Tag: premier league

Names of the Nineties: Faustino Asprilla

While consistency was always a problem for Faustino Asprilla, he remains one of Newcastle’s great entertainers from the era of the Entertainers

Names of the Nineties: Patrik Berger

Despite his injury problems, Patrick Berger was a true joy of a 1990s footballer. A man with a look that could kill, you could say

Names of the Nineties: Alan Shearer

He may not have won the trophies that his talent deserved but Alan Shearer remains the most deadly and effective striker in Premier League history

Names of the Nineties: Emerson

Arriving at a time of great promise at Middlesbrough, Brazilian midfielder Emerson would become a cult hero in a single season at the Cellnet

Names of the Nineties: Saša Ćurčić

Saša Ćurčić, a volatile personality and gifted footballer, remains one of the first true instances of the Premier League boom and bust future

Names of the Nineties: Vinnie Jones

A lengthy YouTube session reminiscing over Vinnie Jones’ antics from the 90s deserves to be screened at Leicester Square as much as any of his movies

Names of the Nineties: Daniel Amokachi

Daniel Amokachi was an Everton gamble who never quite hit the jackpot but was certainly well worth the punt for his FA Cup heroics alone

Names of the Nineties: Stuart Pearce

If somebody wrote a football version of the Art of War, the first page should show Pearce placing the ball on the spot before his penalty against Spain in ’96

Names of the Nineties: David Seaman

That moutstache. That ponytail. David Seaman was truly iconic. And beyond that, he remains one of English football’s greatest goalkeepers

Names of the Nineties: Matthew Le Tissier

Le Tissier was an enigma, an instinctive talent who could defy the norm, and he will go down as one of the finest of the first decade of the Premier League

Names of the Nineties: Ian Wright

From the concrete estates of south London to the summit of the Premier League, Ian Wright is a man who may belong to the 90s but shall never be forgotten

Names of the Nineties: Roy Keane

Roy Keane began the 1990s as a semi-pro footballer in Ireland and ended it as Manchester United’s historic treble-winning captain

Peter Crouch: a man in a game of robots

It’s ironic that Peter Crouch, a man known to dance like a robot, was anything but, despite playing out a career in a game littered with them