EURO 2020 x EURO 1996

Southgate’s England can provide the healing a divided nation needs. Selly Oak, Birmingham, 26th June 1996, a 6-year-old boy lets out a sob as England defender Gareth Southgate’s meek penalty is saved by Andreas Köpke, advantage Germany. Moments later the waterworks would begin in earnest as Moller emphatically finished off England with the decisive spot-kick. […]

FAN STORIES | “It’s been 25 years…”

A ‘terrific’ goal. A terrific team. A terrific day. A horrific lack of joy over the next quarter of a century to follow… If you had told 10-year-old me that our stunning and comprehensive 3-0 victory over Leeds in the League Cup final of 1996 was going to be our last trophy for 25 years, […]