On this day 26 February 1993 (Exactly 26 years ago) Algeria fought from a goal down to beat the Black Stars of Ghana 2-1 in a 1994 FIFA World Cup Qualifying match played in Tlemcen . It is an unforgettable moment; Tlemcen disaster.
Goals
Algeria :Mohammed Brahim (58′, 83′)
Ghana : C. K. Akonnor (12′)
Algeria :Reda Acimi – Rezki Amrouche, Omar Belatouni, Mahieddine Meftah, Sithamar Cherif – Mohamed Idirem, Ali Dahleb (Necer Zekri 60′), Moussa Saib, Mourad Meziane – Abdelhafid Tasfaout, Hamid Rahamouni (Mohammed Brahim 46′)
Coach . : Meziane Ighil
Ghana :Abukari Damba, Isaac Asare, Joseph Odoi, Frimpong Manso, Anthony Baffoe, Yaw Acheampong , Ali Ibrahim, Prince Polley (Kwame Ayew’), Anthony Yeboah, Abedi ‘Pelé’ Ayew, Charles Akunnor
Coach : Otto Pfister (Germany)
Referee : Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius )
On this day 26 February 2010 (Exactly 9 years ago) Ghana’s Black Princesses, the national U-20 female team qualified for their maiden FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup appearance in Germany after they spanked the Democratic Republic of Congo 3-0 in a return encounter of their final qualifier at the Accra Sports Stadium.
The Princesses needed just a draw to cruise to the World Cup after coming home 2-0 victors in the first leg game in Congo. The Ghanaian ladies started the game slowly but peaked at the right time with goals from Faiza Ibrahim, Elizabeth Cudjoe and Florence Dadson doing the trick.
On this day 26 February 1960 (Exactly 59 years ago) Sir Alexander Mathew “Matt” Busby unveiled the plaque at Old Trafford which commemorates the Manchester United players, officials, members of the press and others killed in the Munich Air Crash in February 1958.Busby himself had been badly injured in the accident.
On this day 26 February 2012 (Exactly 7 years ago) Arsenal produced a superb fightback to come from 2-0 down and hammer Tottenham 5-2 at Emirates Stadium in a pulsating North London derby.
Goals
Arsenal
Bacary Sagna (40)
R. Van Persie(43)
Tomas Rosicky (51)
Theo Walcott (65,68)
Tottenham
Louis Says (4)
Emmanuel Adebayor (34 pen)
By George ‘Alan Green’ Mahamah