2000s Football
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Quizzes
Can you name every player to score 10+ PL goals in 2003-04?
It's not always easy to cast your minds back.
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Nostalgia
Great Goals Revisited: Johan Elmander for Bolton v Wolves, 2010
Remembering a corker from Johan Elmander.
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Nostalgia
Luc Nilis: Ronaldo’s favourite partner and the best striker Villa never had
English football was robbed of a great player...
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Quizzes
Can you name every player to score 10+ PL goals in 2002-03?
Featuring some surprising names.
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Nostalgia
An ode to Robert Pires, the final hint of class that made Arsenal Invincible
A tribute to one of the Premier League's greatest.
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Quick Reads
Where are they now? Leeds United’s XI relegated to League One
Robert Bayly is certainly an interesting case.
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Nostalgia
A forensic analysis of every referee mistake in Chelsea-Barcelona, 2009
A night Chelsea fans will never forget.
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Nostalgia
An ode to Svetoslav Todorov and Harry Redknapp’s thrilling Pompey
He only had one great season, but what a season.
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Nostalgia
Great Goals Revisited: Harry Kewell for Leeds United v Arsenal, 2003
A great goal from a great player in a great kit.
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In Depth
Alexander Hleb: I cried over Arsenal exit; most players regret leaving
“It’s difficult for me to explain why I left."
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Nostalgia
A ode to Paul Scholes’ sh*t-pinger against Barcelona, his greatest ever
When Paul Scholes briefly forgot his new role.
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Nostalgia
A tribute to Ruud van Nistelrooy and the playground art of goalhanging
Goalhanging is a skill & RVN was a master.
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Nostalgia
A detailed recollection of Liverpool 4-4 Arsenal, a Premier League classic
One of *the* great games in PL history.
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Nostalgia
A forensic analysis of the day Thierry Henry smashed four past Leeds
Maybe Paul Robinson was the real victim here.
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Nostalgia
Recalling Steven Taylor’s gloriously sh*t, am-dram handball sniper death
The worst bit of acting in PL history.
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Nostalgia
Great Goals Revisited: Fernando Torres, Liverpool v Blackburn, 2009
A super goal from a man at the peak of his powers.
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Nostalgia
An ode to R. Larcos, the best Pro Evo player who only sort of existed
The first true icon of football video games.
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Nostalgia
Mario Stanic: Chelsea hero & scorer of one of THE great debut goals
Save the best for last? Nah, not Mario Stanic.
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Nostalgia
A detailed recollection of Man Utd’s 7-1 demolition of Roma, 2007
One of Manchester United's great performances.
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Quick Reads
How Liverpool v Chelsea became one of the fiercest rivalries of the 2000s
They played each other 24 times in five years.
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Nostalgia
An ode to Cristiano Ronaldo’s best Man Utd goal that no one talks about
Cristiano Ronaldo's bullet header stunned Roma.
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Nostalgia
A forensic analysis of the night Real fans stood to applaud Ronaldinho
The night even the Bernabeu applauded Ronaldinho.
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Nostalgia
‘It didn’t feel right’ – Battle of Bramall Lane referee recalls crazy game
We spoke to the ref from that crazy afternoon.
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In Depth
The story of Jamie Slabber, his one game for Spurs & his remarkable fall
Few players have suffered such a fall from grace.
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Quizzes
Can you name every player to score 10+ Premier League goals in 06-07?
Featuring Blackburn, Charlton and Portsmouth men.
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Nostalgia
Champ Man 03/04, the ‘Diablo’ tactic & when Frank Lampard made it real
They said Diablo wasn't real. Lamps showed them.
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Nostalgia
Great Goals Revisited: Carlton Cole for West Ham v Wigan, 2009
Want to know what the West Ham way is? Watch this.
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Nostalgia
A celebration of Spurs cult hero Gary Doherty, the original Ginger Pele
Gary Doherty is a Spurs cult hero for good reason.
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Nostalgia
A tribute to Fernando Torres at Liverpool, a striker who could do it all
A celebration of Liverpool-era Fernando Torres.