This is one that I find really strange even if he didn't retire from playing until he was 42.
Teddy Sheringham is the same age as Romario.
Teddy Sheringham is the same age as Romario.
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Switzerland were involved in a relatively entertaining match tonight.
Still seems weird to me that a bloke called Matty Cash is playing for Poland. Maybe not weird, but I was surprised.
It shouldn't be in some ways because we obviously have lots of movement of people around the world on a greater basis than we once did. I suppose his Polish connections aren't obvious though. Anglo sounding and looking name and born in England.
It shouldn't be in some ways because we obviously have lots of movement of people around the world on a greater basis than we once did. I suppose his Polish connections aren't obvious though. Anglo sounding and looking name and born in England.
Quite the career overlap that! Made his professional debut in 1986 and played with someone appearing in the World Cup in 2022.Anyone remember this midfield plodder who disappeared in the mid-90s?
Turns out he went to play alongside the guy currently captaining Brazil.
I knew Samways had played for Sevilla at some point, I didn't know or had forgotten he had a long spell with Las Palmas prior. Did well for them apparently, helping them to promotion to the top flight in Spain.
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Im not sure I believe this still
It was also the 1st 2-2 half-time World Cup match since Argentina and England in 1998.
Same referee as well
Really? Wow
i think what you mean is that it’s strange that one of us is over their stealing one of their jobs for once.
Polish jobs for English people
United never lost 2-0 at home under Ferguson.
United haven't lost a match at home that they were winning at half time since 1984.
Danny Murphy's penalty in 2004 was the first time an away team scored a penalty in the league in 10 years.
United haven't lost a match at home that they were winning at half time since 1984.
Danny Murphy's penalty in 2004 was the first time an away team scored a penalty in the league in 10 years.
under ferguson, united only lost they games they didn’t draw or win.
All the World Cup favourites have lost in the group stages of this World Cup.
Brazil
France
Argentina
Spain
Portugal
Germany
Belgium
(Apart from England !)
What odds would you have got on that at the start of the World Cup?
Brazil
France
Argentina
Spain
Portugal
Germany
Belgium
(Apart from England !)
What odds would you have got on that at the start of the World Cup?
i wish i was as exciting and insightful as ant or dec. whichever that one is.
Don't think so.
Paying Cash in hand
Wow. How? How old was he!
Horacio Elizondo retired in 2006, so you were pretty close but nah.
Messi scoring tonight was the first time either him or Ronaldo has scored in a WC knockout game. Jeez took them long enough.
Former Inter Milan defender Giuseppe Bergomi featured in four World Cups for Italy, winning it in 1982, but never featured in a single qualifying match.
Also:
Salah was the first ever opponent player that scored a Premier League hat-trick against ManUtd at Old Trafford
Under Fergie, Brazilian Ronaldo was the only player that scored a hat-trick against ManUtd at Old Trafford
Under Fergie, only 4 players scored Premier League hat-tricks against ManUtd - Bentley, Lukaku, Etoo, Kuyt
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Lee trundle finished playing football in 2013 when he was 37… he came back in the welsh leagues 3 years later and finished his career by scoring 167 goals in 142 league games, all in his 40s
18, funny thing is he came on to replace Pep
It would have been more weird if he played for The Czech Republic.
Now that is surprising considering there’s been around 300 games since then!
I guess it shows how cagey World Cup games are.
Sorry. I've just read there's an English manager called Nestor El Maestro in the Saudi Premier League, who has this entry on his Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestor_El_Maestro said:
They took our jobs
He was 18(?) at the time. Also I'm not really sure but he played as right back at OT or maybe I remember a different game but for sure Xavi at his youth played as a right back
Lineker just said that only 2 WC penalty shoot-outs have gone to sudden death... Which I thought was surprising.
Mickey Quinn went from being frozen out at Newcastle (in the old League 1) to scoring 17 goals in 6 months for Coventry in the P.L in 1992/93
Andy Ritchie managed Oldham for 3 years (about 180 matches) and Barnsley for 1.5 years (about 90 matches) - and somehow managed to get almost exactly the same win percentage for both clubs (32.95% and 32,96%)
Andy Ritchie managed Oldham for 3 years (about 180 matches) and Barnsley for 1.5 years (about 90 matches) - and somehow managed to get almost exactly the same win percentage for both clubs (32.95% and 32,96%)
Denmark defeated France in an international match 17-1 at the 1908 Olympics, with one Danish player scoring 10 goals.
I’m actually surprised we haven’t had any players from Poland and other Eastern European countries feature for England. The only one that comes to mind who may have was Broja but he chose Albania.
Unfortunately I was there to see it
Netherlands haven't lost* a World Cup game since the 2010 WC final.
*Games that end in Penalty shootouts 'counts' as a draw. So their unbeaten record is still ongoing.
In fact they have lost a WC game in 90 minutes since 2006.
*Games that end in Penalty shootouts 'counts' as a draw. So their unbeaten record is still ongoing.
In fact they have lost a WC game in 90 minutes since 2006.
I guess you mean in the league? Because off the top of my head:
United 0-2 Arsenal
United 0-2 Coventry
this was before the PL started though in fairness