Magazine Awards, Part Twenty

1995 France Football’s Ballon d’Or / 1995 Onze d’Or / 2001 World Soccer Player of the Year / 1991 France Football’s African Ballon d’Or / 1984 France Football’s French Awards

France Football’s Ballon d’Or:

Year 1995:

Player of the year: George Weah (Liberia and AC Milan)

                  Photo From: France Football, Issue 2594, December 26, 1995

(George Weah)

Onze’s Onze d’Or:

Year 1995:

Player of the year: George Weah (Liberia and AC Milan)

                     Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 83, December 1995

(George Weah)

World Soccer’s Player of the Year:

Year 2001:

Player of the year: Michael Owen (England and Liverpool)

Manager of the Year:  Gerard Houllier (Liverpool)

Team of the year: Liverpool

                                   Photo From: World Soccer, January 2002

(Michael Owen)

France Football’s African Ballon d’Or:

Year 1991:

Player of the year: Abedi Pele (Ghana)

                   Photo From: France Football, Issue 2387, January 7, 1992

(Abedi Pele)

France Football’s French Awards:

Year 1984:

Player of the year: Jean Tigana (Bordeaux)

Club of the year: Bordeaux

Foreign Player of the year: Vahid Halilhodzic (Yugoslavia and Nantes)

              Photo From: France Football, Issue 2021, January 1, 1985

(Bordeaux’s Jean Tigana)

In case you missed it at the top of the page

1995 France Football’s Ballon d’Or / 1995 Onze d’Or / 2001 World Soccer Player of the Year / 1991 France Football’s African Ballon d’Or / 1984 France Football’s French Awards

Teams of the year, Part Twelve

France Football annually ranks National Teams per calendar year, and ESM (European Sports Magazines) select the ‘Team of the season’ by position

France Football’s Team of the Year

Year 1990:

Europe: Germany

The rankings and matches of the year

(Magazine / Language : France Football, Issue 2334, January 1, 1991 / French) 

(Magazine / Language : France Football, Issue 2335, January 8, 1991 / French) 

 

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2334, January 1, 1991

(West Germany squad, July 1, 1990, World Cup, West Germany 1-Czechsolovakia 0)

FF National Team of the Year

ESM’s Team of the Year

Season 2005/06

Petr Cech (Czechsolovakia and Chelsea)

Cris (Brazil and Olympique Lyonnais)

Lucio (Brazil and Bayern Munich)

Carles Puyol (Spain and Barcelona)

Ronaldinho (Brazil and Barcelona)

Esteban Cambiasso (Argentina and Internazionale Milano)

Juninho Pernambucano (Brazil and Olympique Lyonnais)

Frank Lampard (England and Chelsea)

Luca Toni (Italy and Fiorentina)

Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon and Barcelona)

Leonel Messi (Argentina and Barcelona)

Photo From: World Soccer, June 2006

(ESM Team of the season 2005/06)

ESM team of the season

Cartoons and Diagrams, Part Ten

Cartoon I:

Photo From: Don Balon, Issue 100, September 8, 1977

Explanation: This cartoon shows Real Madrid President Santiago Bernabeu chasing away 1976/77 Real Madrid youth coach Amancio after an argument.

Cartoon II:

Photo From: Placar, Issue 14, June 19, 1970

Explanation: This cartoon shows a comical view of Brazil (3-2) win over Romania during the 1970 World Cup.

 Cartoon III:

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2309, July 10, 1990

Explanation: This diagram shows the goals in Group F (Holland, England, Republic of Ireland, Egypt) play during the 1990 World Cup.

 Cartoon IV:

Photo From: World Soccer, February 1977

Explanation: This cartoon shows George Best at Fulham (1976/77). The first cartoon is with Rodney Marsh.

 Cartoon V:

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 12, January 1961

Explanation: This cartoon references Pele’s 1961 resolution to visit Paris.

 Cartoon VI:

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 12, January 1961

Explanation: This cartoon references former Hunagry Manager Gustav Sebes’ 1961 resolution for Hungary to have a team like it did in 1954.

 Cartoon VI:

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2130, February 3, 1987

Explanation: This cartoon shows France goalkeeper Joel Bats.

 Cartoon VII:

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, Issue 521 (Number 1), December 25, 1984-January 8, 1985

Explanation: This cartoon shows West Germany’s Hans-Peter Briegel at Verona (1984/85).

