DO I NOT LIKE THAT!

17th July 1994 The Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, USA, saw the first World Cup Final to be decided on a penalty shoot-out. After extra time had ended with the score at 0-0 Brazil beat Italy 3-2 on pens to win the title for the fourth time.

Under the leadership of new manager Graham Taylor (remember him?), England failed to qualify for the tournament!! In a group with six teams, England lost to Norway and The Netherlamds, finishing third above Poland, Turkey and San Marino.

England went into their final game with San Marino knowing they would need a seven-goal victory and for Poland to beat the Netherlands in the other match in order to qualify. In the game against San Marino, Davide Gualtiere scored against England after nine seconds, taking the lead for the outsiders. England went on to win 7–1, which was too small a goal margin. Additionally, despite the half-time score between the Poles and the Dutch being 1–1, the Dutch went on to win 3–1, meaning that however many goals England scored, they could still not qualify. Taylor's tenure in charge ended and he was replaced by Terry Venables, who left after England lost the semi-final of Euro 1996, hosted in England.

17th July 1991 The day that the Premier League took a giant step to reality. The 22 clubs in the old First Division – led by the ‘big 5’ of Arsenal, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur – signed the Founder Members Agreement in which they agreed to set up a new "League". That league would be separate from the existing Football League although there would be promotion and relegation between the Premier League and Football League with Premier League sides also remaining in the FA Cup and League Cup. The driving force behind the change was inevitably money. The top clubs wanted commercial independence from the Football League – and the FA – so they could negotiate their own TV deals and sponsorship agreements. They hoped the change would help the top clubs compete with the top teams in Europe…..and bank more money! The Premier League kicked off in the 1992/93 season.