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One of the most loved sports in the United States is the NFL football. NFL football helmet decals are great means to show your loyalty towards the great sport. The helmets are one of the most important accessories of the game and the players are never allowed to play without wearing them. Many Americans are crazy about the football helmets.

The helmets safeguard the players while playing football which is physically a very challenging game. Many great players even have the football helmets custom made to suit their personal requirements. The chin straps are very important components of the helmet and they help in keeping it steady on the head. Football helmet decals truly means a lot to a hardcore football fanatic.

People love to adorn their rooms and houses with the NFL helmet stickers which bring the magnificence of the sporting season right into their houses. The NFL football teams in the United States are mostly identified with their unique helmets. Supporting this great game is considered as good as supporting the nation itself. This spirit of the game is brought alive into the households.

Most of the people collect the helmet wall decals according to the teams they support. These helmets decals are made with excellent graphics and they add to the attraction of the rooms. There are so many football lovers who would do anything to get hold of the helmets which were really used by the legendary players. The exciting moments of the great game can be re-lived from their houses.

The NFL football helmet stickers are exact replications of the designs used by the players. They are available in all the teams playing in the National Football Conference as well as the American Football Conference. Helmet wall graphics are available for all your favorite teams like the Dallas Cowboys, Buffalo Bills, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, Carolina Panthers and many other teams you know and love.

NFL helmet stickers are truly excellent for kids bedrooms or any sporting fans den, games room or even right in the living room. You can team a football helmet decal with a life size cut out of your favorite team star too, to really show your loyalty and make any room a talking point. This game of football has produced great teams and great players through the years, like legends Emmitt Smith, Jack Lambert and John Elway and current stars like Peyton Manning, Marion Barber and Ray Lewis.

Your dorm room could not be better decorated than with your favorite football team and the best part about vinyl wall decals, is that they are completely removable. They are made from super high quality tear free vinyl and backed with great adhesive that leaves no stains when they are removed. So you can keep your dorm room, or childs room or your rental apartment completely mess free, while enjoying a great decor while you are there.

When it comes time to host a big football fans birthday party, or have friends over for the big game, or even to celebrate after a win, the large helmet wall stickers are the perfect decorating idea as they can be put up easily and removed and are resistant to any spills.

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DVD copies of the Alabama Crimson Tide football games are available at the following stores: amazon.com, footballfanatics.com, whateversports.com, netflix.com, bcsfootball.seenon.com, store.cstv.com, shop.collegegear.com, alabamafootballdeals.com, and football-fanshop.com.

Refresh the memorable moments of the Alabama team by getting a DVD copy of their legendary games. Grab a copy while supply last at different online stores like:

Amazon – amazon.com

A DVD format of the Legends of the Alabama Crimson Tide is available at Amazon at an affordable cost. They also accept trade-in DVD with additional credit rewards on gift cards on your next purchase.

Football fanatics – footballfanatics.com

Alabama Crimson Tide Fields of Glory DVD is sold at football fanatics for a very low price. It includes the celebrations with the team during their victory.

WhateverSports – whateversports.com

DVD features include the exciting and victorious games of the team’s legendary football players.

Netflix – netflix.com

Defining Moment is a documentary of the greatest footage of the Alabama team. Parts of the series are the interview with the players, best photo-shots, and winning throws of the team.

Bowl championship series store – bcsfootball.seenon.com

Get a copy of the Crimson Classics from different years here at this series store. Revive the unforgettable moments in the Alabama history by grabbing a copy of their games.

Crimson tide sports network – store.cstv.com

The official online DVD store of the University of Alabama Athletics; here you can get a copy of all the football games of the Alabama team. The available DVD’s include Crimson classics, specials, hall of fame, and most of the winning games way back several years ago.

Official gear shop – shop.collegegear.com

This is the official gear shop of the Alabaman Crimson Tide team where you can find all products related to the Alabama team like DVD, CD, books, decors, apparels, and more. The DVD games cost approximately per copy, with the recent game at about each copy.     

Crimson tide football shopping deals – alabamafootballdeals.com

Cast your bid to get a copy of your favorite Alabama football game like the Crimson Tide DVD widescreen, Crimson Tide family, and more.

Football – football-fanshop.com

Grab a copy of the Alabama DVD games like the Crimsons classics starting 1945 and beyond. Also available are the Fields of Glory and Bama baby DVD.

