![Liverpool prevailed 5-4 over the Deportivo Alavés in the epic 2001 UEFA Cup final in Dortmund, with an own goal in extra time settling the tie (5-4).](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/ZNBUXZ6RHVONBBAKQKRYQRFKKI.jpg?auth=ab1c9220aa9ff6a57759060bb56cb68049d5b3dabaf2ec8a07df36304d407406&width=360&height=270&smart=true)
![Liverpool prevailed 5-4 over the Deportivo Alavés in the epic 2001 UEFA Cup final in Dortmund, with an own goal in extra time settling the tie (5-4).](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/ZNBUXZ6RHVONBBAKQKRYQRFKKI.jpg?auth=ab1c9220aa9ff6a57759060bb56cb68049d5b3dabaf2ec8a07df36304d407406&width=360&height=270&smart=true)
![El golazo de Nayim en la final de la Recopa que ganó el Zaragoza.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/LM3TCZEN5FI55OY4K4QZ7HD2L4.jpg?auth=337d678c1dab066c2db5c9c70db539a8c14260ef1ca11323c8810d0b6675a9e1&width=360&height=203&smart=true)
ON THIS DAY IN FOOTBALL... 10 MAY
Nayim - from the halfway line (1995)
Alfredo Relaño
![Un aficionado salta al campo para pegar al árbitro durante el Real Madrid - Bayern Munich de Copa de Europa.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/QKXBQHPNBFJDLLMYRWU2CSPOVU.jpg?auth=a3f85335b7b259603cc7b4405a486465964f11951a67d4b6bae3f808316f2e20&width=360&height=203&smart=true)
ON THIS DAY IN FOOTBALL... 9 MAY
The "Bernabéu Mad Man" shows remorse (2001)
Alfredo Relaño
![Carlos Soria started climbing at 14. At 21 he headed to the Alps for the first time to attempt serious climbs.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/6JASLFOK4JPW5PRZ4MMNAHOWZU.jpg?auth=e29e4b0f9da75fa346de54114346ee2b15dd7bd9897d5ef199ce572a2feca351&width=360&height=270&smart=true)
Mountaineering
77 year old Carlos Soria summits Annapurna
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ON THIS DAY IN FOOTBALL...24 APRIL
Xavi and Spain's Under-20s are crowned world champions (1999)
Alfredo Relaño
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ON THIS DAY IN FOOTBALL... 3 APRIL
Boca Juniors is formed, on a park bench in Buenos Aires (1905)
Alfredo Relaño
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ON THIS DAY IN FOOTBALL | 27 MARCH
Fowler shows support for Liverpool's dock workers (1997)
Alfredo Relaño
![Con sólo diez años formó parte de las categorías inferiores del Ajax. Pasó rápidamente por todas las categorías inferiores hasta que consiguió llegar a la primera plantilla, por recomendación de Vic Buckingham.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/2HAZ3HQRGRPLLPESCKTCMLI6NE.jpg?auth=20a3808f62ba3a29b625dc90959779d682f74fd4873e8b8556b75c0ae3a148b9&width=360&height=203&smart=true)
AS Historia
Johan Cruyff 'El Flaco'
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ON THIS DAY IN FOOTBALL... 14 MARCH
Brazil go yellow (1954)
Alfredo Relaño
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366 football tales | 18 February (1987)
Lineker scores four against the 'Quinta del Buitre'
Alfredo Relaño
![AS Roma's Stadio Olímpico was empty apart from a select group of journalist's and VIP^'s after UEFA ordered a stadium closure. Spectators were banned from the Olympic stadium due to UEFA sanctions imposed upon the Italian side after referee Anders Frisk](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/XXQC276UNFMZLDJJ2KNIQQD3DA.jpg?auth=372ff7994a4b2d1a3ebb96993e9848bc29aece50fb5f1967e379f6cb724c4ccc&width=360&height=270&smart=true)
ROMA - REAL MADRID (2004)
Real Madrid take Roma apart in empty Olímpico
Agustín Martín