August 6 – Steel City Merger Laughed Out and Ronaldo Stepovers his way to England

One of the biggest bad ideas and the biggest egos English football has ever seen.

1999 Steel City Merger Dismissed

WITH the formation of the Premiership in 1992, clubs floating on the stock market, and sky (TV) high player wages, football was changing in the 1990s from a sport to a multi-million pound business.

While this was all well and good for those at the top end of the game, the money did not trickle down to the less fortunate clubs.

Two teams that were finding life hard in the late 1990s were two proud old clubs that shared a fierce rivalry, as well as a city. Read the full story on one of the worst ideas to come out of Yorkshire since Peter Ridsdale offered Seth Johnson £39,000 a week here.

2003 – Sporting Cronaldo Dazzles Fergie

WE’RE really sorry to do this to you, but today’s story is all about the one man we’ve all had enough of this summer. Today in 2003 Manchester United were undone by Sporting Lisbon in a preseason friendly thanks to match-winning performance from an 18-year-old Christiano Ronaldo. If you can bear to read another article about Him, click here.