10. Luis Figo, a world famous football star, who played for FC Barcelona from 1995 till 2000. He was arguably the fans’ most favorite player in FC Barcelona, until 2000. That’s when “it” happened, Barcelona’s biggest rivals, Real Madrid, decided to splash the cash and break the transfer list fees record by getting Luis to Real Madrid.

The move caused outrage among Barcelona fans, Madrid got him for a world record fee of 38 Million Pounds. And that’s when the fun begins, during the match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, when Luis Figo stepped up to take the corner kick, a pig’s head was thrown at him from Barcelona’s side. Another incident took place during the 2004 EURO Cup Final between Greece and Portugal. A Portuguese fan ran out on the field, managed to outrun the police, and heading towards Luis threw a Barcelona jersey at him, as the whole world was watching.

9. 1996 – African Challenge.

1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, The most surprising gold medals went to the hands of Nigerian football stars after they overcame Brazil in thrilling semi-finals, with a 4-3 score. The finals was between Argentina and Nigeria, well over 2 billion people were watching it, of course most of them thought that Argentina will have no problems getting the gold medal, but most of them were wrong. Argentina was in the driver’s seat after leading 1-0. The goal came on a 3rd minute, scored by Claudio Lopez, on the 28th minute Nigeria managed to equalize, as Babayaro scored a perfect finisher. So it was 1-1 on half-time. In the early second half Hernan Crespo gave Argentina the lead again and Argentina was on the way to get the gold medals, but “not so fast” said Amokachi as he scored the equalizing goal and again gave Nigeria hope. Match was almost over and everybody thought it was going to be decided by the penalty shoot out. 90th minute and Amunike gave the lead to Nigeria, it was a shock for Argentina, time was almost over, Argentina had no chance, so it ended with a final score 3-2. Nigeria won the gold medal, for the first time in Olympic Games history.

8. 1960, First ever UEFA European Football Championship (EURO) held in France. It was won by the USSR, beating Yugoslavia 2-1 in a tense final in Paris. It is however quite interesting to note that earlier in the competition Spain had withdrawn from its quarterfinal match against the USSR due to political reasons. As an interesting fact, USSR also scored the first goal in the EURO history, during the qualification games.

7. 1998/1999 English Premier League season, Manchester United got all trophies possible that season. They became the first ever team in football history to do so in one season. First they got the Premier League title, finishing first in the league table, then they took the F.A. Cup title by beating Newcastle United 2-0, and of course the most famous UEFA Champions League final, when United managed to come back from a 1-0 defeat, and score not one but two goals in an injury time beating Bayern Munich 2-1; it was considered to be one of the greatest comebacks ever witnessed.

6. 2002 World Cup, Korea/Japan. Korean fans will never forget that historic moment, when Guus Hiddink took them all the way to the Semi-Finals of 2002 World Cup. Korean national football team became the first ever Asian national football team to reach semi-finals of World Cup. Nobody expected the underdogs to go that far, as they beat Portugal 1-0 in a group stages, then a famous 2-1 win over Italy, drawing with Spain in a quarter-finals and then beating them 5-3 on penalties. In the end however they couldn’t take on Germany in semi-finals, and they lost 1-0. In the game for the third place Korean team met Turkey, but again they lost. Eventually the Republic of Korea finished 4th in the 2002 World Cup, which was still a great success for the country’s football team.

5. June 2003, Chelsea FC was bought by the Russian Billionaire Roman Abramovich for a record fee of 140 million pounds. Back then it was the biggest sale of an English Football club. Straight away Roman wanted to make Chelsea the best and strongest club in the world. He began buying players for a record braking transfer fees. First season with a new owner Chelsea FC finished as a runner-up. But next year, the 2004/2005 English premier league season, Chelsea became champions of England, for the first time since 1954/1955 season. 2005/2006 Season they took the premier league trophy again as they were crowned the champions of England for the second time in a row. These 2 seasons were the most successful 2 years in the club’s history.

4. January 11th 2007. It was confirmed that David Beckham will be leaving Real Madrid to play for the United States “soccer” club, Los Angeles Galaxy. Beckham’s decision was a shock to many, as one of the world’s best football players moves to United States of America, where “soccer” is not that popular. He was the first big player to enter Major League Soccer.

