Relive The Biggest Football Moments Of 2016
2016 has come and gone in a flash. For football fans, it's been a fairytale year with many surprises. Here are the most amazing moments that unfolded in the past year.
2016 has come and gone in a flash. For football fans, it's been a fairytale year with many surprises. Here are the most amazing moments that unfolded in the past year.
For many, 2016 will be remembered as a year of loss. For all the remarkable gains, achievements and creations that sprung from 2016, it’s often the hurt derived from defeats and casualties that reverberates most poignantly. Here are 10 things we’ve lost in football over the course of 2016.
What a year 2016 was! It had all sorts of soccer stuff happen: the Champions League, the Europa League, the Euros, the Copa America Centenario, goals, saves, fouls, moves, everything. Here is a list of some soccer stuff that happened in 2016.
Alberto Moreno Tried To Say “Unbelievable Jeff”
Missed Penalties
As has been said on many occasions, football is a beautiful game. With it, we laugh, we cry and we sometimes throw things at our television screens, but that doesn't diminish our passion.
What might accomplish that, however, is the constant need for social media to single-handedly try and shatter the illusion that surrounds these overpaid heroes we watch week in and week out.
A country's awarding of their footballer of the year award ultimately says a lot about the state of the game within that nation. For example, knowing that Argentina are loaded with talent but that one man has managed to win this individual prize on 10 occasions speaks to his standing as one of the greatest of all time.
For other nations, a player sweeping the prize time after time shows that he’s single-handedly carrying that nation to new heights à la Gareth Bale. These are the players that’ve utterly dominated their country’s player of the year award in recent times.
Christmas is widely considered to be the most wonderful time of the year by many, but football is different. There is no winter break and many teams will be thinking of the Boxing Day game as opposed to a turkey dinner, and it can be hard. What would make it even harder, however, is awarding those sides with what can only be described as the worst Christmas gifts of all time.
Chelsea — Crowd Noise Generator
The Guardian's annual list of the 100 best footballers is in the process of coming out. How does it compare with our list of 100 footballers? Check it out.
100. Joe Allen
99. Steve McNulty
98. Gabor Kiraly
97. Kolo Toure
96. Burrito Martinez
95. Hobbit Bermudez
94. Alex Teixeira
93. Fred
We're going to do you a big favor. We know that, right now, you are panicking because you haven't figured out what to get that special someone for Christmas / her birthday / Valentine's Day / graduation / insert whatever holiday you want here.
No matter what the holiday, the ten gifts below are perfect for the soccer lover in your life.