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On this day in the Euros, June 20: The Germans lose on penalties
By Gary Parkinson published
On this day It was the first-ever penalty shootout - and the Germans lost. It was also a belting final, too...
On this day in the Euros, June 13: The six-goal war
By Gary Parkinson last updated
On this day Gary Parkinson recalls a belting Balkan battle in Belgium
On this day in the Euros, June 17: Uncapped supersub bags debut hat-trick to save semi
By Gary Parkinson last updated
On this day With Gerd Muller retired and 10 minutes to go, West Germany needed a goalscoring hero. What about the untried Muller on the bench?
Roy Race's 7 most defining matches of his career (according to him)
By Nick Harper last updated
Retro He's coming back! The legendary Roy 'Racey' Race will return to print in 2018/19 with a series of graphic novels, having not been seen since 2001. Here, he selects the seven games that shaped his career and forged his reputation
Major Indoor Soccer: the hype of America's one-time biggest league remembered
By Nick Moore last updated
Action Replay With its American showmanship and (for some reason) Darth Vader, it was, for a small pocket of time, the USA’s biggest football competition. So amid all the dry ice and fireworks, why did such a revolutionary enterprise end in tears?
Gary Lineker on his England career
By FourFourTwo Staff last updated
Q & A Gary Lineker reflects on a glittering England career in which he plundered 48 goals, won the Golden Boot and dried Gazza’s tears
Peter Marinello: What Happened Next?
By Dan Brennan last updated
What Happened Next? "I got picked up by the police. He'd accused me of attempted murder"
Ossie Ardiles, One-on-One: "At Spurs, Alan Sugar said he was mortified when he fired me"
By FourFourTwo Staff last updated
The Big Interview The early-80s' most famous import on Argentina, Spurs, the Falklands and THAT song...
Wilfried Van Moer: football's greatest comeback story you've never heard
By Michael Yokhin last updated
European Championship Some feared the Belgium midfielder would never be the same again after breaking his leg against Italy at Euro 1972, explains Michael Yokhin – but he bounced back to take his revenge eight years later
On this day in the Euros, June 22: Scandi "stitch-up" eliminates Italy
By Gary Parkinson last updated
On this day What happened when two Scandinavian sides could squeeze out Italy by playing out a 2-2 draw? Why, a 2-2 draw, of course... but was it fixed? Gary Parkinson recalls Euro 2004's Group C
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