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Fancy That ! Johann Cruyff (NEW!)
You've read all about Lee Bowyer's love of the opera, Graeme Le Saux scoffing down
turkey twizzlers, and Kevin Keegan stroking a gerbil during his days in Germany.
Now it's time to get the lowdown on everyone's favourite Dutchman, as we bring you
10 surprising facts about Johann Cruyff.
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Euro-Championship Heroes (NEW!)
Continuing our build up to Austria/Switzerland 2008 it's time for another hero of a previous tournament,
this time the long=haired maverick with with a penchant for slick passing and even slicker women, West Germany's midfield maestro
Gunter Netzer.
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World Cup Curiosities (Updated)
More tales from the World's premier tournament, with oddities from the
1950,
1978,
1982,
1986
and
1994
tournaments added.
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Fancy That ! Top Spots (NEW!)
Hey, hey, Shreevesy's back with a list of fantastic footballing spots for May.
Click here
for the latest roundup.
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Top 10 European Cup Finals (NEW!)
With just two days to go before the latest final in Moscow,
our look back at the top 10 European Cup finals reaches
number 3
and an eight goal epic between holders Benfica and five time winners Real Madrid.
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The Best Player Names (Updated)
Mario Licka ,
Roberto Dinamite and
Fanny Schamp
are our latest entries to the list of the best and strangest names in the world of football.
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Top Euro Champs Final Goals (NEW!)
To whet the appetite for Austria/Switzerland 2008 we've compiled our list of the best goals from the
previous finals. To re-live some great moments
click here
to see the list.
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Top 10 European Cup Finals (NEW!)
Our look back at the top 10 European Cup finals reaches
number 4
in our list - Don Fabio's AC Milan's versus Cruyff's Barcelona, from back in 1994.
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Top 10 FA Cup Finals
The lead up to Saturday's big Anglo-Welsh clash sees us look back at the
10 greatest FA Cup Finals.
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Top 10 Scottish Euro Club Nights (New)
The Glaswegians hordes are descending on Manchester for the UEFA Cup final and the big question is -
can md finish off it's top 10 of great Scottish European club nights ?
Well,
click here
to see
number 4
and
number 5
in our list, as both Dundee clubs provide nights to remember.
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Top 10 FA Cup Final Goals
Just 5 days now until the Pompey and Cardiff clash at Wembley, and it's time to re-visit some of the great
goals that have graced the occasion, as we look at our
top 10 FA Cup final goals.
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Top 10 Mullets (NEW!)
Number 2 in our list of favourite footballing mullets goes to
Chris Waddle.
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Top 10 Scottish Euro Club Nights (New)
Number 6
in our list of great Scottish European club nights is from 1970, and a classic 'Battle of Britain' between
Celtic and Leeds Utd.
Click here
for the details and to see the other matches in the top 10.
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Top 10 European Cup Finals (NEW!)
Our look back at the top 10 European Cup finals reaches
number 5
in our list - Manchester Utd's rout of Benfica at Wembley back in 1968.
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Top 10 Mullets (NEW!)
We start at number one with this new list, and a left-back who's punditry was almost as
well known as his hairstyle,
Barry Venison.
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Top 10 Fan Anthems (NEW!)
md's list of the best fan anthems ever continues, with not only a football
anthem, but the anthem of a whole area... the Geordie nation's
The Blaydon Races.
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Famous Shirt Numbers (New)
Dalglish 7, Maradona 10, Muller 13, Cruyff 14, er.. Michael Foot 90. Yes, md's latest list
is of famous shirt numbers, and we kick it off with some of the most famous one's from over the years.
Click here
for the list, and email in any others that you know of.
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Top 10 Scottish Euro Club Nights (New)
Number 7
in our list of great Scottish European club nights is from 1961, and the thrilling 2nd leg of an incredible 13 goal aggregate
encounter between Hibs and Catalan giants Barcelona.
Click here
for the details.