3. 6th February 1958, the Munich air disaster. It was the darkest day in Manchester United Football Club history. On the board of the plane was Manchester United football team along with the club supporters and journalists. 23 of the 44 passengers on board died. Captain James Thain, the pilot tried to take off twice, but both attempts were aborted due to engine surging. When a third take off was attempted, the plane failed to gain adequate height and crashed into the fence surrounding the airport and then into a house. Now every year on this day Manchester United holds a memorial to the people who lost their lives in the Munich air disaster.

2. 2006 World Cup Final produced one of the most famous moments in football history, when Zidane’s head-butted on Italian defender Marco Materazzi. It was Zidane’s last international appearance for the French national team and 3 billion people around the world were watching it. The next day newspapers all over the world were not writing about how Italy won their 4th World Cup title, but they were writing about how Zidane pulled the “stunt” on Marco. Definitely that was one of the biggest moments in the history of football.

1. Edison Arantes do Nascimento, aka Pele, the world’s most famous name in football. Football is probably the most famous sport in the world, and Pele is the man who made it what it is today. Pele made 669 appearances in club football, scoring 626 goals. He also made 92 appearances for Brazilian National football side and scored 77 goals. He made his first club appearance when he was just 15 years of age. He made his first international appearance for Brazil when he was 16, and won his first World Cup when he was just 17. Pele is hailed in Brazil as a national hero. The number one moment in football history is when Pele managed to score his first international goal for Brazil, just three month before his 17th birthday.

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History has always had the capacity to fascinate people with numerous breathtaking and awesome moments. Cricket world cup history is no exception to this and contains an illustrious past about the origin of the game, about those golden moments on the field and also about brilliant performances by players with the bat, ball or both.

World cup cricket history has been a witness to so many momentous cricketing occasions on the field, and going over all these again gives one a wonderful feeling. Fans who follow the game seriously know what it means to be able to relive those golden moments and cherish those wonderful moments.

Till date eight world cup events has been held and almost all these events have thrown up surprises. One can know about this by taking a peek to the world cup history. World cup is one of the most important events held in the cricket world. And it this coveted title that each team aims to win during the course of the tournament.

World cup history informs 1975 as the year when the first world cup was played. The game was played in England and a total of 8 teams participated in that event. Then, East Africa and Sri Lanka were the qualifiers, who were also known as minnows in cricketing terms. West Indies were the winners for the first even world cup recorded in world cup history. They defeated Australia by a small margin of 17 runs in the final played at Lords.

The next world cup recorded in world cup history took place in the year 1979 and again the event was hosted by England. This time also eight teams took part in the tournament and this time the minnow teams were Canada and Sri Lanka. The format which was in place for the tournament for the first world cup was followed here also. West Indies won the event for the second time in row. This time they best hosts England in the finals at Lords.

In 1983, England hosted the world cup tournament once again. This is the only instance in world cup history where the event was hosted by one country three times in a row. Till date, this has never happened again in world cup history. This time there was a surprise winner and for the first time in world cup history West Indies were defeated in the finals yet again played at Lords. In a low scoring game, they were defeated by the Indian team led by Kapil Dev. In India’s cricket and world cup history, this victory is considered as one of the major landmarks.

In 1987, for the first time in the history of the world cup, the vent was held outside England, the event was jointly hosted by India and Pakistan. This time it was Australia who won this event and the West India dominance we beginning to decline little by little. The next world cup in the year 1992 was jointly hosted by New Zealand and Australia. Pakistan beat England in the finals at MCC by 22 runs to win the title. Never in world cup history have England won the title, despite being known as the land where cricket first originated.

The 1996 world cup was jointly hosted by India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. This time Sri Lanka was the surprise winners as they beat Australia in the finals. This was the first instance in world cup history when a team batting second won the trophy. Subsequent world cup were held in England and South Africa in the year 2000 and 2003 respectively. In 2000 Australia won the event for a second time by beating Pakistan in the finals. Again 2003, Australia won the world cup finals, this time by beating India in the finals by a whooping margin of 125 runs. For the first time in world cup history a team had won the world cup thrice.

The next world cup is scheduled to be held in West Indies in the year 2007. As usual, cricket pundits and critics have started predicting who will win and who will not. Australia would love to score a hatrick by winning the tournament three times in a row. However, only time will tell who will emerge as champions and who will not?