On this noughties day, 16 years ago… Arshavin scores 4 at Anfield
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On this noughties day, 16 years ago… Arshavin scores 4 at Anfield
Wishing a happy birthday to Claude Makélélé: founder of the eponymous Makélélé role.
Also a member of the exclusive "Footballers whose names are now used as iconic football terms" club, alongside Johan Cruyff and Antonin Panenka
In the spirit of valentine's, we've handed out flowers to a few underappreciated noughties ballers.
Check the latest pod to find out the lucky front six.
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The Total 90 ball is back 😍
#Nostalgia #Noughties
When Ronaldinho 🇧🇷 met Okocha 🇳🇬
Football legend, Xavi, taking in some bars
On this noughties day, 19 years ago, Ronaldo scored this banger with his weaker foot
Zizou x R9
Breathtaking
Christian Vieri and Ronaldo giving Ipswich’s Titus Bramble the run around, in 2001
He only missed once in the Premier League as well. 15/16 scored
AND to be fair, his one miss was a Seaman penalty save
Solari showing off against Lazio in the Champions League
Magicians
Punditry to roll your eyes at
What you get when you put two players who don’t lose the ball, on the same team
Messi x Riquelme
Jose’s annoyance at parking the bus
Hasselbaink could take someone’s head off with his ball striking
Arteta has loved getting one over Spurs since he was a player in the 00s
It cannot be understated how good Konami were at making football games in the 00s
This is why Cafu is revered as one of the greatest RBs of all time. The guy had it all
6 January
#OnThisDay in 2004 Olof Mellberg makes his 100th appearance as Villa go 5 unbeaten in the PL, winning 4 & rise to 9th in the table under David O’Leary
🟩 6 Jan 2004, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Juan Pablo Ángel | 22’ | Darius Vassell | 83’ |
#avfc #avfchistory
Rory Delap’s throw ins…
Lethal
The 2006 World Cup quarter final is hailed as one of Zidane’s great performances but he had an off day in the final 3rd…
Top quality, they also went unbeaten away from home in 01/02, feel like that kit deserved that accolade 😂
00s Premier League kits
Which are your favourites?
Ghanaian legend, Stephen Appiah scored a fair few bangers in his career 😮💨
Scoring winners at Old Trafford has become commonplace but there was once a time where it was extremely rare.
Danny Murphy however had a knack for it, scoring 3 winning goals at OT, the most by any player in the Premier League era (3). Here was the first of the 3 in 2000…
