CELEBRATING THE GUV'NOR

-

Happy Birthday to former West Ham, Inter Milan, Liverpool, Manchester United, Middlesborough, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Macclesfield Town and Swindon Town midfielder Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince who turns 52 today. He spent six years of his club career with Manchester United where he scored 29 goals in 281 appearances, winning 10 ten trophies as well, including the inaugural Premier League title (1992, when the English Division One was rebranded to the English Premier League). At international level, Ince was capped 53 times by England, scoring two goals. He was the first black player to captain the Three Lions. Ince has managed the likes of MK Dons, Macclesfield Town, Notes County, Blackburn Rovers and Blackpool. In two spells at manager of MK Dons, Ince won two trophies. Notably, His son Tom Ince plays for Championship side Stoke City.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

AMPADU MAKES HISTORY

-
Image
At 17 years and 89 days old, Ethan Ampadu is now the second youngest Chelsea player to make an appearance in the Premier League after Jody Steven Morris (vs Middlesbrough on 4 February 1996 at the age of 17years 43 days). Ampadu came up as an 80th-minute substitute for Andreas Christensen in a 3-1 win over Huddersfield Town.
Read more

ONAZI QUITS LUTHANIAN CLUB

-
Image
  Onazi has left  FK Zalgiris Super Eagles midfielder, Ogenyi Onazi, has left FK Zalgiris Vilnius six months after signing for the Lithuanian club. Onazi joined Zalgiris Vilnius in February after mutually terminating his contract with Danish Superliga side SönderjyskE. However, six months after signing the one-year deal, he has parted ways with The Green-Whites. Media reports gathered that it was a mutual agreement between the two parties. The 28-year-old who hasn't played for the Super Eagles since 2018 made 26 appearances in all competitions for the club, including four in the Champions League qualifiers, where he scored a goal in the first round qualifying. Onazi also scored two times and provided one assist in 19 league games for the side. 
Read more

SPECIAL MENTIONS: HODDLE, EL SHAARAWY AND ZOUMA

-
Image
Happy Birthday to former Tottenham Hotspur, AS Monaco, Swindon Town and Chelsea Midfielder Glenn Hoddle who turns 62 today. He scored 110 goals in 490 games for Spurs between 1975 to 1987, winning four trophies, including the 1983/1984 UEFA Cup. At international level, he scored 8 goals in 53 caps for England and also represented the Three Lions at four different tournaments(1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cup, 1980 and 1988 European Championship). In June 1993, Hoddle became player-manager of Chelsea (he retired from the playing side in 1995), going on to finished as runners-up at 1993/1994 FA Cup final where Chelsea lost 0-4 to eventual winners Manchester United. As England manager, Hoddle reached the 1998 FIFA World Cup Round of 16 where the Three Lions lost 4-3 on penalties to Argentina(regulation time ended 2-2). He has also managed the likes of Wolverhampton Wanderers, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur and Swindon Town(player/manager). He now works as a television pundit and commentator...
Read more