Euro 72
Ramba-Zamba will never die, but you will
Gunter Netzer x Frank Beckenbauer x Gerd Muller = Germany's greatest team
Longreads
It doesn't matter. But you should probably read more.
The Ashes
There goes the fear
The genesis of England’s glorious 2005 Ashes victory was a 47-minute cameo three years earlier
West Indies
The whiff of danger
England went to the Caribbean in 1986 fancying their chances of an historic victory. A terrifying festival of chin music in Jamaica disabused them of the notion
2001-02
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
1999 World Cup
A vile technicality
The 1999 World Cup semi-final between Australia and South Africa was a white-ball Test match with a twist that even Hitchcock would have deemed too cruel
Diego Maradona
To the death
At Italia 90, Diego Maradona picked a fight with the entire world – and came this close to winning it
West Indies
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
1999-2000
The end of an aura
Real Madrid's stunning victory at Old Trafford in 2000 changed the face of European football