History of Football in 90 Minutes, The

(Plus Extra-Time)

Gareth Thomas, Ben Jones

• Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9781785319211
• Edition: 0

A lot can happen in 90 minutes. From soccer's codification in 1863 to the modern era - goals, red cards, and even substitutions have led to some of the strongest and most remarkable sporting legacies. The game has grown into the world's largest and most supported sport, with all aspects of modern life being drawn into its continually expanding empire. This book journeys through the sport's incredible history to examine some of the game's most fascinating minutes of play which, to this day, provoke lasting memories. These key moments show how there is often far more to a minute of soccer than just 60 seconds. The impact can last for years, decades or centuries. By looking at the history of goals, finals, and even corners we get a clear picture of how soccer became the game we know and love today. From the first goal in an FA Cup Final to Diego Maradona's 'hand of God', The History of Football in Ninety Minutes (Plus Extra Time) gives fuel to the notion that every minute counts.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Dedication
• Introduction
• 1. Nándor Hidegkuti opens the scoring at Wembley (1953)
• 2. Dennis Viollet puts Manchester United ahead in Belgrade (1958)
• 3. Gaztelu help brings Basque back to life (1976)
• 4. Wayne Rooney scores early against Iceland (2016)
• 5. Brian Deane scores the Premier League’s first goal (1992)
• 6. The FA Cup semi-final is abandoned at Hillsborough (1989)
• 7. Cristiano Ronaldo completes a full 90 (2014)
• 8. Christine Sinclair opens her international account (2000)
• 9. Play is stopped in Nantes to pay tribute to Emiliano Sala (2019)
• 10. Xavi sets in motion one of football’s greatest team performances (2010)
• 11. Roger Hunt begins the goal-rush on Match of the Day (1964)
• 12. Ted Drake makes it 3-0 to England at the Battle of Highbury (1934)
• 13. Trevor Brooking wins it for the underdogs (1980)
• 14. Alfredo Di Stéfano scores for Real Madrid in the first European Cup Final (1956)
• 15. The first FA Cup Final goal (1872)
• 16. Carli Lloyd completes a World Cup Final hat-trick from the halfway line (2015)
• 17. The first goal scored in the Champions League (1992)
• 18. Helmut Rahn equalises for West Germany in the Miracle of Bern (1954)
• 19. Lucien Laurent scores the first World Cup goal (1930)
• 20. Michelle Akers opens the scoring in the first Women’s World Cup Final (1991)
• 21. Roberto Carlos’s banana goal (1997)
• 22. Mario Balotelli asks, ‘Why Always Me?’ (2011)
• 23. Johan Cruyff turns the footballing world inside out (1974)
• 24. Just Fontaine’s first of 13 in Sweden (1958)
• 25. The end of Ronaldo’s final, but not the end for Portugal (2016)
• 26. Kevin-Prince Boateng takes a stand against racism (2013)
• 27. David Beckham scores his first US goal (2007)
• 28. Nigel de Jong kung fu kicks Xabi Alonso (2010)
• 29. Germany score their fifth in the 7-1 Mineirazo defeat of Brazil (2014)
• 30. Ada Hegerberg nets her Champions League Final hat-trick (2019)
• 31. Pelé scores his first of five v Eusébio’s Benfica (1962)
• 32. Katie Chapman helps make it four in a row for Arsenal (2009)
• 33. Australia’s 13th in a record-breaking 31-0 win (2001)
• 34. Ivan Perišić’s handball leads to history-making VAR penalty (2018)
• 35. Gino Colaussi helps Italy to back-to-back World Cups (1938)
• 36. Jimmy Simmons opens the scoring in the Khaki Cup Final (1915)
• 37. Lawrie Sanchez helps the Crazy Gang lift the FA Cup (1988)
• 38. Joe Gaetjens’s ‘Miracle on Grass’ (1950)
• 39. The world sees Frank Lampard’s ‘goal’ cross the line (2010)
• 40. The Valley Parade fire begins in Bradford (1985)
• 41. Mario David’s ‘worst tackle in history’ (1962)
• 42. North Korea stun Italy (1966)
• 43. Gerd Müller’s World Cup winner (1974)
• 44. Robin van Persie’s flying header (2014)
• 45. Britain’s first £1m player helps pay back his fee (1979)
• Half-Time
• 46. Steven Gerrard sees red against Manchester United (2015)
• 47. David Beckham kicks out at Diego Simeone (1998)
• 48. Eric Cantona is sent off and goes berserk at Crystal Palace (1995)
• 49. The El Clásico stranglehold on Spanish football is finally broken by Atlético (2014)
• 50. David Seaman is lobbed by Ronaldinho at the World Cup (2002)
• 51. ‘A little with the hand of God and a little with the head of Maradona’ (1986)
• 52. Robert Lewandowski makes it two out of five (2015)