Cartoon VIII:

Photo From: Mondial, New Series, Issue 27, June 1982

Explanation: This cartoon shows the Artist Peter Glay’s vision of Michel Platini, Zbigniew Boniek and Paolo Rossi celebrating a goal with Juventus.

Platini and Boniek were to join Juventus in the new season and the the players had not lined up together yet.

 Cartoon IX:

Photo From: The Game, Issue 6, September 1995

Explanation: This cartoon shows Eric Cantona after yet another red card with Manchester United.

Cartoon X:

Photo From: France Football, Issue 1975, February 14, 1984

Explanation: This cartoon shows Bordeaux President Claude Bez in a restaurant with Bordeaux Manager Aime Jacquet as a waiter pouring wine in his glass. The caption says your ‘Bordeaux (Burgundy wine)’ in a glass is starting to get well.

Bordeaux were League leaders at the time.

Cartoon XI:

Photo From: El Grafico, Issue 3425, May 28, 1985

Explanation: This cartoon shows Argentina Manager Carlos Bilardo.

Cartoon XII:

Photo From: France Football, Issue 1905, October 12, 1982

Explanation: This cartoon shows France Manager Michel Hidalgo with France’s new discovery Jean-Marc Ferreri. It shows Hidalgo driving a Ferreri (Ferrari).

Cartoon XIII:

Photo From: France Football, Issue 1962, November 15, 1983

Explanation: This diagram shows Paris St. Germain President Francis Borelli picking up his players’ Luis Fernandez and Safet Susic at the airport at Paris and offering to carry their bags since they were tired.

The PSG pair had just faced one another in a friendly in Zagreb (November 12, 1983, Yugoslavia 0-France 0).

Cartoon XIV:

Photo From: Official Match programme, Rangers v. Dundee, November 11, 1992

Explanation: This diagram shows Rangers Glasgow’s Ally McCoist.

 Cartoon XV:

Photo From: Placar, Issue 583, July 17, 1981

Explanation: This cartoon shows Flamengo star Zico.

 Cartoon XVI:

Photo From: L’Annee du Football, 1984

Explanation: This cartoon shows Roma Presient Dino Viola and Manager Nils Liedholm observing Paulo Roberto Falcao dreaming of the 1984 Champions Cup.

 Cartoon XVII:

Photo From: Soccer International, Volume 3, Issue 7, July 1992

Explanation: This cartoon shows Dutch Star Ruud Gullit.

Magazine Awards, Part Nineteen

France Football’s Ballon d’Or:

Year 1994:

Player of the year: Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria and Barcelona)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2541, December 20, 1994

(Hristo Stoichkov)

France Football’s Ballon d’Or

Onze’s Onze d’Or:

Year 1994:

Player of the year: Romario (Brazil and Barcelona)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 72, January 1995

(Romario)

Onze d’Or

World Soccer’s Player of the Year:

Year 2000:

Player of the year: Luis Figo (Portugal and Real Madrid)

Manager of the Year:  Dino Zoff (Italy)

Team of the year: France

Photo From: World Soccer, January 2001

(Luis Figo)

World Soccer Player of the Year

France Football’s African Ballon d’Or:

Year 1990:

Player of the year: Roger Milla (Cameroon)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2335, January 8, 1991

(Roger Milla)

France Football’s African Ballon d’Or

France Football’s French Awards:

Year 1983:

Player of the year: Alain Giresse (Bordeaux)

Club of the year: Paris St. Germain

Foreign Player of the year: Safet Susic (Yugoslavia and Paris St. Germain)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 1968, December 27, 1983

(Bordeaux’s Alain Giresse)

France Football’s French Awards

Teams of the year, Part Eleven

France Football annually ranks National Teams per calendar year, and ESM (European Sports Magazines) select the ‘Team of the season’ by position

France Football’s Team of the Year

Year 1979:

Europe: Yugoslavia

The rankings and matches of the year

(Magazine / Language : France Football, Issue 1760, January 1, 1980 / French) 

(Magazine / Language : France Football, Issue 1761, January 8, 1980 / French) 

Photo From: World Soccer, June 1995

(Yugoslavia Manager in 1979, Milan Miljanic)

FF National Team of the Year

ESM’s Team of the Year

Season 2004/05

Petr Cech (Czechsolovakia and Chelsea)

Carles Puyol (Spain and Barcelona)

John Terry (England and Chelsea)

Fabio Cannavaro (Italy and Juventus)

Ronaldinho (Brazil and Barcelona)

Deco (Portugal and Barcelona)

Mark van Bommel (Holland and PSV Eindhoven)

Frank Lampard (England and Chelsea)

Andrei Shevchenko (Ukraine and AC Milan)

Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon and Barcelona)

Arjen Robben (Holland and Chelsea)

 ESM team of the season

Cartoons and Diagrams, Part Nine

Cartoon I:

Photo From: World Soccer, March 1995

Explanation: This cartoon shows Eric Cantona’s statue crumbling. This was just after the Kung-Fu kick incident at Crystal Palace in January 1995.

