Pause, rewind, play: When Chelsea won their first Champions League title in 2012, against all odds
The Blues beat Bayern Munich in their own backyard on penalties in the nail-biting final to seal a remarkable triumph after a dramatic campaign. Chelsea lifting the Champions League trophy after beating Bayern Munich in the final | ODD ANDERSEN / AFP
For Chelsea, the all-conquering English football force in the noughties backed by the riches of Roman Abramovich, the Champions League title was the one that always got away.
The Blues were a penalty kick away in Moscow in 2008 when club captain John Terry slipped at the most crucial moment to send his penalty wide and Manchester United triumphed in sudden death.
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Meanwhile at the Stadium of Light, after Sir Alex Ferguson s side secured a 1-0 win against Sunderland thanks to a goal from Wayne Rooney, news began to filter through that City had scored a stoppage-time winner to win the title on goal difference.
With virtually the final kick of the season, Sergio Aguero s last-gasp winner ruined United s chances in the most dramatic of circumstances, and it was written all over their faces.
A stunned Phil Jones was left open-mouthed by the news as an emotional Ferguson herded his team towards the dressing room, while Ji Sung-Park could only laugh at his teammates as Michael Owen looked on in shock.
Edwin Curmie Price Jr.
, an Ohio University alumnus and the University s first Black faculty member, passed away on April 23.
The history and status of Black Americans at Ohio University, published in 1974, notes the hiring of O.U. s first black faculty member, E. Curmie Price, in the English Department in 1963. Price earned a Master of Arts degree in literature from OHIO in 1964. He taught first-year writing courses then labeled ENG 100.
“He may have taught the works of Shakespeare and Milton, yet his gift was to understand Baldwin and Ellison. The birth of our friendship was in Athens the same day President Kennedy was shot in Dallas, alumnus
David Meyler: Saturday will be a fascinating dress rehearsal for the Champions League final
In this week’s column, the ex-Sunderland and Hull City midfielder gives his predictions for Man City v Chelsea and previews Liverpool’s late push for the top four. By William Hill Friday 7 May 2021, 9:45 AM May 7th 2021, 9:45 AM 3,030 Views 0 Comments
Guardiola and Tuchel ahead of the 2016 German Cup final.
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EX-IRELAND INTERNATIONAL David Meyler is The42′s football columnist for this season.
Every Friday, the former Hull City and Sunderland midfielder will give expert insight and his predictions ahead of the weekend’s action, alongside the latest William Hill prices.
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Updated: May 7 2021, 6:36 ET
NINE years, six series and 1,000 acronyms later, millions of underwhelmed Line Of Duty viewers finally learned H’s identity and the lousy price of his treachery as well.
It was poor, gormless Det Supt Ian Buckells, who’d done it all for “a time-share in Gran Canaria”.
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Millions of underwhelmed Line of Duty viewers finally learned H’s identityCredit: BBC
Not even Fuerteventura, with a “resort swap option”, which would’ve had me tipping off the OCG the moment I passed out at Hendon Police College.
Buckells sold his soul for Gran Canaria, we were asked to believe.