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While the entire world fights against an invisible enemy in form of COVID-19, there’s another invisible enemy that we have been fighting since centuries. Depression, anxiety and other mental disorders…
Human nature is naïve. Going through the pages of history, one can say that the human race has become programmed to follow a leader. We have become habituated of being…
Five wins out of seven and going second month unbeaten meant Kinnear won the award for the third time that season. One of his wins that month was against the…
Wins over Norwich, Manchester City, Leeds as well as a 4-1 Thumping of Blackburn Rovers saw Joe Kinnear’s Wimbledon win the manager of the month. Kinnear had got his team…
For a team that eventually got relegated that season and only won 9 matches that season, Oldham had a remarkable February 1993. Joe Royle’s side won two matches against Southampton…
A perfect 100% record in the month and vital wins against Leeds, Sheffield United and Aston Villa saw Kenny Dalglish’s side reach second in the table behind league leaders Manchester…
Sheffield Wednesday started December in the 11th position but with three wins and two draws in the month they ended the month in the 7th position. They were the most…
Newcastle were arguably the team of the month for November 1993. They won three matches and scored 3 goals againt Oldham, 3 against Liverpool and 4 against Sheffield United. They…
In an impressive unbeaten month for Norwich, they moved to second in the table with an unbeaten run. They only conceded one goal in the whole month and secured wins…
Ryan Giggs was considered to be one of the brightest talents around the world but that did not mean he was going to have it easy at Old Trafford. After…
It had been less than seven days since Bobby Gould had left Coventry in a dramatic fashion and resigned as a manager. And now there was news that he was…
A specialist all football channel was on the way from broadcasting giants BskyB later that year in what was a move that was about to change the world of football…
Roy Keane had signed £200000 boots sponsorship deal with Hi-Tec and he was confident that he was going to be shooting his way to the top with them. November was…
Graeme Souness said that the biggest dangers that some of the younger stars of his Liverpool team faced was getting caught up in the attention and glory that came along…
Blackburn Rovers had signed England midfielder David Batty for £2.75 million and immediately sparked off a row between Leeds manager and the board. Wilkinson was unhappy about the prospect of…
Bryan Robson, Ryan Giggs and Dion Dubin were the three main reasons why Everton boss Howard Kendall was backing Manchester United for another league championship. The invaluable former England warhorse,…
Wimbledon boss Joe Kinnear was praying that injuries don’t wreck the Dons’ trophy chances that year. Kinnear was operating with a squad of only 23 professionals and after a successful…
Arsenal boss George Graham is running out of patience with his shot-shy strikers – and today hinted he could plunge into the transfer market to solve the problem. The Gunners,…
Liverpool came back from the dead for the second time in two weeks running with Ian Rush’s late equaliser giving them a point at Maine Road against Manchester City. With…
Kevin Keegan had warned his Newcastle players before the match that wayward Matt Le Tissier was the danger man for his side and he scored two magical goals to wins…
The big Sheffield derby fizzled out after a lightning start which produced two goals in five minutes. For once, glamour boys Wednesday began as the underdogs after their disastrous start…
Coventry manager Bobby Gould dramatically resigned after a five-goal thrashing, led by England star Les Ferdinand. Ferdinand put rangers ahead after 15 minutes and they went two up on the…
Alex Ferguson took a massive gamble by dropping Welsh wonderboy Ryan Giggs and still saw his champions win. And Lee Sharpe’s 53rd-minute clincher was a real classic. Everton should have…
Sorry Spurs escaped the embarrassment of handing Swindon their first league win but it was mightly close. There were close to 32000 witnesses to return a unanimous verdict of daylight…
Alan Shearer, Rovers and England’s hotshot striker confirmed his wellbeing with a stunning hat trick. He has now scored eight goals in six starts since a nine-month absence following the…
Rick Holden’s sending off after a 38th minute clash with Lee Dixon had the Oldham fans chanting ‘cheat, cheat’ at the Arsenal full back. Holden’s push was blatant enough but…
West Ham had started that season as one of the favourites to go back down but their perfomances were anything but of a team that was battling relegation. They played…
Everton’s transfer-listed midfielder, Ian Snodin, only wants to play for one premier league club and that was Everton. Twelve days after he was asked by manager Howard Kendall to cut…
England and Manchester United midfielder Paul Ince was seeking a champions league consolidation for his England world cup dream desolation a week earlier. And his club manager Alex Ferguson had…
Blackburn manager Kenny Dalglish had been told that he’ll have to wait to sign Tim Flowers – until Southampton had found a suitable replacement for the England goalkeeper. Dalglish had…
Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan was in no hurry to buy a central defender despite their loss to QPR a week earlier. Keegan, who had Steve Howey three weeks away from…
Graeme Souness the previous night handed Ronnie Whelan an unexpected Anfield lifeline after Liverpool’s clumsy victory last night. Souness emphatically denied that the absent Irish midfielder was on the transfer…
With the riches and glamour of the champions league only two legs of the European cup away, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson had to fight back his own sense of…
Chelsea’s redevelopment plans of the Stamford bridge received a massive £5 million cash injection. The money had been put up by supporter of 30 years Matthew Harding, who joined the…
Manchester United had lost out on the championship in a cruel and heartbreaking manner in 1991 but managed to turn things around to win their first title in three decades…
Leeds United was kicking themselves for allowing their sixth consecutive premiership victory to escape them at Portman Road. Ipswich, who was short of confidence and without a win in their…
Danish goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel had been offered a seven-year contract by Premier League champions, Manchester United, in a deal which will net him a lucrative £2.5m in that period. The…
Gerry Francis that night put himself in the front line for the England manager’s job. The QPR boss, who has always ruled himself out of the running in the past,…
Glenn Hoddle was set to buy his way out of trouble after a dreadful Chelsea display that suggests he’s in for a long hard winter. And he was set to…
Everton looked like adding to Swindon’s premiership gloom until a last minute equalizer from home skipper Shaun Taylor earned the hosts a point. Howard Kendall’s side were in control throughout…
Battling Wimbledon scrambled a point with a last minute equalizer after Wednesday seemed to be heading to be heading for only their second win of the season. The Hillsborough side…
QPR’s Les Ferdinand was head and shoulders above England rival Andy Cole in Rangers’ 2-1 triumph at Newcastle. Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan led the praise for Ferdinand, who scored one…
Robbie Fowler and Neil Ruddock struck in the last two minutes to hand the Reds a late, late win. Goal-shy Liverpool had looked set to continue their miserable run of…
Aston Villa and West Ham shared the points and the frustration at Upton Park in a scrappy 90 minutes that failed to produce a goal. A busy West Ham midfield…
Ian Branfoot finally had something to smile about as Saint grabbed their first away point – but it was so nearly three. They turned a disastrous coca-cola cup exit at…
Rival bosses George Graham and Brian Horton saved most of their praise for referee Roger Midford after a game that was as flat like a pizza. Arsenal fans bayed for…
Ossie Ardiles handed a chilling warning to the other 20 clubs trying to dethrone United as champions. Spurs manager’s assessment came after United won the match 2-1 and even though…
Nial Quinn wanted to shake off any remaining disappointment from his international duty on Arsenal in the premier league match at Highbury. Quinn wanted to use his visit to Arsenal…
As the international break was about to come to an end, Graeme Souness was talking about the small improvements he had seen in his side’s performances and was hoping that…
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