Tag: Euros
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Euro 2004: A Tournament for the Aegeans
Greece may have pulled off the biggest shock in football history by winning Euro 2004, but the joy of some Turkish fans at their success might trump even that.
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Euro 2028 – The Bid, The Excitement, The Realities
It is now official: The United Kingdom and Ireland are bidding for the European Championships in 2028. The FA, FAI, IFA, SFA and the FAW are joining forces to put together a bid to host the Euros having been advised not to pursue the World Cup in 2030. There are several types of excitement that…
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Euro 2020 Round Table: The aftermath
It’s probably safe to say Euro 2020 has been a tournament like none other for so many reasons, but in the end we got there! Records tumbled, borders were crossed many times over, and Football FINALLY/ALMOST came home… Our panel discussed how our pre-tournament predictions went – some monstrous ones in there – the biggest…
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When Greeks became Gods: Euro 2004’s epic final
Euro 2020 will go down as one of the more unusual tournaments; spread over 11 host cities from Baku to Glasgow, delayed a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, and countless records tumbled. It certainly wasn’t the first to shock fans though; today we look back at the final of the 2004 edition in Portugal,…
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Euro Stories: Denmark handed last-minute Euro ‘92 place at Yugoslavia’s expense
Football is historically littered with fairy tale endings and dreams coming true. It’s also partial to its fair share of unwritable scripts. On 31 May 1992, just 10 days before the European Championships commenced, the seeds of an incredible football journey began to flourish. Prior to the tournament, Yugoslavia had won their qualifying group for…
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Russia, the Euros and Me
When you get rejected by a budget supermarket chain for a shelf-stacking job, you know it’s time to switch focus; that was my position 12 years ago after finishing journalism college, so I looked abroad for opportunities. I knew nothing of Russian culture or the football other than the UEFA Cup wins in 2005 and…
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Euro 2020 Round Table: Winners, dark horses, flops, top scorers, fondest memories
With what will surely go down as one of the more unusual European Championships after the year-long delay due to the global pandemic, not to mention the pan-continental set-up with games played from Azerbaijan to London, we sat down to discuss the key names we expect to turn up. Bryan Moore, Jack Wills, Andrew McAlister,…
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