Battlers and Bottlers Football Blog

[...] spent ten years playing for Liverpool where he won the UEFA Cup, FA Cup, League Cup and Champions League. An outstanding defender and organiser at the back, Hyypia was always a favourite of the [...]

[...] into the history books when he scored the winning goal in the last minute of the 1999 Champions League final against Bayern Munich. Typically, he had started the game on the bench, but when he [...]

[...] , FA Cup 2006 4 Eric Cantona v Liverpool, FA Cup 1996 3 Zinedine Zidane v Bayer Leverkusen, Champions League 2002 2 Nayim v Arsenal, UEFA Cup 1995 1 Marco van Basten v USSR, European Cup 1988 [...]

[...] having been blown out of the water by Abramovich’s money. Arsenal have stayed in the Champions League Wenger’s success has been to keep the money coming in by staying in the Champions [...]

[...] the game only to be pegged back on both occasions. The game went to a penalty shootout and Peter Schmeichel stopped Van Basten finding the net to send Denmark into the final. The final was against the [...]

[...] Peter Schmeichel – 1991-2003 Petr Cech – 2004-present David Seaman – 1992-2004 David James & [...]

[...] in 1992. Edwin van der Saar van der Sar The man that finally filled the hole left by Peter Schmeichel at Manchester United. After the ‘Great Dane’ left in 1999, it took Fergie six seasons [...]

[...] ready to deliver one of the most important goals in the history of Manchester United. 4 – Peter Schmeichel In 1991, Alex Ferguson spent £505k on Danish goalkeeper, Peter Schmeichel. Ferguson would [...]

[...] of my favourites not because of the actual quality of the goal, but for the fact that it won the World Cup for Spain. The Dutch had spent 116 minutes kicking Iniesta and co all over the park, fouling [...]

[...] all he could out of the player, a claim that Keane dismissed in the programme. Vieira won the World Cup, European Championship, Premier League and FA Cup, as well as a whole host of Italian trophies, [...]

[...] . He also made over 100 appearances for Holland, including captaining the side to the 2010 World Cup final where they were beaten 1-0 by Spain in a bad tempered match. Like Reiziger, Van [...]

[...] runners-up. Marcel Desailly Desailly won the biggest prizes in world football after lifting the World Cup with France and the Champions League with AC Milan. A genuine world class player, Desailly [...]

[...] to be allowed in the ground at all, to witness these great artists at work. Well, the football world should be careful. The £40+ match tickets and £30-a-month Sky Sports [...]

[...] . It would take a rather naive person, who not only doesn’t understand the football world but also the world in general, to think that the difference in trophy hauls is simply [...]

[...] moments when David gave Goliath a good hiding? 5 Denmark 1992 Denmark shocked the football world when they won the European Championships in 1992. The finals were made up of eight [...]