In this piece, I will chronicle the careers of those who I consider to be the best 10 Male players of the Open Era. Only achievements from the Open Era of 1968 onwards are considered. For example, Rod Laver does not make the list as despite winning all 4 slams in the first full year …
10. Evonne Goolagong Evonne Goolagong reached her first Grand Slam final at the 1971 Australian Open, she would go on to reach a total of 17 finals in the 70′s, which was more than any other player male or female. After losing her first final to Margaret Court, Goolagong took revenge in the final of …
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The Treble On Saturday the 10th of June Manchester City became just the second English team ever to achieve the treble. Though for all intents and purposes, the treble was secured weeks before when Real Madrid was beaten 4-0 at the Etihad, the only team left in their path with the tournament pedigree to believe …
Gabriel Jesus scored or assisted all 4 of Arsenal’s goals in his home debut, a 4-2 win over Leicester which was sandwiched in between two impressive away wins at Palace and Bournemouth in the never to be seen again pink third kit. Arsenal exercised demons from the previous season by this time kicking the campaign …
April From an Arsenal perspective, Bukayo Saka was again the story of the International Break, receiving rave reviews from the media for his role in England’s 2-0 Euros Qualifier win over Ukraine, where the winger grabbed a goal and an assist, the goal being a wonderful curled finish into the top corner from outside the …
The Summer of 2023 promises to be one of the most important ones in recent memory for Arsenal. For much of the last decade plus they’d sleepwalked themselves into becoming something of a sleeping giant. Perhaps understandably at first given the financial restraints of paying off their new stadium, a time where Arsenal spent most …
It was 8 years after Football became a professional sport that the first transfer fee of £100 was made when Scottish striker Willie Groves joined Aston Villa from West Brom in 1893. Sunderland born Alf Common was the first player to command a fee of over £500 in 1902 when he re-joined his local team …
World Cup & Mid-Season Friendlies The 2022 World Cup saw Saka take his performances to the biggest stage in football and deliver once more, the winger scoring 3 in 4 games, and he was a regular thorn in France’s side in the Quarters, winning a penalty. It was not all positives however as Arsenal suffered …
Muhammad Ali fought 548 Professional Rounds against 50 different men across a span of 61 fights, 13 countries, four continents and 21 years. 27 of Muhammad’s fights were scheduled for the 15 round Championship distance, so in this blog, I will cover the 15 defining rounds of The Greatest’s career. Muhammad Ali and Joe Louis …
Roger Federer is not the GOAT. He wasn’t the Greatest Men’s player of all time before Rafael Nadal has tied him on 20 Grand Slams last year and he isn’t now. Nor has he been for a long time. I realise this opening will upset a lot of people who have already angrily closed down …