The Sydney files

Since 1975, England have picked 13 Test debutants for the last match of an Ashes series. Name them or GTFO.

The fast show

Before his injuries, the original Ronaldo was the most exciting young player we've ever seen

The longest day

Dead-rubber wins can taste just as sweet as the real thing - sometimes even sweeter

Let's push things forward

In December 2001, ten-man Arsenal ignored xenophobia, injustice and Europe’s deadliest snake to win at Anfield. It was the symbolic start of the Invincible era

9. Arsene Who?

In the summer of 1996, Alex Ferguson was in desperate need of a worthy adversary. Nobody realised the answer would come from Japan.

Let me be your fantasy

In five seasons as Kent’s overseas player, Carl Hooper produced high art in industrial quantities. Shame he couldn't do it more often

Name the 24 players England used in the 1993 Ashes

And you wonder why Australia won 4-1

6: Anyone But United

In 1993-94, Manchester United stole Arsenal’s title as the most hated team in England

Name the 1998 Ballon d'or longlist

Name the nominees, bathe in pride

3. Hit the North Bank

The Arsenal-Man Utd rivalry intensified during a ferocious FA Cup tie in 1988

Forever young

Ten of Joe Root's best innings

Form is permanent

During their 1992-93 tour of Australia, West Indies were on the brink of losing their long unbeaten run. Curtly Ambrose wasn't having that

I'll See You Out There

2. Wild nutter

Arsenal’s young team were top of the league and full of the joys when they arrived at Old Trafford in 1987. One man soon changed that

Nuggets

Mind the wind, Tugga

The 28th man goes too far

Shane Warne

93 'til infinity

Shane Warne started his first Ashes tour as a relative unknown. By the end, England’s batsmen knew quite enough about him

1999-2000

Primal screamer

The last great goal at the old Wembley was a Batigolazo that shattered Arsenal

Cricket

Will phallus

Edgbaston 2008, and the innings Graeme Smith was born to play

1980s

Drag king

Clive Allen’s swish through the West Ham defence in 1984 was the kind of instinctive brilliance that belonged on the Copacabana, not a muddy Upton Park

Euro 72

Ramba-Zamba will never die, but you will

Gunter Netzer x Frank Beckenbauer x Gerd Muller = Germany's greatest team

Liverpool

The power of balance

John Barnes' imperious solo goal against the leaders QPR in 1987 showcased one of football's greatest qualities

The Real Quiz

Name the 29 players England used in the 1989 Ashes

And you wonder why Australia won 4-0

The Ashes

There goes the fear

The genesis of England’s glorious 2005 Ashes victory was a 47-minute cameo three years earlier

Short stuff

Jef, do something. Jef!

Four eyes are better than five European Cups

Nuggets

Tinker, the man

'But is it good, Brandon? Is it good?'