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Transfers that did not happen, Part Four
1- Prior to joining Bari in the summer of 1991, England midfielder David Platt also had an offer to join France’s big spending Olympique Marseille.Platt himself stated that even though OM is a better...
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Events and Consequences, Part Four
1- Event:French player Xavier Gravelaine’s star performance vs. Real Zaragoza in the UEFA Cup on September 15, 1992 with Caen winning 3 to 2.Consequence:Xavier Gravelaine had been a Nantes youth...
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Magazine Awards, Part Three
France Football’s Ballon d’Or:Year 1985:Player of the year: Michel Platini (Juventus and France)Photo from: France Football, December 24, 1985 Issue 2072(Michel Platini on the cover of France...
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Short International Careers, Part Two
1- Andrea SilenziTorino striker Andrea Silenzi earned his only cap for Italy in a Friendly vs. France on February 16, 1994 at Naples, that the Italians lost 0 to 1.He was having his best personal...
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The First Time ….., Part Two
1-The First Time Brazil lost a World Cup Qualifier was on July 25, 1993 when they lost 0 to 2 to Bolivia by giving up the two goals in the last two minutes.Many observers blamed LaPaz’s high altitude...
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Soccer Memories-Part 19
Marcelo Lippi, The Rebirth of Juventus(Note: I would like to once again thank http://www.zani.co.uk/for uploading this article http://www.zani.co.uk/marcelo-lippi-the-rebirth-of-juventus )When Giovanni...
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Old Match Photographs-Part 20i
Photo From: Voetbal International, October 26, 1985(Ajax goalkeeper Stanley Menzo, 1985/86)Photo From: Voetbal International, Nov 29-dec 4, 1982(Real Madrid’s Dutchman Johnny Metgod in a match vs....
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Old Team Photographs-Part 20a
Photo From: Onze-Mondial, August 1992(Sweden squad, June 21, 1992, European Championship, Sweden 2-Germany 3, Top, left to right: Joakim Nilsson, Klas Ingesson, Roger Ljung, Joachim Björklund, Jan...
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Debate Topic, Part Four
Topic Awards season is coming up and it made me think of previous France Football’s Ballon d’Or Winners.Some winners were easy to predict and undisputed, while naturally over the years there were some...
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Old Team Photographs-Part 20b
Photo From: Onze, Issue 41, May 1979(Barcelona squad , April 11, 1979, Cup Winners Cup, Barcelona 1-Beveren 0, Top, left to right: Pedro Artola, Josep Albaladejo, Johann Neeskens, Rafael Zuviria,...
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Debate Topic, Part Five
Topic Matthew Le Tissier was probably one of the most talented players of his generation. However, England National Team Managers seldom picked him for various reasons.Given his talents, do you think...
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February 19, 1992-England 2-France 0
February 19, 1992England 2-France 0 FriendlyVenue: London - The Empire Stadium WembleyAttendance:58,723Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)Goalscorers: (England): Alan Shearer 43, Gary Lineker 73...
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Trivia and Facts-Part 30
1- During Australia’s friendly match vs. Czechoslovakia on February 9, 1980 (2 to 2 tie), Australia was forced to take the same penalty kick 4 times.For the first three times, Czech goalkeeper Dusan...
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Old Match Photographs-Part 21a
Photo From: Chronik des deutschen fussballs, 2005(Thomas Haessler and Carlos Javier Mac Allister, December 15, 1993, Argentian 2-Germany 1)Photo From: Soccer International, June 1992(February 26, 1992,...
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Old Match Photographs-Part 21b
Photo From: Kicker WM-Sonderheft 1982(Borussia Moenchengladbach’s Lothar Matthaus in an advertisement for Datsun)Photo From: Kicker WM-Sonderheft 1978(March 19, 1978, Castilla Cup, Argentina 3-Peru...
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Old Match Photograhs-Part 21c
Photo From: El Grafico 1992, Issue 3794(Gabriel Batistuta and Claudio Caniggia, June 18, 1992, Argentina 2-Australia 0)Photo From: El Grafico 1991, Issue 3746(Leonardo Astrada, Diego Simeone and...
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Old Match Photographs-Part 21d
Photo From: Goal, February 1996(Jari Litmanen , September 13, 1995, Champions League, Ajax Amsterdam 1-Real Madrid 0)Photo From: Fussball Magazin, September October 1977(Borussia Moenchengladbach...
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Old Match Photographs-Part 21e
Photo From: Onze, Issue 72, December 1981(Alberto Tarantini and Ariel Krarsouski, November 1, 1981, River Plate 2-Boca Juniors 2) Photo From: Onze, Issue 58, October 1980(Aston Villa‘s Des Bremner and...
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Old Match Photographs-Part 21f
Photo From: World Soccer, October 1968(Franz Beckenbauer and his book, ‘A Gentleman on the Ball’)Photo From: World Soccer, November 1967(Liverpool’s Tommy Smith and Manchester City’s Mike...
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Old Match Photographs-Part 21g
Photo From: Goal, Issue 20, May 1997(Coventry City goalkeeper Steve Ogrizovic and Brian Borrows after Woking’s equalizer, January 25, 1997, English FA Cup, Coventry City 1-Woking 1)Photo From: Goal,...
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