Football Geezer

It's the 9th of the 9th, so I thought I'd go with a famous number 9 for today's Geezer. Diego called him the best number 9 he ...

This guy would have to be in the conversation about best French striker of all time. 30 goals in 54 games for the national team. 134 in 215 ...

Not sure we can call Ian Wallace a Geezer, but the look of disgust in his face surely proves that he can see his reflection in the camera le...

Over 70 games for Italy, 330 for Milan, a World Cup winner, and there's still no sign that this 35 year-old is calming down. Gennaro G...

I saw Iraq were playing Chile today and wondered who would be watching that - it's by no means a glamour friendly, but it's great to...

This video kind of sums up Paulo Wanchope - he's through on goal, should score, and fluffs it. He then performs a little trick, skins a ...

Who would have thought this guy could have been a professional footballer. He scored 228 goals in 515 games for a variety of teams, but he...

What is there to say about this guy? Every soccer fan says he's a New Jersey and USA legend - and the kind of guy who Geezers would love...

You can't be that bad a player when you're named AC Milan's Player of the Century, have your number 6 shirt retired, win the Cha...

How can you not love someone with the nickname 'Der Tiger'  ?   Stefan Effenberg was a top quality Geezer too. He picked up 109 ye...

Don't tell me you don't miss the Pierluigi Collina stare. The best referee I can remember. Did the World Cup Final (2002), the Cha...

Some people just considered him a marketing tool Hidetoshi Nakata is our Geezer today. Got away with some ridiculous haircuts and fashion...

I forgot yesterday, but the Geezer of the Day is back. Today is a man who scored a hat-trick for Barcelona against Real Madrid, won the Gold...

Have to stop going back to the World Cups i grew up with, but hard to ignore this face. By no means prolific in Serie A (although he score...

Remember this goal from the 1986 World Cup? Noticed we've picked up a few Russian viewers of Football Geezer Ok, so Vasily Ra...

A little break from our Geezers to bring you this. Apologies in advance. Alvero Negrado, I'm calling you out. Manchester City paid a lot...

So I hope I didn't alienate any female readers with our explanation of the offside rule. As a little bit of an apology, today's Geez...

There's no denying this man was cool. Socrates was part of the great Brazil team from the early 1980s that most people thought would win...

He's not done anything that special today, but how can he not be our Geezer today after I found this quote... "The day I was born...

German goalkeeper Bert Trautmann dies aged 89 Manchester City's former prisoner of war broke his neck in 1956 FA Cup Final Trau...