Fussball Geekz
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September 29, 2025 at 6:21 AM
#AstonVilla 💜💙🏴 players celebrate their promotion back to the top flight on the final day of the 1987/88 season, a 0-0 draw at #SwindonTown - whilst their nearest rivals #Middlesbrough & #BradfordCity both lost - securing their fate by the narrowest of margins.
September 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
#AstonVilla 💜💙🏴 players celebrate their promotion back to the top flight on the final day of the 1987/88 season, a 0-0 draw at #SwindonTown - whilst their nearest rivals #Middlesbrough & #BradfordCity both lost - securing their fate by the narrowest of margins.
#PartizaniTirana 🇦🇱 line up prior to the European Cup Winners Cup 1st Rnd, 2nd Leg tie against #MalmoFF 🇸🇪 at Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, #Tirana in October 1980 - a 0-0 draw which observed the #Swedish club progress 1-0 on aggregate.
September 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
#PartizaniTirana 🇦🇱 line up prior to the European Cup Winners Cup 1st Rnd, 2nd Leg tie against #MalmoFF 🇸🇪 at Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, #Tirana in October 1980 - a 0-0 draw which observed the #Swedish club progress 1-0 on aggregate.
In the 2 World Cups in which he shone in 🇮🇹#Azzurri 🇮🇹 blue, nobody did 'touch tight' defending like Claudio Gentile.
Dramatic, charismatic & bornite tough, he was the terror of centre-forwards across all continents - an essential component of #Italy's 1982 #WorldCup-winning side.
Dramatic, charismatic & bornite tough, he was the terror of centre-forwards across all continents - an essential component of #Italy's 1982 #WorldCup-winning side.
September 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
In the 2 World Cups in which he shone in 🇮🇹#Azzurri 🇮🇹 blue, nobody did 'touch tight' defending like Claudio Gentile.
Dramatic, charismatic & bornite tough, he was the terror of centre-forwards across all continents - an essential component of #Italy's 1982 #WorldCup-winning side.
Dramatic, charismatic & bornite tough, he was the terror of centre-forwards across all continents - an essential component of #Italy's 1982 #WorldCup-winning side.
September 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Sunday Teaser
Who is the only player in football history to score hatricks in the Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two, FA Cup, League Cup & for his country at international level?
Who is the only player in football history to score hatricks in the Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two, FA Cup, League Cup & for his country at international level?
September 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Sunday Teaser
Who is the only player in football history to score hatricks in the Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two, FA Cup, League Cup & for his country at international level?
Who is the only player in football history to score hatricks in the Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two, FA Cup, League Cup & for his country at international level?
The Final Curtain
27/5/1971 - Lev Yashin bids farewell to football, hailed by 103,000 fans at Lenin Stadium, #Moscow, #USSR.
After 330 appearances for #DinamoMoscow & 74 caps for the #SovietUnion, The Black Spider - Balon D'Or winner in 1963 - was finally hanging up his gloves.
27/5/1971 - Lev Yashin bids farewell to football, hailed by 103,000 fans at Lenin Stadium, #Moscow, #USSR.
After 330 appearances for #DinamoMoscow & 74 caps for the #SovietUnion, The Black Spider - Balon D'Or winner in 1963 - was finally hanging up his gloves.
September 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Final Curtain
27/5/1971 - Lev Yashin bids farewell to football, hailed by 103,000 fans at Lenin Stadium, #Moscow, #USSR.
After 330 appearances for #DinamoMoscow & 74 caps for the #SovietUnion, The Black Spider - Balon D'Or winner in 1963 - was finally hanging up his gloves.
27/5/1971 - Lev Yashin bids farewell to football, hailed by 103,000 fans at Lenin Stadium, #Moscow, #USSR.
After 330 appearances for #DinamoMoscow & 74 caps for the #SovietUnion, The Black Spider - Balon D'Or winner in 1963 - was finally hanging up his gloves.
#WorstGameEver #PitchPublishing Book Signing today!
Venue: The White Swan, Digbeth, Birmingham
Kick Off: 3.00 p.m. til late 🍺 ⚽️ 📚
Bring your copies to be signed. See you there.
Venue: The White Swan, Digbeth, Birmingham
Kick Off: 3.00 p.m. til late 🍺 ⚽️ 📚
Bring your copies to be signed. See you there.
September 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
#WorstGameEver #PitchPublishing Book Signing today!
Venue: The White Swan, Digbeth, Birmingham
Kick Off: 3.00 p.m. til late 🍺 ⚽️ 📚
Bring your copies to be signed. See you there.
Venue: The White Swan, Digbeth, Birmingham
Kick Off: 3.00 p.m. til late 🍺 ⚽️ 📚
Bring your copies to be signed. See you there.
The Earl of Carrot Crunchery, Mick Channon, winds up one of his customary celebratory 'windmills' after bagging for #Southampton at The Dell.
September 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The Earl of Carrot Crunchery, Mick Channon, winds up one of his customary celebratory 'windmills' after bagging for #Southampton at The Dell.
#Subbuteo #FACupFinal 1980 - #WestHamUnited versus #Arsenal
Sadly, neither team wore their home colours at #WembleyStadium rendering both sides in need of an urgent re-paint.
Sadly, neither team wore their home colours at #WembleyStadium rendering both sides in need of an urgent re-paint.
September 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
#Subbuteo #FACupFinal 1980 - #WestHamUnited versus #Arsenal
Sadly, neither team wore their home colours at #WembleyStadium rendering both sides in need of an urgent re-paint.
Sadly, neither team wore their home colours at #WembleyStadium rendering both sides in need of an urgent re-paint.
🇩🇪 Rainer Bonhof 🇩🇪; World Cup (1), Euros (2), Bundesliga (4), UEFA (1), ECWC (1) & West German (2) & Spanish Cup (1) winner.
#BorussiaMönchengladbach #ValenciaCF #FCKöln #HerthaBSC #DFBTeam
#BorussiaMönchengladbach #ValenciaCF #FCKöln #HerthaBSC #DFBTeam
September 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🇩🇪 Rainer Bonhof 🇩🇪; World Cup (1), Euros (2), Bundesliga (4), UEFA (1), ECWC (1) & West German (2) & Spanish Cup (1) winner.
#BorussiaMönchengladbach #ValenciaCF #FCKöln #HerthaBSC #DFBTeam
#BorussiaMönchengladbach #ValenciaCF #FCKöln #HerthaBSC #DFBTeam
#DuklaPraha ❤️💛🇨🇿 players test their stamina ascending the staircase that leads upwards towards the Stadion #Juliska, #Praha.
September 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
#DuklaPraha ❤️💛🇨🇿 players test their stamina ascending the staircase that leads upwards towards the Stadion #Juliska, #Praha.
#Nottingham's City Ground prepares for #Forest's 🏴 1979 #EuropeanCup semi-final, 1st Leg against West German 🇩🇪 champions, #FCKoln - a minor classic.
September 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
#Nottingham's City Ground prepares for #Forest's 🏴 1979 #EuropeanCup semi-final, 1st Leg against West German 🇩🇪 champions, #FCKoln - a minor classic.
