2000s Football
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NostalgiaRuud van Nistelrooy pointed to his Man Utd glory in his very first game
Ruud van Nistelrooy loved playing against Fulham.
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NostalgiaThe Vincibles: Remembering Spurs’ hilariously bad 2003-04 campaign
If you're going to be bad, be ridiculously bad.
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NostalgiaMario Jardel: Debauchery, drama & a descent from stardom to Bolton flop
Once one of Europe's most lethal strikers.
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NostalgiaRevisiting the brilliant Brazil XI that beat England at the 2002 World Cup
A worrying number of criminal allegations here.
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NostalgiaA tribute to Sami Hyypia – one of Liverpool’s best ever bargain buys
He joined Liverpool as an unknown but left a hero.
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NostalgiaElano at Man City: The rise and fall of a Football Manager hero turned real
Everybody loved Elano.
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NostalgiaA tribute to Gilberto Silva, Arsenal’s unsexy but essential Invincible
Gilberto Silva was the glue that held it together.
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NostalgiaA rare ode to Igor Biscan, Liverpool’s unsung Champions League hero
It's about time we said it: Biscan was decent.
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NostalgiaRevisiting The Guardian’s ’20 future England stars’ list from 2008
An excellent mix of fortunes.
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NostalgiaThe story of Yaya Toure’s ‘completely average’ Arsenal trial against Barnet
Oh what could have been...
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Quick ReadsComparing the Liverpool XI Houllier inherited to the one he gave to Rafa
Gerard Houllier did a lot of good at Liverpool.
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NostalgiaA tribute to Pavel Nedved, the man who successfully replaced Zidane
He replaced Zizou and stayed for eight years.
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NostalgiaA celebration of Paolo Di Canio and his *second* best West Ham goal
Paolo Di Canio was a bit mad. Mad but brilliant.
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NostalgiaA celebration of Rory Delap and an early-Prem Stoke side neutrals loved
Back in 2008, everyone was talking about Stoke.
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In DepthStelios Giannakopoulos: ‘I want to win the Premier League as a coach’
Stelios recalls great times for Bolton and Greece.
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NostalgiaRemembering the short-lived Silver Goal & the 2004 Czech side it robbed
It was meant to prevent negative play. It didn't.
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NostalgiaA forensic analysis of Zizou’s unreal World Cup 2006 QF display vs Brazil
One of *the* great individual displays.
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NostalgiaA forensic analysis of all 20 cards shown in the Battle of Nuremberg
Remembering one of the best/worst World Cup games.
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NostalgiaRecalling Netherlands 2 Czech Rep 3, the maddest Euros game ever
This won't ever be topped.
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NostalgiaThierry Henry scored a goal so good our brains have all forgotten it
Why had we all forgotten about this goal?
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NostalgiaA forensic analysis of of every referee mistake in Italy v South Korea, 2002
One of the World Cup's most infamous matches.
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NostalgiaA tribute to the sensational Jay-Jay Okocha & that brilliant Bolton team
The man so good they named him twice.
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NostalgiaCelebrating Emile Heskey, altruism and the beauty of the ugly assist
Emile Heskey was the perfect supporting actor.
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NostalgiaA forensic analysis of the 2001 Pepsi World Challenge: Rivaldo, Beckham…
The Pepsi World Challenge was truly ridiculous.
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NostalgiaRemembering the brochure that got Michael Owen a move to Man Utd
Would Man Utd have signed Michael Owen without it?
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NostalgiaA forensic analysis of Maradona’s 2001 testimonial: Higuita, Riquelme…
A nine-goal thriller for the ages.
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NostalgiaLuc Nilis: Ronaldo’s favourite partner and the best striker Villa never had
English football was robbed of a great player...
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In DepthSven-Goran Eriksson: Shinawatra stopped speaking to me at Man City
We spoke to Sven about his year at Manchester City
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NostalgiaA tribute to Arsenal’s amazing Double-winning team of 2001-02
This Arsenal team doesn't get enough praise.
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NostalgiaRecalling lasagnagate – when Spurs were on for fourth but got the sh*ts
Losing a big game is bad enough, but this?