The worst of times, the best of Best

A goal so good it turned Barry Davies into Bernard Matthews

Hot hot heat

A year before he laid waste to South Africa at the Oval, Devon Malcolm bowled an even faster spell to beat Australia

How did Gascoigne play?

The night English football’s heart was broken into a thousand tiny pieces

The Sydney files

Since 1975, England have picked 13 Test debutants for the last match of an Ashes series. Name them or GTFO.

The longest day

Dead-rubber wins can taste just as sweet as the real thing - sometimes even sweeter

Let's push things forward

In December 2001, ten-man Arsenal ignored xenophobia, injustice and Europe’s deadliest snake to win at Anfield. It was the symbolic start of the Invincible era

9. Arsene Who?

In the summer of 1996, Alex Ferguson was in desperate need of a worthy adversary. Nobody realised the answer would come from Japan.

Let me be your fantasy

In five seasons as Kent’s overseas player, Carl Hooper produced high art in industrial quantities. Shame he couldn't do it more often

Name the 24 players England used in the 1993 Ashes

And you wonder why Australia won 4-1

6: Anyone But United

In 1993-94, Manchester United stole Arsenal’s title as the most hated team in England

Name the 1998 Ballon d'or longlist

Name the nominees, bathe in pride

3. Hit the North Bank

The Arsenal-Man Utd rivalry intensified during a ferocious FA Cup tie in 1988