Can you name the top 25 Premier League goalscorers of the 2000s?
A decade of clinical marksmen.
2000s Football
Why Hull giving up a corner to avoid a Rory Delap throw was peak Barclays
This was the peak of the Prem's banter era.
Can you name every player to score 10+ Premier League goals in 2005-06?
Featuring some surprise names.
Can you name every player to score 10+ Premier League goals in 2003-04?
It's not always easy to cast your minds back.
Recalling when Thaksin Shinawatra signed three Thai players for Man City… & what became of them
Shinawatra's ownership of City was 'interesting'.
‘If only he’d joined earlier’: Ali Benarbia’s glorious spell at Man City
Ask a Man City fan how much they love this guy.
A celebration of Ronaldo fan sites of the early 2000s – ‘My header is bad’
If this doesn't make you nostalgic, nothing will.
A tribute to Pavel Nedved, the man who successfully replaced Zidane
He replaced Zizou and stayed for eight years.
A rare ode to Igor Biscan, Liverpool’s unsung Champions League hero
It's about time we said it: Biscan was decent.
A tribute to Ruud van Nistelrooy and the playground art of goalhanging
Goalhanging is a skill & RVN was a master.
Remembering Henrik Larsson’s brief but brilliant Manchester United loan
He only made 13 appearances for United.
A forensic analysis of Ibrahimovic’s remarkable 2004 solo goal for Ajax – his best ever?
When Zlatan scored that goal, everything changed.
Alan Smith’s stunning Man Utd debut goal: ‘Vintage Mark Hughes’
An indication of what might have been.
A tribute to Michael Essien, Chelsea’s man for all things and all seasons
Michael Essien was Chelsea’s Man For All Seasons.
How Liverpool v Chelsea became one of the fiercest rivalries of the 2000s
They played each other 24 times in five years.
Mario Jardel: Debauchery, drama & a descent from stardom to Bolton flop
Once one of Europe's most lethal strikers.
The Vincibles: Remembering Spurs’ hilariously bad 2003-04 campaign
If you're going to be bad, be ridiculously bad.
An ode to Steed Malbranque, a man so great even Tony Blair loved him
We all loved Steed Malbranque. Even Tony Blair.
Remembering the brochure that got Michael Owen a move to Man Utd
Would Man Utd have signed Michael Owen without it?
The story of Yaya Toure’s ‘completely average’ Arsenal trial against Barnet
Oh what could have been...
A celebration of Paolo Di Canio and his *second* best West Ham goal
Paolo Di Canio was a bit mad. Mad but brilliant.
Revisiting The Guardian’s ’20 future England stars’ list from 2008
An excellent mix of fortunes.
A celebration of Rory Delap and an early-Prem Stoke side neutrals loved
Back in 2008, everyone was talking about Stoke.
Can you name every player nominated for the 2005 Ballon d’Or award?
Twenty-four players received at least one vote.
Remembering the short-lived Silver Goal & the 2004 Czech side it robbed
It was meant to prevent negative play. It didn't.
Elton John at Glasto threw us right back to Sky Sports’ best ever advert
We experienced pangs of nostalgia for 2003.
A forensic analysis of all 20 cards shown in the Battle of Nuremberg
Remembering one of the best/worst World Cup games.
A forensic analysis of Zizou’s unreal World Cup 2006 QF display vs Brazil
One of *the* great individual displays.
Revisiting the brilliant Brazil XI that beat England at the 2002 World Cup
A worrying number of criminal allegations here.