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Home: Not a million miles away from their successful Euro 92 kit, but this is the work of Adidas
rather than Hummel. It's reminiscent of something you might have caught Bayern Munich wearing in
the 1990s. Away: Much more 'football-kit-by-numbers' than the home shirt. Not much to report here.
Name: Stephane Guivarc'h In his 1990s prime for: Newcastle United Lowdown: A footballer that
deserves his place in this column despite only ever making four Premier League appearances, and in
no way is that a compliment. The striker regularly features in lists of the worst Premier League
players in history.
Sexism for Major League Soccer's Official Media Rears its Head (Again) - The Goat Parade
"This is an alarming pattern, and MLS needs to stop immediately. The cascade of representations of
women as good supporters of the real deal, the "true" and legitimate male MLS fan, was retrograde
when the league was founded in the 1990s.
Blessed with amazing dribbling and technical ability, Dejan Savicevic is undoubtedly one of
calcio's stars from the golden age of the 1990s. He was born on September 15, 1966 in Titograd,
Yugoslavia (now Podgorica, Montenegro), joining the youth setup at hometown club OFK Titograd as a
fifteen year old.
Name: Ritchie Humphreys In his 1990s prime for: Sheffield Wednesday Lowdown: After being a
Sheffield United fan as a boy, Humphreys was released by the club's Academy at the age of 13.
However, in 1995 he left school and was signed by Sheffield Wednesday to their youth squad. After a
season playing on the left [.
Name: Lionel Perez In his 1990s prime for: Sunderland Lowdown: Starting his career at FC Bordeaux,
French goalkeeper Perez was a relatively late bloomer, but made a number of appearances for the
French giants over a three year period, whilst also being loaned out to Laval and Nimes. In the
summer of 1996, Peter Reid [.
Name: Christopher Wreh In his 1990s prime for: Arsenal Lowdown: After starting his career in his
homeland of Liberia with the comically named La Modelle International and Invincible Eleven, Wreh
was signed by Arsene Wenger for Monaco in 1993. After a loan at Guingamp, where he played in the
1997 Coupe de France final, Wreh [.
Name: Justin Edinburgh In his 1990s prime for: Tottenham Hotspur Lowdown: A left back by trade,
Edinburgh began his career at Southend United but soon moved to Spurs in 1990 for £150,000. It was
a transfer that saw Edinburgh move up three divisions, and clearly showed his potential. Edinburgh
became a mainstay of [.
Name: Eike Immel In his 1990s prime for: Manchester City Lowdown: Although arriving in the Premier
League at the impressive age of 35, German goalkeeper Immel had already enjoyed a fairly
illustrious career. He was only 17 when he succeeded Horst Bertram to become Borussia Dortmund's
number one, as far back as 1978.
Name: Eike Immel In his 1990s prime for: Manchester City Lowdown: Although arriving in the Premier
League at the impressive age of 35, German goalkeeper Immel had already enjoyed a fairly
illustrious career. He was only 17 when he succeeded Horst Bertram to become Borussia Dortmund's
number one, as far back as 1978.
By Clemente Lisi – ROME, Italy (Feb 21, 2012) US Soccer Players – When the USA travels to Italy
at the end of this month for a friendly in Genoa, it will be a homecoming of sorts for coach Jurgen
Klinsmann. The former Germany striker spent two separate stints playing in Serie A (for Inter Milan
and Sampdoria) during the 1990s.
John Beresford played in Kevin Keegan's famous side of the 1990s, and he arrived at Newcastle in
1992 from Portsmouth. John Beresford former Newcastle left-back John was a left-back who stayed
at Newcastle until 1998, after Kevin Keegan had left the club, and he joined Southampton, after
making around 230 appearances for the Magpies.
Name: Dominic Foley In his 1990s prime for: Wolves, Watford Lowdown: Signed by Wolves from St
James' Gate in Ireland at the age of 19, Foley made his debut against Oldham Athletic in 1995.
Although showing initial promise, the Irish striker was loaned out to Watford, Notts County and
Ethnikos Piraeus in Greece.
Name: Bruce Dyer In his 1990s prime for: Crystal Palace Lowdown: After beginning his career with
Watford in 1993, Dyer was sold to Crystal Palace after less than one season with the club, moving
for £1.1million, the record transfer fee for an English teenager at the time and England's first
£1million teenager.
It's the only photo we could find Name: Vince Bartram In his 1990s prime for: Arsenal Lowdown:
Bartram was bought by Wolves whilst playing for non-league Dudley in 1985, and made his debut for
the club on 23rd August 1986. However, Bartram struggled to hold time a place in the fourth tier,
and went on [.
Name: Erik Thorstvedt In his 1990s prime for: Tottenham Lowdown: Norwegian goalkeeper Thorstvedt
arrived at Spurs in 1989 from Gothenburg, and played in the Premier League until 1996, when he was
forced to retire with a recurring back injury. He played 97 times for his country, including the
number one jersey at the 1994 World [.
Name: David Phillips In his 1990s prime for: Norwich City, Nottingham Forest Lowdown: Phillips was
already 29 when the Premier League started, having played for Coventry, Plymouth and Manchester
City throughout the 1980s, including winning the FA Cup in 1987 with Coventry. However, he became
Norwich City's record signing when he joined for £550,000 and [.
Google and Apple may not exactly be the first names that spring to mind when looking for
alternatives to challenge Sky's dominance of sports broadcasting in Britain, but it should be no
surprise that two of the giants of the tech and online world are eyeing up sport as a way to lure
consumers into their new offerings.
Name: Garry Flitcroft In his 1990s prime for: Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers Lowdown: After
rejecting Manchester United in favour of playing for the blue half of Manchester, Flitcroft started
his career in 1991, making 142 appearances for the club. He joined Blackburn in 1996 for an
impressive £3.
Name: Mikkel Beck In his 1990s prime for: Middlesbrough, Derby County Lowdown: A striker who was
unfortunately known for not being very good in English football, Beck moved to Middlesbrough from
Fortuna Koln after Euro 96, a tournament in which he had played two games for Denmark. Joining
‘Boro in 1996, the club were relegated [.
Name: Rigobert Song In his 1990s prime for: Liverpool Lowdown: The Cameroonian defender became
something of a cult figure at Anfield, but like Djimi Traore after him, this was often due to his
reputation as a player prone to gaffes as well as strong challenges, with the added benefit of the
occasional crazy hair cut.
The great Norwegian Merlin sticker album reunion As always on Tuesdays, today will be Random 1990s
Football Tuesday on OTP but we really have a bumper edition for you today. We will have the usual
column for you later, but in the meantime here are retro Premier League legends Jan Aage Fjortoft,
Claus Lundekvam, Lars [.