On this day — 22 Sept
2 football memories for 22 Sept 2026 — years ago today.
Football moments that fell on 22 Sept across the years.
56 years ago today
Emmanuel Petit born (1970)
Emmanuel Petit scored the last goal of the 1998 World Cup final, an injury-time strike that put the finishing touch on France's 3-0 win over Brazil on home soil — the exclamation point on a midfield partnership with Patrick Vieira that terrorised Premier League opponents after Arsène Wenger reunited them at Arsenal.
42 years ago today
Thiago Silva born (1984)
Thiago Silva captained Paris Saint-Germain for the better part of a decade, marshalling their defence through the club's transformation into a European superpower, before proving age was no barrier by winning the Champions League with Chelsea at 36 — a title many assumed had passed him by.
Sources
- FTZ Today Memory calendar — Second tier source