Showing posts with label european cup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label european cup. Show all posts
Saturday, June 13, 2026

June 13, 1956: The 1st European Cup Final

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Francisco Gento with the 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1966 European Cups June 13, 1956, 70 years ago: The Final of the 1st European Cha...
Monday, January 8, 2024

Mário Zagallo, 1931-2024; Franz Beckenbauer, 1945-2024

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A caption out of date since 2018. There are 3 men who have won soccer's World Cup as both a player and a manager. And 2 of them have jus...
Saturday, October 21, 2023

Bobby Charlton, 1937-2023

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One of sport's greatest living legends lives no more. And most Americans have never heard of him. Robert Charlton (no middle name) was b...
Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Francisco Gento, 1933-2022

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Francisco Gento with the 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1966 European Cups A sports legend has left us, and most Americans have never even...
Sunday, November 1, 2020

Nobby Stiles, 1942-2020

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The 2020 march of death rolls on. Today, before the Premier League game between Arsenal and Manchester United, at United's Old Trafford,...
Saturday, April 18, 2020

Norman Hunter, 1943-2020

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The ranks of the World Cup heroes of 1966 continue to shrink. The heavy balls of the time didn't help. The Coronavirus doesn't, ei...
Wednesday, May 29, 2019

List of Arsenal Cup Finals, 1927-2019

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Today, Arsenal lost the UEFA Europa League Final, in truly pathetic fashion. For importance of game, divided by performance, it may have b...