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Top 10 European Cup Finals (NEW!)
Our look back at the top 10 European Cup finals reaches
number 6
in our list, and the competition's first final between Real Madrid and Stade de Reims.
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Classic Football Shirts
For anyone who hasn't seen this fantastic site,
click here
to have a look at some great old favourites. Expect an md top ten to follow.
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Euro-Championship Heroes (NEW!)
Continuing our build up to Austria/Switzerland 2008 it's time for another hero of a previous tournament,
this time the man who inspired an unexpected run to the 1980 final, Belgium's
Jan Ceulemans.
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Top 10 Fan Anthems (NEW!)
md's list of the best fan anthems ever continues, with, allegedly,
football's oldest song coming in at number 9, the Canaries rendition of
On the Ball City.
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Top 10 Scottish Euro Club Nights (New)
Number 8
in our list of great Scottish European club nights is from 1962, and an incredible night when Dunfermline attempted to
overturn a four goal deficit against Valencia.
Click here
for the details.
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Top 10 European Cup Finals (NEW!)
Our look back at the top 10 European Cup finals continues with
number 7
in our list, as Celtic became the first British team to reach the final, in the 1967 classic clash of football
styles as they came up against Inter.
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Euro-Championship Heroes (NEW!)
Continuing our build up to Austria/Switzerland 2008 we're going to look back at the heroes of previous tournaments,
starting with the man who dominated a tournament like no other,
Michel Platini,
in 1984.
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Euro-Championship Curiosities (NEW!)
Tales from Europe's premier tournament, with some snippets from the 1984 and 2008 tournaments to kick the section off.
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Top 10 Scottish Euro Club Nights (New)
Whilst Rangers travel to Lisbon today hoping for a memorable European night, we continue
our Top 10 of great Scottish club performances by casting our eyes back to 1995 and Raith Rover's famous trip to one
of the giants of European football, Bayern Munich.
Click here
for the details.
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Top 10 Italian Hardmen (NEW!)
We've done the
10 dirtiest players from Spain,
now it's the turn of our other Latin friends
over in Italy. We begin our list at
number 10
, and a player best known for his role in the
infamous Battle of Santiago.
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Top 10 European Cup Finals (NEW!)
Our look back at the top 10 European Cup finals continues with
number 8
in our list, as cup holders Juventus travelled over the Alps in 1997 to take on
an emerging Borussia Dortmund in Munich's Olympic Stadium.
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Italian League Section (New)
We've created a new section for the Italian league to go alongside the existing
sections for Spain, England, Germany and Holland.
Click here
to see it.
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Top 10 Scottish Euro Club Nights (New)
Scotland's clubs have had many glory nights in European football history. To mark Rangers reaching the quarter final
of the UEFA Cup we've put together a Top 10 of the best of them.
Click here
to start with number 10 in our list.
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The Best Player Names (Updated)
To kick of this week we've got a couple of classic names from Reading's team of 1970's...
Robin Friday and
Wayne Wanklyn,
as well as a
big QPR favourite and
the rudest Portuguese name ever.
Thanks to Mike Garwell and Alan Bowes for their contributions.
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Italy's 20 Largest Stadia (NEW!)
To go alongside the other major countries that we've done,
click here
for a list of the 20 largest football stadiums in Italy.
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European Championships (NEW!)
With the big kick off in Austria and Switzerland only two months away, we've started
a European Championships section to help celebrate. Over the next couple of months we'll be
looking back at the top players, matches and goals from previous tournaments and having a
ponder on what we can expect from this year's competition.
Click here
to go to the section.
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Top 10 Fan Anthems (NEW!)
The start of a new Top 10, sees md list the best fan anthems ever, starting with
a Black Country classic at number 10,
the Liquidator.
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Top 10 European Cup Finals (NEW!)
Our look back at the top 10 European Cup finals continues with
number 9
in our list, Man Utd's late show against Bayern Munich in 1999.
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