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Summer Cup was launched in 2007. Since then the annual
tournament has crowned a host of legendary winners and seen many
memorable moments. The Hall of Fame picks out some of the most
notable events in Summer Cup history.....
1. JOHN & IZZY
In 2007, John's GODS met
Izzy's Mellow Yellows in a vital group stage clash. The match
finished 2-2 with John on the scoresheet but was more notable
for John's challenge on Izzy that can still be viewed on YouTube
via this link:
John flattens his own girlfriend
2. CARLING'S
CLEARANCE
Another that can still be
viewed on YouTube (see below) with this coming in the first ever
Final in 2007. Dave Carling's McReds side were already 1-0 down
to Phil Williamson's Black Widows when Phil raced through to
double his team's lead, much to Dave's frustration....
Dave slips after Phil's goal (1 min 50
onwards)
3.
MIGUEL'S
MISS
The mechanics of 'Miguel's
miss' are that presented with a tap in for his first ever Summer
Cup strike Miguel found the crossbar, from virtually under the
crossbar. However that's not really why 'Miguel's miss' is
held in such high esteem.
There have been many
misses in the Summer Cup but 'Miguel's miss' in 2008 was a
legendary event and one that has grown in significance since its
occurrence because subsequent 'misses' are now always rated by
their comparison to 'Miguel's miss'. If one's subsequent miss
measures up to 'Miguel's miss' then the misser is deemed now to
have 'done a Miguel'. This is why 'Miguel's miss' was and always
will be the greatest, because it is now the barometer by which
all misses in world football are measured.
4. JONNY'S REVENGE
The World Cup has Pele,
Maradona & Ronaldo and every tournament worth its history needs
legends to grace its presence.
Jonny 'Lineker' Evans
always had the potential to be a legend of the Summer Cup but in
truth he hadn't really done much in the competition until the
2008 clash between The Dark Knights and Rojo. However Jonny is a
man that seeks out legendary moments in the same way he seeks out
cheese and we knew it couldn't be long before the great man made
his mark.
Prior to this key group
game Rojo defender David Leake had told his side not to worry
about Jonny. A fair enough comment you might say given that on
average Jonny scores a goal a year, however Dave having promised
to wear a Liverpool shirt if they came back from 3-0 down in the
2005 Champions League final has a track record of tempting fate
and fate sought him out again here as Jonny crashed home a
deadly hat-trick to propel The Dark Knights towards the Final.
It was the first hat-trick in Summer Cup history and ensured
that the name of Jonny Lineker would forever take its place
alongside that of inferior Lineker Gary in any discussion of
world football's greatest goalscorers.
5. JONNY ON THE SPOT
Having notched that
hat-trick in 2008, Jonny returned in 2009 as a player at the
very top of his game, made by the events of the previous year.
Having bummed one in to
score in the group stages while claiming it was a Zola-esque
backheel, Jonny had already made his mark on the 2009 tournament
before the Final between Jonny's Men In Black and the Yellow
Team who's name I've forgotten.
Men In Black made a flying
start and roared into a three goal lead but the Yellows were
mounting a comeback when they won a penalty that would have
reduced the arrears further early in the second half. Few could
understand why manager Phil Williamson had put his star player
in goal for the Final but in goal Jonny was and he was faced
with Dave Frampton's penalty. Dave put it, albeit with a lot of
power in the only place Jonny could save it - his gut.
Fortunately Jonny had worked on his gut before the game and it
did the job, saving Dave's penalty and as the game's momentum
swung back to Men In Black they roared on to clinch a 5-2 win.
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