World cup – tony gwynn and other musings
Hans and I usually write about a lot of things – we were thinking about a world cup preview thing – but left that to the professionals. have to say […]
Category Archives: Soccer
Pele Signs With The New York Cosmos- This Day 1975
On this day June 3rd 1975 the biggest event in the history of American soccer took place. The greatest player in the history of the sport- Pele signed with the New York […]
Football Legend George Best -Born This Day 1946
The great George Best was born on this day in 1946. Easily the greatest player to ever come from Northern Ireland. George Best was a winger for Manchester United from […]
The Greatest Athlete To Wear #7 {Mickey Mantle}
The Greatest Athlete To Wear #7 is Mickey Mantle. Notable #7’s- I know it w ould be more popular today to pick John Elway and it was something I thought […]
The Greatest Athlete To Wear #10 [Pele}
The Greatest Athlete To Wear #10 is Pele. A number of notable #10’s-in soccer- aka football- Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, Robert Baggio… and Diego Maradona. It was hard picking between Pele and Maradona for ‘the […]
Sir Alf Ramsey- Born This Day 1920- Managed England To World Cup Championship 1966
Sir Alf Ramsey who managed England to the Football World Cup Championship in 1966 was born on this day 1920. Ramsey was the manager of the English National Football team […]
Diego Maradona’s 2 Goals VS England 1986 World Cup
Diego Maradona turns 52 today. Link below to two of his most incredible goals. First the infamous “Hand Of God” goal and then the greatest goal of the century- Maradona […]
