The 1974/75 season in England was unusual as it saw Manchester Utd in the Second Division while Carlisle Utd had made it to the First Division. The First Division at the time featured Burnley , Middlesborough, Stoke City and Birmingham City. Derby County would become Champions with Chelsea among those relegated. Manchester Utd would win …
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ASTON VILLA
Third Division to European Champions In season 1969/70 Aston Villa were relegated to the Third Division for the first time in their history. A change of ownership in December 1968 had seen Doug Ellis appointed Chairman and his first managerial appointment , Tommy Docherty was replaced after 13 months by Vic Crowe. 1970/71 Villa although …
FA CUP 3RD/4TH PLACE PLAYOFFS
The FA decided to give the losing FA cup semi finalists a further game as consolation for losing the semi finals in 1970 with a weekend of football. The 3rd /4th play playoff was played on the Friday night before the FA Cup Final. 1970 The first year saw Manchester Utd who had lost to …
WORLD CUP 2026 – GROUP J
Group J features the World Cup holders Argentina alongside Algeria , Austria and first time qualifiers Jordan. ARGENTINA – Argentina qualified as winners of the South American Qualifying Group and were clearly the best team in their confederation. In March 2026 friendlies at home they beat Mauritania 2-1 and Zambia 5-0. Argentina are still managed …
WORLD CUP 2026 – GROUP F
Group F could be a very interesting group featuring Holland as top seeds with Japan the first qualifiers , Tunisia from African and the European Playoff winners Sweden who have come from a dismal qualifying campaign to impressive playoffs victories. HOLLAND – Holland had a fairly comfortable qualification winning 6 of 8 games and drawing …
WORLD CUP 2026
PLAYOFFS MARCH 2026 The Playoffs took place recently to decide the final 6 teams to qualify for World Cup 2026 with 2 Inter Continental pathways and 4 European pathways. The semi finals took place on 26th March with the finals on 31st March 2026. Intercontinental Pathway 1 These playoffs took place in Guadalajara , Mexico …
WORLD CUP – SPAIN 82 – Part Two
PART TWO – 19TH JUNE TO 25TH JUNE 1982 Saturday 19th June Group 1 – POLAND 0 CAMEROON 0 – La Coruna Once again there was a draw in Group 1 , so that each team had drawn their opening two games. Group 3 – BELGIUM 1 EL SALVADOR 0 – Elche El Salvador proved …
WORLD CUP – SPAIN 82 – Part One
The 1982 World Cup was a fantastic festival of football but began against the backdrop of the Falklands War. PART ONE – 13TH JUNE TO 18TH JUNE 1982 Sunday 13th June Group 3 – ARGENTINA 0 BELGIUM 1 – Barcelona The opening game took place in the fabulously refurbished Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona. UK …
Hamilton Accies 2007-08 Part 1
PART ONE – AUGUST TO DECEMBER 2007 Accies won the First Division Championship in 2007-08 , this is a look back at another successful season. August 2007 Accies began the 2007/08 season with a home league match against Dunfermline Athletic. In front of a bumper crowd in the summer sunshine of 3,383. Dunfermline had been …
ITALIA 90 Part 3
KNOCKOUT STAGES – 23RD JUNE TO 8TH JULY 1990 ROUND OF 16 Saturday 23rd June CAMEROON 2 COLOMBIA 1 AET – Naples The last 16 opened with a poor game that finished 0-0 after 90 mins however Cameroon veteran striker Roger Milla came off the bench and put the Africans ahead in extra time before …