Cartoon II:

Photo From: Azzuri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983

Explanation: This cartoon references Italy’s problem Georgia Chinaglia during the 1974 World Cup. After being substituted by Pietro Anastasi in the first match vs. Haiti, Chinaglia had attacked and hurled insults towards the Italian bench. The catoon shows his coach from Lazio, Tommaso Maestrelli arriving to calm things down.

 Cartoon III:

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2679, August 12, 1997

Explanation: This cartoon shows France’s Robert Joncquet being injured in France’s match vs. Brazil in the 1958 World Cup (June 24, 1958, World Cup, Brazil 5-France 2)

 Cartoon IV:

Photo From: France Football, Issue 1972, January 24, 1984

Explanation: This cartoon shows France and Bordeaux’s Bernard Lacombe shooting their way into the League title in 1983/84.

 Cartoon V:

Photo From: Onze, Issue 157, January 1989

Explanation: This cartoon shows Bordeaux President Claude Bez as Obelix (from Asterix and Obelix comics) ahead of Bordeaux’s clashes vs. Napoli in the UEFA Cup in November-December 1988.

 Cartoon VI:

Photo From: Foot Magazine, Issue 2, May 1981

Explanation: This cartoon shows Belgium’s Wilfred van Moer.

 Cartoon VII:

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, Issue 521 (Number 1), December 25, 1984-January 8, 1985

Explanation: This cartoon shows England’s Mark Hately at AC Milan (1984/85).

Cartoon VIII:

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 3, April 1989

Explanation: This cartoon references on the verge of missing out on the 1990 World Cup.

 Cartoon IX:

Photo From: France Football, Issue 1679, June 13, 1978

Explanation: This cartoon shows Argentina’s and Leopoldo ‘Lucky’  Luque (as the graphic Novel character Lucky Luke)’ and Argentina Manager Cesar Luis Menotti (as his horse).

Cartoon X:

Photo From: France Football, Issue 1848, September 8, 1981

Explanation: This cartoon shows France captain Michel Platini and Manager Michel Hidalgo ahead of France’s World Cup qualifier at Brussels vs. Belgium on September 9, 1981 (2-0 Belgium win).

It shows one of Platini’s Sports clothing shops, Hidalgo tells him ‘Let’s not take a beating at Brussels’ (The French term ‘veste’ stands for clothing as well as a beating).

Cartoon XI:

Photo From: World Soccer, May 1995

Explanation: This cartoon references Italian Star Roberto Baggio being rumored to join the Japanese J-League in 1995.

It shows him in a stereotypical Japanese custom.

Cartoon XII:

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2033, March 26, 1985

Explanation: This cartoon references Tottenham Hotspur’s elimination in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup in March 1985 at the hands of Real Madrid (showing a broken egg).

Cartoon XIII:

Photo From: Placar, Issue 631, June 26, 1982

Explanation: This diagram shows Pele’s goal vs. Italy in the Final of the 1970 World Cup (June 21, 1970, World Cup, Brazil 4-Italy 1).

Cartoon XIV:

Photo From: Foot Magazine, Issue 15, July 1982

Explanation: This diagram shows USSR’s Khoren Oganesian’s goal vs. Belgium (July 1, 1982, World Cup, USSR 1-Belgium 0)

 Cartoon XV:

Photo From: AS Color, Issue 320, July 5, 1977

Explanation: This cartoon shows Real Madrid star Pirri.

 Cartoon XVI:

Photo From: Hajduk Split, Izlazi IV, 1983

Explanation: This cartoon shows Hajduk Split goalkeeper Zoran Simovic.

 Cartoon XVII:

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Daniel Antonio Escobar Riquelme)

Explanation: This cartoon shows West Germany Manager Helmut Schoen.

Cartoon XVIII:

Photo From: France Football, Issue 1720, March 27, 1979

Explanation: This diagram shows Moenchengladbach’s Hans-Gunther Bruns’ goal vs. Manchester City in the UEFA Cup (March 21, 1979, UEFA Cup, Borussia Moenchengladbach 3-Manchester City 1)