The 2010 World Cup held in Africa also had a first-time winner. After good campaigns but no actual title, Spain finally joined the select group of World Cup winners. In 19 editions of the tournament, only eight teams have won the soccer tournament: Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Italy, Germany, England, France, and Spain. La Furia Were … Read more
In 1950, the Philadelphia “Old-timers” Association founded the National Soccer Hall of Fame to honor the achievements of American soccer players. Located in Frisco, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, the National Soccer Hall of Fame became a private, non-profit institution founded in 1979. It honors U.S. soccer achievements. Among American soccer fans, induction into the … Read more
Champions: Manchester United Runners-up: Arsenal Champions League places: Manchester United, Arsenal, Leeds United UEFA Cup places: Liverpool, Chelsea (FA Cup), Leicester City (League Cup) Promoted (from 1998/99): Sunderland, Bradford City, Watford Relegated: Watford, Sheffield Wednesday, Wimbledon Leading Scorer: Kevin Phillips (Sunderland) 18 goals Premier League Table 1999 – 2000 Pos Team Pld W D L … Read more
No other team has performed better in international tournaments than the Brazil national football team. The team has participated in every FIFA World Cup since the competition began in 1930. The team is also the only one in football history to win five World Cup titles. The creation of the Brazilian Football Confederation set the … Read more
Champions: Manchester United Runners-up: Arsenal Champions League places: Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool UEFA Cup places: Leeds United, Chelsea, Ipswich Town, Aston Villa (Intertoto Cup) Promoted (from 1999/2000): Charlton Athletic, Manchester City, Ipswich Town Relegated: Bradford City, Coventry City, Manchester City Leading Scorer: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Chelsea) 23 goals Premier League Table 2000 – 2001 Pos … Read more
Champions: Arsenal Runners-up: Liverpool Champions League places: Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, Newcastle United. UEFA Cup places: Leeds United, Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers (League Cup), Fulham (Intertoto Cup), Ipswich Town (Fair Play Draw) Promoted (from 2000/01): Fulham, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers Relegated: Leicester City, Derby County, Ipswich Town Leading Scorer: Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 24 goals Premier League … Read more
By the late 1930s, it was no longer enough to be the game’s pioneers. Instead, British football had to continually prove itself on the soccer field as ‘the masters of the game’ against an ever-wider range of former pupils, given the continued growth in football’s popularity worldwide. Nevertheless, British football, like the people and the … Read more
North Korea vs Portugal has played each other twice in World Cup tournaments. Both times Portugal has been victorious. Both occasions have been unique matches. 1966 World Cup: Portugal 5 – North Korea 3 If England were the winners of the 1966 FIFA World Cup, it was Portugal who boasted the tournament’s outstanding individual performer. … Read more
Champions: Manchester United Runners-up: Arsenal Champions League places: Manchester United, Arsenal, Newcastle United, Chelsea UEFA Cup places: Liverpool (League Cup), Blackburn Rovers, Southampton (FA Cup finalists), Manchester City (Fair Play Draw) Promoted (from 2001/02): Manchester City, West Bromwich Albion, Birmingham City Relegated: Sunderland, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United Leading Scorer: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester … Read more
On Monday 1 July 2002, barbers and hairdressers in Brazil had a busy day. Every boy in the country who was into football wanted a haircut like Ronaldo’s. The day before Japan and South Korea’s 2002 World Cup final, the striker had one of the weirdest hairdos ever (to say the least) in the tournament’s … Read more