One of the unluckiest players to play for the England football team, James Peter Greaves was one of the team’s main strikers when an unfortunate injury ultimately led to him missing the World Cup final triumph in 1966. A prolific scorer of goals for both club and country, we take a look at the top 25 quotes on Jimmy Greaves. ...
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Udo Lattek is ranked amongst the greatest managers in world football, and for good reason. The German had a knack of winning trophies and he went on to collect 14 of them before retiring from football management. Lattek’s playing career wasn’t much to write about, but he achieved tremendous success as a manager. His first assignment was an assistant to ...
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Andres Iniesta (Spain vs. Netherlands, 2010 World Cup final) Spain have always produced talented footballers with regularity but somehow its national team always conspired to come out empty-handed from the major tournaments. However, they managed to assemble another fantastic squad in the late 2000s and the team ended their long drought for a major trophy by winning the 2008 European ...
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In 1966, North Korea made their first appearance at a FIFA World Cup. A relatively new team against the giants of world football was, quite naturally, not given many chances of causing any trouble to their more established rivals. But there was a surprise in the offing. The Asian nation was placed in Group 4 in the tournament hosted ...
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