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'I swear, I look at how well some of my old rivals are doing - rivals who I beat - and I nearly cry to myself'

Troubled years behind him, John Joe Nevin faces a race against time, and a battle of the mind, to remind us of his brilliance.

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May 25th 2019, 8:30 AM

20 years ago today, an unknown 17-year-old goalkeeper was handed his debut by Parma

Inevitably, Gianluigi Buffon kept a clean-sheet in November 1995.

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Nov 19th 2015, 2:46 PM

12 years ago today, a skinny Portuguese teenager scored his first goal for Man United

It all began for Cristiano Ronaldo with a scrappy free-kick against Portsmouth.

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Nov 1st 2015, 2:42 PM