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"The Busby babes really set the tone for what this club's always tried to do, which is play young players."
"Arsenal haven't been at the quarterfinals since 2010."
"Peak Liverpool under Jürgen Klopp would beat the Invincibles, in my honest opinion."
"Canada sent a national team to play its first official international match in Australia back in 1924."
"It is known as the 'Hand of God' and it's the most infamous goal in World Cup history."
"An awful timeline in recent European history: Munich 1958, also known as the Munich air disaster."
"The only real madrid player in history to score six goals in a single la liga match."
"This is going to go down as a legendary day in football history."
"Liverpool of the 70s, the greatest club side that we have ever seen in English football."
"I care about the origins of our football clubs."
"That team captured the imagination of a nation as well. A lot of people will support Manchester United now because their grandparents supported Manchester United because of the Busby Babes."
"The greatest upset and the greatest tale of all, not just in 2022 World Cup qualifying, but arguably in all of world football right now."
"Football through every club and throughout history is about opinion and debate."
"Payton's 2013 season is widely considered one of the greatest individual seasons by a quarterback in NFL history."
"Welcome to the club, icon moments Johan Cruyff, one of the best to ever do it on the football pitch."
"Romario was the man who carried Brazil to their 4th ever World Cup title."
"Romario, one of the greatest strikers who have ever lived."
"Her legacy as one of Argyle's greatest ever forwards continues to inspire."
"Chelsea o5 I think I put them third in the all-time Premier League teams."
"I think he's the best quarterback ever to get under Center in the history of football."
"The French team are led by Didier deschan, the man who captained France to their first ever World Cup back in 1998."
"It took Sir Alex seven years to win a title, and he's the greatest ever."
"Forever known as an iconic name in Liverpool's history."
"The day that Cristiano Ronaldo landed at the club today it's comparable to the day you sign Eric Cantona."
"The invincibles' achievement is massive, and I don't like how people play it down."
"NFL legend John Madden coached the Oakland Raiders to 10 winning seasons including victory in Super Bowl 11."
"Brian Clough would have called him probably Edward, and that's different."
"He made just as big an impact at Manchester United than Eric Cantona did."
"The Sir Alex Ferguson era involved the best of the best."
"Sergio Aguero made history becoming City's all-time top scorer."
"The biggest shock: Joe Hart had been essential to City's success."
"Eager Casillas... cemented his name in history as one of the greatest to ever defend the goal post."
"Dick Butkus was the personification of defensive intimidation in pro football."
"No man ever took a team into the final game of the season as many times as Otto Graham did."
"Until you win a Premier League and an FA Cup, you have not equaled what they have done."
"Sergio Aguero, the most important signing that Manchester City have made under the ownership of Sheikh Mansour."
"England... in 1966... it just goes to show that this run was also very impressive..."
"My legacy for Spurs will always be one of their best ever Strikers."
"Hell, forget about 2017, Foles nearly brought the team to a second straight NFC Championship game in 2018."
"Allison the goalkeeper has saved liverpool season and their hopes of finishing in the top four when you think you've seen it all in the premier league allison scores a winning goal absolutely extraordinary."
"Peak Liverpool under Klopp would beat the Invincibles."
"Beckham revolutionized Premier League football, didn't he?"
"But most of all, he built Liverpool Football Club up and up until it became a bastion of invincibility."
"In the whole history of the premier league since 1992, Manchester United have never lost a game after going two goals ahead."
"Once he ruled the world of football, Ronaldo. Wow."
"The Invincibles by Arsenal Football Club and Arsene Wenger."
"He was the first tight end ever inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame."
"Is it fair to call Jack Grealish an Aston Villa club legend? Personally, I think so."
"These were serious games against serious opposition and still Pele scored goals for fun."
"Invincibles was and still is the real deal in Premier League history."
"Man United's reign of terror is officially over."
"He was a Lisbon lion European Cup winner, won 11 League titles, eight Scottish cups, five League cups - I mean, that alone is insane!"
"Lampard, best goal-scoring midfielder of all time, fact."
"Lenny Moore: the only player in the National Football League in the 40/40 club."
"We lived through the Tom Brady era in the NFL, saw the greatest football player of all time play."
"The next generation of fans, born in a period since Sir Alex Ferguson, haven't seen success."
"The infamous Hand of God incident in soccer history."
"Nottingham Forest... a proud club steeped in history, they've won two European cups."
