1957 Birthplace: Glasgow Nation: Scotland Full Caps: 29 Major League Career 1975-84, Ipswich Town (266/94) 1984-88, Liverpool (70/28) 1988-90, Ipswich Town (89/23) 1990-91, Middlesbrough (32/2) 1991-97, Ipswich Town (154/18) More Facts Wikipedia Photo Gallery Pinterest
Focus On: Emlyn Hughes
Factfile: Full Name: Emlyn Walther Hughes Position: Defender Date of Birth: 28.08.1947 Birthplace: Barrow-in-Furness Nation: England Full Caps: 62 Major League Career 1964-67, Blackpool (28/0) 1967-79, Liverpool (474/35) 1979-81, Wolves (58/2) 1981-83, Rotherham United (56/6) More Facts Wikipedia Photo Gallery Pinterest
Focus On: Bob Latchford
Factfile: Full Name: Robert Dennis Latchford Position: Forward Date of Birth: 07.02.1948 Birthplace: Birmingham Nation: England Full Caps: 12 Major League Career 1968-74, Birmingham City (160/68) 1974-81, Everton (236/106) 1981-84, Swansea City (87/35) More Facts Wikipedia Photo Gallery Pinterest
Focus On: David Harvey
Factfile: Full Name: David Harvey Position: Goalkeeper Date of Birth: 07.02.1948 Birthplace: Leeds, England Nation: Scotland Full Caps: 16 Major League Career 1965-80, Leeds United (276/0) 1982-85, Leeds United (73/0) NASL 1980-82, Vancouver Whitecaps (19/0) More Facts Wikipedia Photo Gallery Pinterest
