“Mano de Dios” The infamous hand of god

One of footballs iconic stadiums before the “mega stadiums” took their place. The Dell. Southampton.

On this day. August 25th 1990. After finding themselves 2-0 down to Leeds, Neville Southall staged a solitary sit down protest during the half time interval

Going to have to do a piece on the different types of nets from around the globe before the ‘box net’ became common place. Loved the old Wembley with it’s iconic green supports #Wembley

Mexico 86 nets were massive. Back of the net was in a different time zone #mexico86 #football #nets

The nets at The Dell were tight. Like a trampoline so when you scored it came back out and could welly it back in for a second. #Southampton #netweek #footy

Italia 90 had some superb slack nets that looked like your Nans curtain netting. #football #italia90 #nets

20 years ago today Wayne Rooney announced himself to the world #waynerooney

What a photograph this is. Italia 90 really did spoil us for quality images

The tournament wasn’t the best but ITV intro for USA 94 was top notch 😎 #gloryland #usa94

Part 1 tonight. Lovely stuff

Old Wembley. The famous twin towers. The walk out. Scorching hot days and immaculate green grass. The best scenes #wembley #footy #footballblog

This is stunning The #CM9798 V2 Project got it working this morning. Thank you 😍

Decent start. Using 9798 Nik 3-1-2-2-2. Shevchenko on fire. Defence holding strong. Inter with Ronaldo absolutely flying though The #CM9798 V2 Project

Finally stumbled upon a save. Fiorentina. Start of third season. No trophies yet but a 6th and 3rd finish brings hope. Tactic brings some crazy results. Just need to find some consistency. Batistuta is incredible. Crazy numbers The #CM9798 V2 Project

A very young David Platt in 1987/88 for the then second division Aston Villa. Great kit with the old round style badge which Villa have just brought back #astonvilla

Lovely end to the fourth season. Needed a championship play off for Serie A which I have never seen before 🫣 and a champions league win v Bayern. Life without Batistuta not so bad The #CM9798 V2 Project

Fa Cup third round Saturday. The weekend that elite footballers muddy their boots and shower with no hot water while the smell of bovril and deep heat penetrates the nostrils. Just like in 1980 here as Halifax hosted Man City 😎 #facup