For their 20th anniversary, the Premier League is asking football fans to vote for their favourite outstanding moments of the last 20 seasons. The categories are best match, best goal, best celebration, best save, and a team of the seasons, where you get to choose from a list of players.
It's ten minutes of pure reminiscence, which got me thinking of my own favourite moments in the 20 years that I have been following the beautiful game. Now, there are hundreds of images that sum up this era, but below are the ten that I have chosen, the ten that I find the most personally evocative, the ten which I think are most iconic of highs and lows of football, the good, the bad, and the occasionally ugly.
Stuart Pearce scores in the penalty shoot-out versus Spain, European Championships, 1996.
Matt Le Tissier applauds the Southampton faithful at the last ever match at the Dell, in which he scored a wonder-goal versus Arsenal, 2002.
A young David Beckham is sent off, World Cup, 1998. England fight valiantly but go on to lose on a penalty shoot-out.
Peter Schmeichel pulls of a classic save, mid-1990s.
England demolish Germany in Munich, World Cup Qualifiers, 2001.
Eric Cantona protests his innocence... Or is this a goal celebration? Mid 1990s.
Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton celebrate winning the Premier League with Blackburn Rovers. This would be the only major trophy of Shearer's career, 1995.
Forever a seat at St. James' Park for Sir Bobby Robson, the Grandad of Football.
Tony Adams captains Arsenal to the Premier League and F.A. Cup double, 1998.
http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/20-seasons.html
http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/20-seasons.html
Great blog post! I haven't had time to do this but I await the results with interest!!;-)
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