July 28 – An Eastern European Split and Ruud Packs His Bags

Fresh from the OTFD achieves….

2006 – Serbia and Montenegro Go Their Separate Ways

OVER the last few years football has added yet another cliche to it’s ranks: “there’s no easy games in international football anymore.” We think that’s baloney when minnows such as Andorra, Guam and the Cook Islands are knocking around in the international game. Today in 2006 another side was added to Fifa’s numbers when Serbia and Montenegro split to become two separate sides. Read more here…

2006 – Van Nistelrooy Signs for Real

No matter how good you might perceive yourself to be, you can’t cross Sir Alex Ferguson. This is what Ruud Van Nistelrooy found out today in 2006, when Manchester United sold their leading goalscorer of the past five seasons to Real Madrid for £15 million. Read all about it…