Someone asked me today if I had ever seen a day like this in my 45 years of watching football
across the world, and after thinking for a few seconds, I had to admit that I had. I have to go
back to that night at The Nou Camp in 1999 when Man Utd came back from 1-0 down in the last 3
minutes of injury time to beat Bayern Munich 2-1 and grab the Champions League title with goals
from Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunner Soljskaer.
By Chris Wright
Hirsute Colombian jester Rene Higuita has been up to his old trick again, re-enacting his
infamous 'scorpion kick' save against England all those years ago for an Arabic television
channel...
We'll forgive him as he's 45-years old these days, but that wasn't a patch on the original
busted out to foil Jamie Redknapp on his top, top triffic international debut back in 1995.
Check out all the news (and the Manchester jokes), right after the jump.
It has been, in many ways, both an eventful and uneventful week for the Arsenal. A disappointing
performance in Greece was mitigated by the fact that the match was meaningless. And there has been
a noticeable lack of the omniscient transfer rumors this week.
Gatorade, a subsidiary of PepsiCo, has again become an official partner of Milan for the current
season after a deal was signed today. The American company whose product is the result of 45 years
of research and sporting experience will have their logo once labelled on the Milan bench at the
San Siro.
One of the most controversial games in World Cup history just increased and decreased in
controversy simultaneously. That's an achievement in itself.
The 1966 World Cup final was marked by the was-it-or-wasn't-it-over-the-line debate
over Geoff Hurst's third and decisive goal.
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45 Years Ago Today: QPR's 1966/67 Season Got Under Way!
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Throughout the day, the QPR Report Messageboard has news updates,
comments and perspectives - even links to other board comments of interest re QPR matters (on and
off the field) along with football (and ONLY football) topics in general.
For many the personification of genius is the wizened portrait of Albert Einstein in old age.
And yet, the famous professor was in his early forties when he received the Nobel Prize for Physics
in 1921. Moreover, his key research on the subject had been done while still in his twenties.
Likewise, the iconic image of the football manager remains the grey-haired suited figure on the
touchline a man who has seen and done it all.
I took this argument to Twitter last week in advance of the Europa League semifinals: Succinctly,
it's my opinion the away goal rule sucks and, more importantly, is outdated. It was instituted in
the mid-'60s, first in the Cup-Winners Cup and eventually to the European Cup (which became the
Champions League) in order to force visiting teams to attack on the road in European ties.
The memory of how his father, Alexander, died 12 months after retiring from the shipyards has
always stayed with him and was one he recalled when contemplating if the accomplishment of a second
treble might just tempt him to make tonight's Champions League quarter-final first leg against
Chelsea his last game at Stamford Bridge.
