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• Remember When ... Glenn Hoddle Starred as Bulgaria Lost at Wembley
• By Jon West 01/9/2010 9:05 AM GMT
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• Imagine an England player marking his debut with a perfectly executed, side-footed strike from the edge of the box that found the top corner of the net and clinched victory in an important European ... More »
• Remember When ... Robin van Persie was Flattened by Andy Todd's Elbow
• By Ian Winrow 26/8/2010 9:00 AM GMT
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• A trip to Ewood Park has always been regarded as one of the acid tests of a leading team's ability to mix silk with steel and Arsene Wenger's current Arsenal side will face their latest examination ... More »
• Remember When... Jimmy Armfield's Blackpool Towered Above Arsenal
• By Jason Mellor 19/8/2010 4:00 AM GMT
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• Ian Holloway readily admits he's had sleepless nights after watching DVDs of Arsenal as Blackpool prepare for their first league trip to face the Gunners in almost 40 years. Considering the ... More »
• Remember When... Five Past United Was a Glorious Time for Newcastle
• By Jason Mellor 12/8/2010 10:00 AM GMT
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• The Newcastle-based Evening Chronicle and its sister paper The Journal had rarely known a sales hike like it. In that part of the world, rises in circulation are usually football-related, and this was ... More »
• Remember When... Lee Bowyer Capped a Remarkable Revival by Leeds United
• By John Wardle 06/8/2010 8:28 AM GMT
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• The Championship starts this weekend - and one of the eye-catching matches is at Elland Road, where Leeds United play Derby County. For six seasons in the 1990's, this was a Premier League fixture and ... More »
• Remember When... Johan Cruyff's Netherlands Almost Ruled the World
• By Ian Winrow 10/7/2010 3:45 AM GMT
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• Received wisdom has it that no one remembers the losing finalists. Not true. Nobody who ever watched the 1974 World Cup culminating in the final in Munich's Olympiastadion will ever forget the ... More »
• Remember When... No-hopers From the USA Stunned Mighty England
• By Jason Mellor 04/6/2010 5:08 AM GMT
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• To the astonishment of their opponents, some even arrived wearing sombreros. They certainly ensured the sun went down on England's hopes when sealing what remains perhaps the biggest-ever World Cup ... More »
• Remember When... England Faced Japan Before Another Major Tournament
• By John Wardle 27/5/2010 4:11 AM GMT
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• We have been here before. Japan, England's opponents on Sunday in a friendly ahead of the World Cup, were also the choice of former coach Sven-Goran Eriksson in the build-up to Euro 2004. This ... More »
• Remember When... Mother Nature Helped Real Madrid Win the First European Cup
• By Jason Mellor 20/5/2010 9:48 AM GMT
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• Even the great footballing dynasties need a slice of good fortune every now and again, and Real Madrid are no different. Their early European dominance enjoyed a helping hand from none other than ... More »
• Remember When... Chelsea and Portsmouth Last Met in the FA Cup
• By Jason Mellor 12/5/2010 7:00 AM GMT
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• It has been a week to forget for Gianfranco Zola, but there were happier times for the recently departed West Ham United manager on the last occasion FA Cup final opponents Chelsea and Portsmouth ... More »
• Remember When... The Special One Was Dumped Out of the Champions League
• By Ian Whittell 29/4/2010 7:22 AM GMT
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• In a week in which Jose Mourinho has etched himself ever deeper into Champions League folklore, his former club Chelsea head to Anfield on Sunday to renew what has become one of the most interesting ... More »
• Remember When... Wolves Profited as the Wembley Jinx Hit Dave Whelan
• By John Wardle 22/4/2010 8:44 AM GMT
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• Two weeks before the anniversary of their most famous encounter, Wolverhampton Wanderers face Blackburn Rovers on Saturday. It was nearly half-a-century ago - on May 7, 1960 - when the two clubs ... More »
• Remember When... West Ham Reeled as Michael Owen Staked England Claim
• By John Wardle 14/4/2010 9:14 AM GMT
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• If Liverpool are looking for omens as they continue their pursuit of a Champions League place, they can go back 12 years to an Anfield meeting with West Ham, who are the visitors on Monday. It was ... More »
• Remember When... Paul Gascoigne's Genius Sent Portsmouth to Cup Exit
• By John Wardle 08/4/2010 7:45 AM GMT
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• Money problems also loomed large over the last meeting between Tottenham and Portsmouth in the FA Cup. The south coast club go into Sunday's semi-final against Spurs near the end of a season that has ... More »
• Remember When... Chelsea Earned Championship Applause at Man United
• By John Wardle 01/4/2010 9:24 AM GMT
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• The championship ambitions of Manchester United and Chelsea will be scrutinised as they clash at Old Trafford this weekend. As so often in recent seasons, they are two of the teams that are almost ... More »
• Remember When... Roy Carroll, Hull and Fulham Sampled Life at the Bottom
• By John Wardle 25/3/2010 11:26 AM GMT
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• Go back 13 seasons and you find Fulham involved a routine 3-0 victory at Hull City in a forerunner of a fixture that is on the schedule for this weekend. This Saturday, the stage is the Premier ... More »
• Remember When... Danny Murphy Finally Sealed an Old Trafford Victory
• By John Wardle 18/3/2010 5:15 AM GMT
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• Liverpool ended a decade of hurt when they beat Manchester United at Old Trafford towards the end of 2000. It did not look promising for the Anfield club, who had not won at the other end of the ... More »
• Remember When...Sunderland Won a Classic Tie on the Way to Wembley
• By John Wardle 11/3/2010 6:00 AM GMT
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• Sunderland v Manchester City: The teams meet again on Wearside on Sunday in a fixture that has special meaning for all supporters of the Stadium of Light club. Their clash in March 1973 at the old ... More »
• Remember When... Stoke Stunned Chelsea in a Classic Cup Encounter
• By John Wardle 04/3/2010 6:22 AM GMT
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• Stoke City against Chelsea, an important cup-tie in London and a long-throw goal that proves vital...we could yet be talking about this Sunday's FA Cup encounter at Stamford Bridge. But this was ... More »
• Remember When... Aston Villa Ended Man United's Pursuit of the Treble
• By John Wardle 25/2/2010 5:35 AM GMT
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• On this occasion it was called the Coca-Cola Cup. Manchester United v Aston Villa in the cup of many names in 1994 - and just one reason why Sir Alex Ferguson would relish overcoming the Birmingham ... More »
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