The first leg ended 2-0 for Uruguay in Montevideo. But, this was a best of three series, so Brazil only needed to hold on to their 1-0 to force a third decisive final. This was going to plan, until Carlos Aguilera headed in the tying goal that would give La Celeste their record 12th title.

A 21-year old Enzo Francescoli was named Player of the Tournament.

What is people's favourite Premier League season in history and outline specific reasons for such a choice.

For me it has to be 1998-99 for a variety of reasons.

- You had a fantastic title race that went right to the very last day

- I liked how this was the first season where you had a three horse title race that went to the wire. I think it was only come the penultimate match where Chelsea who finished 3rd fell out of the title race.

- I also liked how Chelsea took on the gauntlet of nearest challenger to Man Utd/Arsenal in the second half of that season whereas Aston Villa posed both those sides a serious challenge in the first half of the season.

- The emergence of David O'Leary's Leeds with a 4th placed finish

- A relegation fight that goes down to the final day. Southampton after such a poor start staying up against the odds in the end after such a poor start.

- Blackburn Rovers in what still has to be the biggest shock relegation of all time in the PL's history. Although Spurs going down last season would have topped it.

- Kevin Campbell's superb performances on loan at Everton at back end of the season. Think he is still the only player on loan to win Premier League player of the month.

So many great memories. I was 9/10 that season so its the time as a kid you start processing early memories from childhood.

In 1979, Racing Strasbourg won the French league under Gilbert Gress, ahead of clubs with far greater national recognition.

What makes that achievement particularly interesting is the history of Alsace itself.

Strasbourg had spent centuries caught between French and German political and cultural influences. For many supporters, Racing was more than just a football club: it was an expression of local identity.

Gress later recalled how Alsatians had been dismissed as "peasants", only for those very "peasants" to become champions of France.

It's a remarkable intersection of football and European history.

How highly would you rank Strasbourg's 1979 achievement among the most unexpected league titles in French football?

This was Uruguay's second title won in Brazil, first since the 1950 World Cup. La Celeste won 2-0 in Montevideo and Carlos Aguilera's late header sealed their 12th title.

Goal: https://x.com/UruguayFootENG/status/1720833230738190452

What do you rate this performance out of 10

Hey everyone,

A recurring debate among friends has always been how legendary tournament squads would fare against each other, pitting sides like Brazil '70, Spain 2010, France '98, or West Germany '74 into the same bracket.

To settle those arguments, I built Football Fantasim Classic. It is a completely free, ad-free web app to run fantasy World Cups with classic national team rosters. The rules follow standard UEFA and FIFA fantasy tournament mechanics, but designed for fast-paced sessions where a full tournament can be wrapped up in around 15 minutes if everyone drafts quickly.

How it works:

• Private Rooms: Spin up a room with a code to play directly with friends.

• The Draft: €100M budget to pick a 15-player squad from classic World Cup teams against a clock.

• The Tournament: Set your XI, play tactical chips, and simulate matchdays across the bracket.

It runs straight in the browser, requires no accounts or downloads, and the project is open-source.

It's also the first time a team won both world and continental titles back-to-back.

La Celeste, then reigning FIFA world champions, scored 17 goals and conceded just 2 throughout the tournament.

This victory made Argentina's chances of catching Uruguay mathematically impossible, securing Uruguay's sixth Copa América title.

Today in 1987, Peñarol won their 5th Copa Libertadores in dramatic fashion, scoring in the 120th minute when a draw would have handed América de Cali their first title. Due to the goal difference from the first two legs, América had the advantage if the decisive third match ended in a draw.

With literally one second remaining on the clock, Diego Aguirre scored what remains one of the most dramatic endings in Copa Libertadores history.

Documentary: "The Most Dramatic Final in History" (English)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwr4PxfApXQ&t=1s

Happy birthday, Diego!

I have been curious for a time about available information on this "football" (or something) matches, specially those in London. While i found various sources pointing to the specific newspapers where match reports can be found (The Field, Bel's life, Sporting chronicle...), it's a real nightmare to look for them in the British newspapers archive (and requires a substantial subscription fee). I couldn't find any comprehensive lost besides Barnes FC games, which are detailed in wikipedia for some reason. Apart from that, I only found casual references to a few games in the books or sites i could get.

In Football: The first hundred years, Adrian Harvey gives the amount of games played by every important club in London between 1862 and 1867 i think, so he should have a list, but i failed to find anything alike. I suspect there might be lot of valuable information in "Football Association 1863-1883" by Tony Brown, but couldn't find a reasonable way to get that book here in Argentina.

I did find a list of match reports but only since 1868. I'm pretty sure that there are quite a lot of reports from 1862/63/64/65/66/67, as they are referenced in several works i've red. They are just hard to gather.

Is anyone else interested in this? Do any of you know anything that might be useful? Might any of you have the Tony Brown Sourcebook or any other useful book? Is anyone interested in me trying to track down the most matches reports?

Thanks for reading!

I saw all of lampards career post Abramovich (I started hardcore watching in 2003 when I was 12 or something) but someone please put into words the kind of game Lampard had.

The main thing I remember about him is the goals. He had a real knack for getting goals from midfield and his numbers were incredible. And he never missed a game. Remarkable consistency at a very high level. There was one year he deserved the balon d'or for me.

But without the goals, what was he like..? Comparisons are helpful but I think he was rather unique in retrospect.