"Texas football began on Thanksgiving Day 1893 and it was magical from the very beginning."
"Really everyone you talk to says that Eric Dickerson just may be the best runningback ever to play the game."
"...going back to the year 2000, no one in college football has had 28 tackles in a game."
"TJ Watt has got himself into the history book."
"Of the 22 World Cups we have seen, 16 of them have been won by one of Brazil, Germany, Italy, or Argentina."
"The NASL was a failure in financial terms but not necessarily in footballing terms."
"...1996 on a Tuesday morning in April, the centenary year celebrations were put on hold as the football world mourned the passing of one of its most beloved sons."
"That's going to be the first time and a brand new record for Troy Brown who has caught more passes than any Patriot in history."
"Miami's victory in the longest pro football game ever played established the Dolphins as the team to watch in the early 70s."
"The Liverpool FC stadium tour will reveal everything there is to know about the club's history."
"United's Squad is the most expensive Squad in football history."
"We would have went to the Super Bowl in 2017 if Ryan Shazier didn't have his injury."
"A brilliant reward at the end of another dramatic chapter in the history of Middlesbrough Football Club."
"The game changed forever... it did change football forever, really."
"So who was Sandor Szucs, and why did the Hungarian government murder their finest centre-half, perhaps laying slain to their greatest chance of winning the World Cup in the process?"
"Spion Kop at Anfield has seen the great ones come and go, but never quite as they came and went in 1991."
"Zidane's achievements, but more importantly his performances, especially in big moments, provide a compelling argument for his rightful place up there on footballing history."
"To not lose a single game in an entire league campaign is something that is almost impossible to replicate."
"One of the few to have etched his name permanently in the history book of the beautiful game."
"Liverpool have knocked Manchester United out of the FA Cup for the first time since 1921."
"When I think of Nottingham Forest, I think of the European Cups, the Ned Stark of football, Brian Clough, a rich lineage of football royalty."
"I remember Chelsea before Abramovich took over there, and they were kicking around in like quarter-finals, absolutely buzzing to win the League Cup."
"Throughout football history, there's only been one classic striker to ever win the Ballon d'Or three times."
"For more than a century, Australian Rules Football has captivated the nation."
"Arsenal win the FA Cup for a 13th time, for a seventh time under Arsene Wenger."
"John Terry, in my opinion, is the best center off in Premier League history, in his prime he was ridiculous."
"He was the most clinical finisher of his time."
"On their knees with tears in their eyes coming to kiss that picture because they thought that they would never see that happen."
"Well, that's the David Tyree helmet catch."
"It would be fitting to think about Ronaldinho as the tipping point in Barcelona's recent history."
"The teams that Hungary was able to put out in the late 1930s to the late '50s were truly exceptional."
"Join me on a journey to Kingston upon Hull, the birthplace of football in its modern codified form."
"I've roomed with Klaus Lundekvam, which he was a tremendous player."
"It is a record to create something that has not been done before and will certainly under the current structure and system and where football's heading will never in my opinion happen again."
"Sunderland's red and white striped shirts were an ever-present in the first division, being involved in some of English football's most iconic moments."
"The FA Cup is probably the most famous football trophy in the world; it has a pedigree, a history beyond compare."
"The five-time world champions come from incredibly prestigious roots, and the history of football is intertwined with the Brazilian culture."
"We knew him as the father of football and indeed he was."
"It's quite incredible to believe what we achieve as a team and to be part here to see so many old faces and celebrate what was a historical moment in the history of British football."
"McGrory had his best season ever, scoring 47 goals in 36 games."
"Mind you, they managed that at Old Trafford on Wednesday, so who knows."
"The biggest comeback in a regular season from a deficit was the 49ers down by 28 points."
"Just a few years ago, Clemson football was on top of the world."
"He was a great runner, he was one of the first great receiving backs in the history of professional football."
"These men, brave men, are to be commended for finally breaking the color barrier permanently in pro football."
"That's effectively in a snapshot of his life, that's how he drove Argentina to the World Cup."
"Patrick Mahomes had probably the greatest debut season of all time in 2018."
"Safe to say, the Baltimore Colts were a really good team and were arguably the class of the NFL."
"Top teams in football since 1985... and Georgia Southern Division 1 Double A about to have four championships since '85."
"It's a piece of history that will probably live on for a 100, 200, maybe even 300 years plus of football."