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The Best Players to never appear in a World Cup, Part two
1- Eric CantonaControversial French striker Eric Cantona was part of France’s Lost Generation. The post-Platini generation that came to prominence post-1986 after the retirements of Platini, Giresse,...
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Teams on Tour-Part Two
Argentina’s Tour of 1979: Introducing Diego Armando MaradonaFor many months after their 1978 World Cup triumph on home soil, the Argentinean Nation as well as its Football Association were celebrating...
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The British Home Championship-Part Two
The 1983 British Home ChampionshipIn 1983, the British Home Championship was entering in its penultimate season.As stated in the previous entry on this topic, there was pressure from the authorities to...
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The Beautiful Game on Celluloid, Part Two
Spoiler Alert: I assume most people have already seen these films, as a result I discuss the plot as much as I can. I will not try to go into every detail but generalize as much as possible.For this...
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tournaments-Part 2 (Mundialito 1980/81)
Mundialito 1980 (Copa de Oro) The Mundialito (also known as Copa de Oro (Gold Cup)) was a Tournament to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Inaugural World Cup.Uruguay, who had hosted the very...
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New Addition: Season and Tournament Previews / Guides / Retrospectives, Part one
Another new feature that I will be starting on this blog is to upload the entire issues of particular magazines (or special issues) that are season previews and/or World Cup and European Championship...
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New Addition: Match Programmes-Part one
1- Official Match Programme Name: Scotland v. WalesMatch date: February 28, 1984Language/Nation: English/ScotlandPhoto From: Scotland v. Wales, 1984Scotland v. Wales, 19842- Official Match Programme...
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Soccer Memories-Part 29: Tales of Defection: The Cold War’s Impact on the Game
Tales of Defection: The Cold War’s Impact on the GameThe end of the Great War in Europe ushered in another War between competing ideologies. While this new War was not fought on the battlefield, a new...
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September 21, 1977-Scotland 3-Czechoslovakia 1
September 21, 1977Scotland 3-Czechoslovakia 1 World Cup Qualifying-Group 7Venue: Glasgow -Hampden ParkAttendance:85,000Referee:Francis Rion (Belgium)Goalscorers: (Scotland): Joe Jordan 18th, Asa...
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Trivia and Facts-Part 40
1- When Bill Nicholson signed Jimmy Greaves for Tottenham Hotspur in December 1961 he paid £99,999.He felt this would help Greaves in not feeling the pressure of being the first 6-figure transfer.Photo...
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Old Match Photographs-Part 30a
Photo From: Fussball Magazin, Issue 5, September October 1979(Denmark and Borussia Moenchengladbach’s Allan Simonsen and England and SV Hamburg’s Kevin Keegan)Photo From: World Soccer, September...
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Old match Photographs-_Part 30b
Photo From: Guerin Sportivo-La Grande Storia Del Calcio Italiana-1938-1940(1938 World Cup winner, Juventus’ Pietro Rava)Photo From: France Football, Issue 1772, March 25, 1980(Carsten Nielsen of...
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Old match Photographs-Part 30c
Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 29, June 1962(Alfredo Di Stefano on the ground, May 2, 1962, Champions Cup, Benfica 5-Real Madrid 3)Photo From: El Grafico, Issue 3062, June 13, 1978(Paolo Rossi,...
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Old Match Photographs-Part 30d
Photo From: Mondial, old series, issue 24, November 1978(Arie Haan, June 21, 1978, World Cup, Holland 2-Italy 1)Photo From: Start 1983 №48(Real Madrid’s Juan Jose)Photo From: Soccer International, June...
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Old Match Photographs-Part 30e
Photo From: Mondial, New series, issue 10, January 1981(Wales’ Brian Flynn)Photo From: Mondial, old series, issue 22, September 1978(Sweden’s Mats Nordgren (with an exchanged jersey) ,Ronnie Hellström...
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Old Match Photographs-Part 30f
Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 50, March 1993(Bernard Casoni and Franck Verlaat, January 30, 1993, Auxerre 0-Olympique Marseille 2)Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 2, March 1989(Bayern Munich’s Klaus...
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Old Match Photographs-Part 30g
Photo From: World Soccer, May 1995(Cameroon’s Alphnose Tchami at Boca Juniors) mso-bidi-language:AR-SA'>(Alan Mullery and Bobby Moore at Fulham)Photo From: World Soccer, June july 1975(Alan Mullery...
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Old Match Photographs-Part 30h
Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 122, March 1999(Ukraine’s Serhy Rebrov)Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 81, October 1995(Olympique Lyonnais’s Polish defender Jacek Bak)Photo From: Onze, Issue 102, June...
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Old Match Photographs-Part 30i
Photo From: World Soccer, November 1993(Switzerland’s Georges Bregy)Photo From: World Soccer, April 1977(Torino’s Eraldo Pecci)Photo From: World Soccer, November 1968(Hungary’s Ferenc Bene)Photo From:...
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Old match Photographs-Part 30j
Photo From: World Soccer, January 1991(Paulo Futre and Michel De Wolf, September 6, 1989, World Cup Qualifier, Belgium 3-Portugal 0)Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 99, April 1997(Real Madrid’s Fernado...
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