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Tonay Adams playing for Arsenal against Wimbledon in the Premier League. Highbuty, London, November 1996.

15 crap 90s football moments ft. Man Utd, Arsenal & even Brazil

If you haven’t noticed already, we’re rather fond of 1990s football.

The decade was full of brilliant players, wonderful kits and iconic moments, but it was also notable for some glorious examples of crapness.

Thanks to the sensational work of Twitter account @crap90sfootball, we’ve picked out some of the best 90s football hilarity.

Goalmouth scrambles galore

Even Brazil were affected

The goalmouth scramble/brawl combo

Was everyone’s luck worse?

Even the mascots were crap…

Why Tony Adams was a defender…

And pundits say defending is worse now

Man of the match champagne was different

European flair

What an assist

We’re still trying to work this out

*holds triangle*

The Theatre of Dreams

So much to take in

The beautiful game


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