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Introducing my new book: Worst Game Ever - 19 chapters (featuring 6 wonderful guest chapters) that capture the gut-punch lows of football fandom. #worstgameever Out August 11, 2025 - Pre-order here 👇 www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/worst-g...

Uriah Rennie - A calm, assured presence on & off the field of play. Rest in peace.

#Wembley, 1948.

FL Fart 🇳🇴 & Middelfart 🇩🇰. The Scandanavians evidently enjoy rectally-orientated club names.

We would like to extend our sincerest wishes to the Brescia Calcio fans at this difficult time. As lovers of the beautiful game - its history and its tradition - we stand with you.

Vogliamo porgere i nostri più sinceri auguri ai tifosi del Brescia Calcio in questo momento difficile. Come amanti del bel gioco, della sua storia e della sua tradizione, vi siamo vicini.

Skender Halili & Panajot Pano, 🇦🇱 legends of #AlbanianFootball, careers connected but divergent, one observing fame & glory, the other imprisonment & death. Read about their story in my debut book ... 👇 ... released in May 2024. www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/inside-...

Of particular interest to fans of #AstonVilla, #ManU, #Hearts, #LutonTown, #SwanseaCity, #Barcelona, #Ajax, #Celtic, #BirminghamCity, #CarlisleUnited, #WBA, #CrystalPalace, #Bayer04, #ManCity, #Arsenal, #Everton, #SolihullMoors, #Brighton, #Porto, #LiverpoolFC, #Panathinaikos, #Steaua among others.

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Prior to #WorldCup86 🇲🇽, #Hungary 🇭🇺 were considered 'dark horses' for the trophy, an impressive qualification & 3-0 pre-WC friendly win v 🇧🇷 #Brazil raising #Magyar hopes. A disastrous 6-0 loss v #USSR set the tone, a further 3-0 defeat v 🇫🇷 #France ending a miserable campaign.

✍️ New Article: Have a Dig One the face of it, archaeology and football seemingly have very little to do with each other. But, as veteran archaeologist Andrew explores, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Words: @aa7n.bsky.social Read here ⬇️ www.footballheritage.co.uk/have-a-dig

Park Avenue, the former home of Bradford (Park Avenue) AFC. Credit: The Telegraph and Argus

#RinusMichels #CorBrom #JohanCruyff and #RuudSuurendonk watching the game. #Ajax.

18/4/1962 - #CrystalPalace v #RealMadrid, Selhurst Park. #Palace welcome #LosBlancos to South #London for a prestige friendly at the tail-end of the 1962/63 season; the first time the #Spanish giants had played in #England's capital city. #Real won 4-3 on the night.

Not football ... although Jonny & Tom, the driving forces behind the brilliant #HardwickeCircus, are massive #CarlisleUnited fans. The boys chatted on #BBC Breakfast today about their forthcoming tour of the #Ukraine 🇺🇦. Check it out on #BBCiplayer.

1. FC #Magdeburg beat #DynamoDresden 1-0 at Stadion der Weltjugend, East #Berlin in April 1978 to win the #EastGermany FDGB #Pokalfinale; Manfred Zapf's early header securing a 5th cup win. #Dresden would have to content themselves with the #DDROberliga title.

🇦🇱 Inside the Hermit Kingdom - Football Stories from Stalinist Albania 🇦🇱 Buy - pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/inside-he… Read an extract - theguardian.com/football/artic��� Listen - audioboom.com/posts/8475304-…

Jorge Burruchaga latches onto Diego Maradona's deft pass to slide home 🇦🇷 #Argentina's winning goal past a seated Harald Schumacher v 🇩🇪 #WestGermany in the 84th minute of the 🇲🇽 1986 #WorldCupFinal 🇲🇽; a victory for flair over functionality. #LaAlbiceleste #Mexico86 #WorldCup

Introducing my new book: Worst Game Ever - 19 chapters (featuring 6 wonderful guest chapters) that capture the gut-punch lows of football fandom. #worstgameever Out August 11, 2025 - Pre-order here 👇 www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/worst-g...

The Auspices of a Storm ... #Millwall fans mount the fences of #LutonTown's Kenilworth Road during the notorious #FACup 6th Round tie in March 1985. The subsequent riot would prompt the inception of card schemes, all-seater stadiums, and a wholesale away fan ban by #LTFC.

The Great Unsung John 'Wilf' Rostron; #Sunderland-born ex- #Arsenal academy, made his greatest impression at #WatfordFC. A left-back converted from left-wing, Wilf was voted #Hornets POTY in 1982/83 aiding Graham Taylor's #Watford to a best-ever 2nd-place top-tier finish.

Football journeyman, Peter Withe achieves the status of #AstonVilla 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 club legend, his close range winner; beautifully orchestrated by Messrs Shaw & Morley, sealing a 1-0 #EuropeanCupFinal win over hot favourites ##BayernMunich 🇩🇪 in De Kuip, #Rotterdam 🇱🇺 in May 1982. Good times in B6 💜💙

Football finds a way ... The children of #Puebla, #Mexico 🇲🇽 channel their inner Hugo Sanchez prior to the 1986 #WorldCup Finals.

Light Rain in Frankfurt 🇵🇱 #Polish duo, Jan Tomaszewski & Adam Musiał review the conditions prior to their country's pivotal 1974 #WorldCup 2nd Group Stage fixture against hosts, 🇩🇪 #WestGermany at the Waldstadion.

#Marlboro - The Official Lung Dart of the 🇲🇽 #México86 🇲🇽 #WorldCup

Jörg Stübner - #DynamoDresden & #DDR B. 23/7/1965 D. 24/6/2019 Few players kept 🇫🇷 #France midfielder, Michel Platini quiet for 90 minutes, but at #Zentralstadion, #Leipzig in September 1985 'Stubs' did, instrumental in an East Germany 2-0 WCQ win.

Question - Name the scorer, stadium & competition in which this match-winning penalty was converted?