Retro Football

Sad news as clubs no longer have to produce a Matchday programme. Who will be next? Watford FC scraps printed matchday programme after sales drop - BBC News bbc.com/news/articles/…

“modern. classic” say ⁦@OUFCOfficial⁩ Oxford United on their 2025/26 Home Kit Very sleek but missing the Sunday People newspaper sponsor, which the “absolutely classic” mid 80s banger of a kit had oufc.co.uk/news/modern-cl…

#OnThisDay @ #USA94 Ray Houghton caught Pagliuca in no man's land to score this sensational goal & secure a famous 1-0 win for Ireland over Italy in New Jersey Always love Terry Phelan's reaction after this goal 🎙from Brian Moore

You'll never beat Des Walker, a revelation at centre back for England in Italia '90 whilst at Nottingham Forest. He made a big money move to Serie A Sampdoria in 1992 and its slower, more tactical brand of man-marking football. He then joined Premier League Sheffield Wednesday.

One of the rare occasions Peter Schmeichel gets beaten in a One-on-one in 1996 and incredibly his big frame was lobbed over by this incredible Davor Suker chip

The most memorable moment from World Cup 1994!

3rd - Norway 2nd - Romania / Sweden 1st - Germany But, very biased towards classic Adidas!

@90sfootball John Travolta!

Pep Guardiola dancing with teammate Jose Bakero’s wife in the late 90s 😂

@stusfootyflash JExpress yourself... it's one on one, implies Jimmy! Yes, how times have changed

With all the jokes and fun that Saint & Greavsie gave us, it’s easy to forget the duo knew their stuff. Here they are on this day in 1990, talking about England’s dismal World Cup draw with Ireland earlier that week. Fascinating insight, which still stands up 35 years later…

Not everyday you get to sit and have a drink with des walker on plane to Turkey , told me some great stories top bloke #swfc

OTD 1982 England's 1st World Cup game since Mexico 1970 was vs. France in Bilbao. If England could just get a good start to the game... #England

Sampdoria - Serie A champions in 1990/91 and European cup finalists in 1991/92 now face a relegation playoff final on Sunday to stay in Serie B. Des Walker, Graeme Souness, Gianluca Vialli, Roberto Mancini… we need you #italia1990

𝙇𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖 𝙙𝙖 𝘼𝙢𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙢 | #Sampdoria Play-out Serie B | 15.06.2025 Sampdoria 2 - 0 Salernitana 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙤 𝙇𝙪𝙞𝙜𝙞 𝙁𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨, 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙖📍 #SampdoriaSalernitana

#OnThisDay @ #Italia90 Enzo Scifo scored this stunning long-range effort for Belgium's 2nd goal in Belgium's 3-1 victory over Uruguay Scifo is definitely a player not talked about enough

#OnThisDay 17th of June 2003: United agreed to sell David Beckham to Real Madrid for a fee of £24.5m. Was Sir Alex Ferguson wrong with how he dealt with Becks?