Di Canio beat the offside trap before rolling the ball past Fabien Barthez as he protested in vain for the flag to be raised.

Historically, a goalkeeper’s primary job was simply to stop goals, so height seemed like a logical advantage. The taller the keeper, the more of the goal they could cover. But as football evolved, ...

Emmanuel Petit left out a surprise Arsenal duo as he delved into the history books to pick his ultimate teammates XI.

The extraordinary Italian beat the offside trap masterfully, before prodding past a protesting Fabien Barthez to send the Hammers into the fifth round of the FA Cup. The victory was West Ham United's ...

The blonde, who also claims to have had sex with Manchester United footballers Dwight Yorke and Fabien Barthez, said he sniffed cocaine through a £20 note. Also interviewed at the weekend ...

United had just cause to thank Fabien Barthez, not least in getting to a difficult low free-kick from Bruno Cheyrou when he must have been unsighted. The Frenchman, for all his eccentricity ...