Legends

There was fervent excitement among the throngs of supporters who greeted Juninho upon his arrival to the tropical north east of England. Thousands of Middlesbrough fans filed into the Riverside Stadium in October 1995 to catch a glimpse of their new £4.75m signing, who arrived wearing a suit jacket tailored …

The scene of Faustino Asprilla’s arrival to English football is iconic stuff. Having stepped off the plane in the North East in the middle of a snowstorm in February 1996, the Colombian sported a grey fur coat to keep himself warm. For a league that had its fair share of …

This week we inducted Everton cult hero Daniel Amokachi into our 90’s Football Hall of Fame, a player who is still remembered fondly on Merseyside to this day.  The striker made a name for himself as a member of Nigeria’s nineties golden generation, an eclectic group of players who took …

Arriving to the Premier League as a virtual unknown from the Soviet Union, Andrei Kanchelskis left as a legend at Manchester United and Everton. If it weren’t for history taking the course that it did, we may very well have never heard of the name Andrei Kanchelskis. When the winger’s …

The paceless late-bloomer who possessed limitless levels of skill and was once the third-most expensive player of all-time. The understated show off was a class above the majority of his peers. In many ways, that famous penalty from Italia 90 simply adds to the allure. “I think I’m gonna be in …

The master of his domain and the director of our nostalgic imagination. Eric Cantona stars, in his own life, as ‘The King’… Marlon Brando was a tricky customer. It was notoriously difficult to secure an interview with the superstar so it was a real coup when Dick Cavett managed it …

Every single goalkeeper to have kept the ball out of the net in 90 minutes of action a hundred times or more in the history of the Premier League.  The 100 club generally refers to those who have broken a century of goals in the Premier League, a list containing …

In the early 1990’s, the Zimbabwean national team had a squad dubbed the “Dream Team” who fans and pundits believed would earn the country a place at their first ever World Cup. This team was spearheaded by two brothers, Adam and Peter Ndlovu. The latter of which is recognised as …

“Many are called and few are chosen”. That’s what Ian Wright’s mother said to her precociously talented, angry young son. Her words were not intended as inspiration. Ian Wright lived in a very real world in Brockley, south-east London. He was approaching 22 years of age and working in a …

Cesc Fabregas isn’t quite a legend at any of his clubs, always just a level below world class. But he was bloody marvellous nonetheless. It’s a bit weird that his career at the very top level is over, isn’t it? It’s not so long since a 16-year-old prodigy was poached …