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Que Sera, Sera, Joseph Fox and Orlando Gili
The following photos are a selection from a broader photo essay first released in Issue 33. In today’s big-money football industry, the focus is typically on star players and managers. We saw the 2016-17 FA Cup, the game’s oldest cup competition, as an opportunity to reverse the camera and capture fan culture from grassroots up […]
West Ham United 1 Dinamo Tbilisi 4, 1981 – Brian Homewood
This week on Greatest Games, Brian Homewood joins Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller to discuss the 1981 Uefa Cup Winners’ Cup quarter-final first-leg between West Ham United and Dinamo Tbilisi. So to the Boleyn Ground for this one, where the ardent West Ham crowd – then used to cruising second division and on the verge […]
Greatest Games: Manchester City 1 Manchester United 0, 2011 – Jack Pitt-Brooke
FA Cup semi-final, Wembley Stadium, London, 16 April 2011 Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller are joined by football journalist at The Independent, Jack Pitt-Brooke, to discuss the 2011 FA Cup semi-final between Manchester City and Manchester United. The expectation of silverware was beginning to stir at Manchester City as fans and pundits looked for justification […]
Zambia 0* Ivory Coast 0, 2012 – Paul Myers
This week on Greatest Games, Paul Myers joins Jonathan and Marcus to discuss the 2012 Cup of Nations final and one of the most emotional stories in football history. Extraordinarily reaching the final meant that Zambia would compete to win their first-ever Cup of Nations in Libreville, Gabon – the city where 30 passengers and […]
Argentina 0 Colombia 5, 1993 – Carl Worswick
This week, Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller are joined by Carl Worswick to discuss the 1994 World Cup qualifier which saw Argentina host Colombia in Buenos Aires. Heading into the match, qualification for the 94 World Cup was not yet confirmed for either side, however Colombia’s successful campaign so far meant they were only required […]
Tottenham Hotspur 3 Arsenal 1, 1991 – Leon Mann
Leon Mann is this week’s guest on Greatest Games, joining Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller to remember the 1991 FA Cup semi-final North London Derby between Terry Venables’ Tottenham and George Graham’s Arsenal. Rather than traipsing the sides up to the midlands, the tie became the first-ever FA Cup semi-final to be hosted at Wembley. […]
Racing Club 1 Celtic 0, 1967 – Daniel Edwards
In episode two of Greatest Games, Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller are joined by Daniel Edwards to discuss the 1967 Intercontinental Cup play-off between Copa Libertadores and European Cup winners, Racing Club and Celtic. After a pair of acrimonious games in Glasgow and Buenos Aires, the tie would have to be decided on neutral ground […]
Quiz! Every Uefa Team of the Year
In this quiz, name the 19 teams so far. Let us know how you score on Twitter. Try these quizzes too: How well do you know the 2020 Copa Libertadores? Can you recall every Uefa Super Cup? Can you name the 2006 World Cup final starting lineups? Can you name every Premier League manager to […]
Estadio Azteca – The Blizzard Podcast Episode Ninety Two
"There have been 836 finals matches in the history of the World Cup, played from Belo Horizonte to Busan. Only 19 of those games have been at the Azteca, yet that tiny sample has provided the amphitheatre for ‘the Game of the Century’, the greatest team goal in World Cup history, one of the biggest […]
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