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The Football History Boys: My Top 10 of the last 10 years | @Benny_J

This week, Gareth and I can celebrate The Football History Boys reaching its 10th birthday. When we set the website up from our freezing cold uni house in 2013, we could never have imagined we'd still be writing ten years later. In 2013 we saw football history as a gateway to so much more than just the scorelines with over 150 years of stories to read, dissect and share. As we've been researching and writing, history has continued to be made as the last 10 years have provided its own defining moments. In this short blog I am going to look back at each year from 2013-2022 and offer my personal choices for the moments that will stand the test of time. 2013 - Sir Alex Ferguson Leaves Man United Surprisingly, the first moment in our list doesn't come directly from the football pitch. Rather it celebrates the incredible, and quite frankly ridiculously successful, career of one of the game's greatest managers. After a successful spell as manager of Aberdeen, Sir Alex Ferguson

The Football History Boys: My Top 10 of the Last 10 Years | @GJ_Thomas

This week, Ben and I can celebrate The Football History Boys reaching its 10th birthday. When we set the website up from our freezing cold uni house in 2013, we could never have imagined we'd still be writing ten years later. In 2013 we saw football history as a gateway to so much more than just the scorelines with over 150 years of stories to read, dissect and share. As we've been researching and writing, history has continued to be made as the last 10 years have provided its own defining moments. In this blog, I'm going to look back at each year from 2013-2022 and offer my personal choices for my most memorable footballing moments. 2013 -  Cardiff 3-2 Manchester City, Premier League, 25 August 2013 On 25 May 2003, I watched Cardiff City earn their promotion to the Championship as they beat QPR 1-0 after extra-time at the Millennium Stadium. Just over a decade later and Cardiff City lined up for their first home game of the 2013/14 Premier League season, their first ever P