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The Home of Retro Football. A unique blog that showcases the iconic moments and memories of the beautiful game from past and present. [email protected]

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From the Camp Nou to The Valley. On this day in 1982, 2nd division #CharltonAthletic signed former Ballon d'Or winner Allan Simonsen from #FCBarcelona. The Dane turned down a move to #RealMadrid and #Spurs to join the Addicks 🤯 He scored 9 goals in 16 appearances before being sold on when they couldn't afford the transfer fees and wages
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Hands up if you've ever jibbed in 🙋‍♂️
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Eric Cantona winning the FA Cup for Manchester United, 1996.
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#OnThisDay in 1991 @GaryLineker rescued England with this volley against Poland in Poznan to send England through to #Euro92 🎙from John Motson "Oh yes, it's there for England, its Gary Lineker"
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At least #ManUtd top one league table this season 👏 I'm pretty sure they're all predicting a management change very soon too. Can you spot your team? If not, join #PlayPredictWin today and help your beloved club climb the leaderboard by earning points.
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#OnThisDay in 1987 England qualified for #Euro88 with an excellent 4-1 victory against Yugoslavia in Belgrade 🎙from Brian Moore 🎥 @3Retro_Football👍
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We Remember Them #RemembranceDay
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@The_Hex_BlogNov 11
We Remember Them #RemembranceDay READ the excellent guest blog form @footballandwar about the history of Football and War below 👇 thehexblog.com/2021/04/28/fo…
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Back in 1984, Jock Stein's #Scotland side beat #Yugoslavia 6-1 with goals coming from six different players 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Get kitted out for the International break at 3Retro.com with classics from bygone eras! #retrostyle
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RT if this was you in the 90's?
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CHELSEA REWIND: The first Chelsea player you think of when you see this shirt? 👕
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Congratulations to our weekly winner #Knockers 👏 Top spot was secured with 5 exact predictions and 7 correct results from 19 predictions. £50 is on it's way to you! 💷
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Back in 2003, Frank Lampard scored his first international goal for #England against #Croatia at Portman Road. Which player made his last #ThreeLions appearance that night? #ENGCRO
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TIRO@tirofootballOct 22
🦅 🦁TIRO ISSUE 4_GENOA Italy's oldest club — our latest issue on sale @ link in bio Inside, we've got: A football shop from the distant past Crashing a party A night with the ultras The importance of a rock On sale now! All orders to ship from 2/11.
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Man Utd 1986/87
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Remembering Andreas Brehme, who would have been 66 today Outstanding full back for Kaiserslautern, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Zaragoza & won 86 caps for 🇩🇪 Sadly passed away in 2024 🙏
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Manage any team, from any league, from any era on the latest version of Retro Football Manager but beware it can be addictive! FREE to play FREE to download here 👇📲 rfm25.onelink.me/AFls/jl91uy…
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Play Predict Win just got better! Download the APP and play for FREE 👇 Enjoy! AppStore 📲 apps.apple.com/gb/app/play-p… GooglePlay 📲 play.google.com/store/apps/d…
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On this day in 1996, Gianfranco Zola signed for Chelsea.
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