Two minutes and forty-seven seconds is not a long time if it’s the answer to the question, how long is your commute to work? Ask (Big) Dan Burn against Paris Saint-Germain, though, and he’ll tell you that it was the longest wait of his life so far.It was all worth the wait ✨VAR confirm that Dan Burn's effort has doubled Newcastle's lead ✅Champions League DREAMLAND ⚫️⚪️ pic.twitter.com/7pqPGEJRqi— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) October 4, 2023By Andrew MartinREAD NEXT: Revisiting the last Newcastle XI to play in the Champions League in 2003TRY A QUIZ: Can you name...…Two minutes and forty-seven seconds is not a long time if it’s the answer to the question, how long is your commute to work? Ask (Big) Dan Burn against Paris Saint-Germain, though, and he’ll tell you that it was the longest wait of his life so far.It was all worth the wait ✨VAR confirm that Dan Burn's effort has doubled Newcastle's lead ✅Champions League DREAMLAND ⚫️⚪️ pic.twitter.com/7pqPGEJRqi— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) October 4, 2023By Andrew MartinREAD NEXT: Revisiting the last Newcastle XI to play in the Champions League in 2003TRY A QUIZ: Can you name...WW…

Louis van Gaal managed some of the biggest clubs in the world during his career – and he helped develop some wonderful young players along the way.Van Gaal worked with some of the most successful players in history during his time in charge of Ajax, Barcelona, AZ, Bayern Munich and Manchester United, also helping the Netherlands to a World Cup semi-final in 2014.The legendary tactician retired following his leadership of the Dutch squad at Qatar 2022, and his treatment for prostate cancer during the qualifiers for the tournament, but his reputation will live on for decades.Or at least...…Louis van Gaal managed some of the biggest clubs in the world during his career – and he helped develop some wonderful young players along the way.Van Gaal worked with some of the most successful players in history during his time in charge of Ajax, Barcelona, AZ, Bayern Munich and Manchester United, also helping the Netherlands to a World Cup semi-final in 2014.The legendary tactician retired following his leadership of the Dutch squad at Qatar 2022, and his treatment for prostate cancer during the qualifiers for the tournament, but his reputation will live on for decades.Or at least...WW…

We’ve all got one or two of those moments in our lives that we look back on and think ‘if only’. Maybe your mate told you about this new internet money thing called Bitcoin back in 2011 and you just shrugged and told them it’d never amount to anything. Or perhaps your email account diverted that dream job offer into the spam folder and by the time you saw it, they’d offered it to someone else.For the most part, those possibilities won’t be quite as frustrating as QPR and Gerry Francis’ ‘if only’ moment – when they managed to let one of the finest footballers of the modern era slip...…We’ve all got one or two of those moments in our lives that we look back on and think ‘if only’. Maybe your mate told you about this new internet money thing called Bitcoin back in 2011 and you just shrugged and told them it’d never amount to anything. Or perhaps your email account diverted that dream job offer into the spam folder and by the time you saw it, they’d offered it to someone else.For the most part, those possibilities won’t be quite as frustrating as QPR and Gerry Francis’ ‘if only’ moment – when they managed to let one of the finest footballers of the modern era slip...WW…

A year on from an infamous trip to Istanbul to face Galatasaray, Manchester United were no longer in hell as proposed in 1993, but felt the heat inside Old Trafford on a December night as they welcomed the Turkish side to Manchester.Sir Alex Ferguson’s Red Devils found themselves between a rock and a hard place in their bid to make the knockout stages of the 1994-95 Champions League.Beating Gala in front of a home crowd wasn’t enough. They needed a favour from IFK Goteborg out in Spain, that favour being beating none other than Barcelona. Tough ask.But Ferguson knew that. And with a league...…A year on from an infamous trip to Istanbul to face Galatasaray, Manchester United were no longer in hell as proposed in 1993, but felt the heat inside Old Trafford on a December night as they welcomed the Turkish side to Manchester.Sir Alex Ferguson’s Red Devils found themselves between a rock and a hard place in their bid to make the knockout stages of the 1994-95 Champions League.Beating Gala in front of a home crowd wasn’t enough. They needed a favour from IFK Goteborg out in Spain, that favour being beating none other than Barcelona. Tough ask.But Ferguson knew that. And with a league...WW…

Despite the success they enjoyed together at Chelsea, there was always a sense that Jose Mourinho and Roman Abramovich enjoyed a marriage of convenience.Abramovich, who sacked Claudio Ranieri in 2004 after a trophyless season, may have seen Mourinho as a serial winner who’d bring success to Stamford Bridge but without playing the ‘sexy’ football he desperately craved.While Mourinho, despite recognising that the Chelsea owner could bankroll his every whim in the transfer market, resented Abrahmovich’s preference for star signings.And the arrival of Andriy Shevchenko in the summer of 2006...…Despite the success they enjoyed together at Chelsea, there was always a sense that Jose Mourinho and Roman Abramovich enjoyed a marriage of convenience.Abramovich, who sacked Claudio Ranieri in 2004 after a trophyless season, may have seen Mourinho as a serial winner who’d bring success to Stamford Bridge but without playing the ‘sexy’ football he desperately craved.While Mourinho, despite recognising that the Chelsea owner could bankroll his every whim in the transfer market, resented Abrahmovich’s preference for star signings.And the arrival of Andriy Shevchenko in the summer of 2006...WW…