• 53. Lionel Messi’s 400th goal in La Liga (2019)
• 54. ‘Hello, hello … here we go’ – The Miracle of Istanbul (2005)
• 55. Hal Robson-Kanu turns into Johan Cruyff (2016)
• 56. Gini Wijnaldum equalises in the Miracle of Anfield (2019)
• 57. Angelos Charisteas shocks Portugal to win the Euros (2004)
• 58. Michel Platini wins the European Cup which should never have been played (1985)
• 59. The Copa del Generalísimo begins in Barcelona (1939)
• 60. Future full time? (2017)
• 61. Alan Shearer sets a seemingly unbreakable record (2006)
• 62. Tommy Gemmell equalises in Lisbon (1967)
• 63. Khalid Boulahrouz sees red in the Battle of Nuremberg (2006)
• 64. Gareth Bale’s Champions League overhead brilliance (2018)
• 65. Megan Rapinoe stands tall for women’s football (2019)
• 66. Welsh hearts broken by 17-year-old Pelé (1958)
• 67. Redemption for Ronaldo (2002)
• 68. Falcão equalises for Brazil in Barcelona (1982)
• 69. Benfica’s final European triumph before the Curse of Béla Guttmann (1962)
• 70. Sammy Thomson completes English football’s first double (1889)
• 71. Lars Ricken lobs Dortmund to the Champions League (1997)
• 72. Luís Figo welcomed back to the Camp Nou with a pig’s head (2002)
• 73. Bert Trautmann breaks his neck (1956)
• 74. Hughie Ferguson wins the FA Cup for Cardiff City (1927)
• 75. José Mourinho self-proclaimed Special One after Champions League victory (2004)
• 76. Wolves equalise before becoming ‘champions of the world’ (1954)
• 77. Jürgen Sparwasser’s winner as East meets West (1974)
• 78. Handball! But was it a Welsh or a Scottish hand? (1977)
• 79. Alcides Ghiggia scores the winner in Maracanazo (1950)
• 80. Number eight Jimmy Dunn scores Everton’s third in the FA Cup Final (1933)
• 81. Alejandro Villanueva scores for Peru at the 1936 Olympics (1936)
• 82. Robert Ullathorne’s injury ends the Battle of Bramall Lane (2002)
• 83. Dixie Dean scores 60 in a season (1928)
• 84. Super-sub David Fairclough makes the Kop go wild (1977)
• 85. The final Premier League goal before COVID-19 suspends play (2020)
• 86. Carlos Alberto scores that goal for Brazil (1970)
• 87. Lionel Messi makes fools of Real Madrid in El Clásico (2011)
• 88. Hosts South Korea equalise in one of the game’s most controversial matches (2002)
• 89. An epic comeback for Turkey at Euro 2008 (2008)
• 90. ‘Dennis Bergkamp! Dennis Bergkamp! Dennis Bergkamp!’ (1998)
• When The Clock Passes 90
• 91. ‘It’s up for grabs now!’ – Michael Thomas’s title winner (1989)
• 92. Bill Perry wins the Matthews Final (1953)
• 93. ‘And Solskjær has won it!’ – Manchester United seal the treble (1999)
• 94. ‘Agüeroooooo’ – Manchester City snatch the title (2012)
• 95. Oliver Bierhoff’s golden goal wins Euro 96 (1996)
• 96. Ajax stunned by Lucas Moura’s last-gasp winner (2019)
• 97. Troy Deeney punishes Anthony Knockaert’s penalty miss (2013)
• 98. Germany’s golden goal snatches the Women’s World Cup (2003)
• 99. Bobby Charlton completes United’s remarkable journey back from the brink (1968)
• 100. Shannon MacMillan’s Olympic golden goal sends USA to the final (1996)
• 101. Pipo Rodríguez’s winner sparks the Football War (1969)
• 102. Injuries take their toll in ‘the most brutal game in English football history’ (1970)
• 103. Thierry Henry’s handball sets it up for William Gallas (2009)
• 104. Henri Camara wins the ‘best golden goal period ever’ (2002)
• 105. Traianos Dellas scores football’s only ‘silver goal’ (2004)
• 106. Roger Milla dances around the corner flag (1990)
• 107. Blackburn Olympic provides football’s early rebirth (1883)
• 108. Klaus Fischer equalises for West Germany against France (1982)
• 109. Substitute Ryan Giggs weaves through the entire Arsenal defence (1999)
• 110. Zinedine Zidane headbutts his way into retirement (2006)
• 111. The ‘Game of the Century’ is settled by Gianni Rivera (1970)
• 112. Johan Cruyff’s Dream Team completes the set (1992)
• 113. The Soviet Union win the first European Championships (1960)
• 114. Laurent Blanc’s golden goal puts the Rainbow Team on course for victory (1998)
• 115. Argentina win the most controversial tournament in history (1978)
• 116. Andrés Iniesta wins the World Cup for Spain (2010)
• 117. Homare Sawa equalises for Japan in the World Cup Final (2011)
• 118. Marcelo helps seal La Décima for Real Madrid (2014)
• 119. Fabio Grosso’s late strike decides one of football’s greatest ever matches (2006)
• 120. ‘They think it’s all over… it is now!’ – England win the World Cup (1966)
• Penalties
• Epilogue
• Bibliography
• Photos