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Juninho was the 'best in the Europe'
The Gazette
|November 07, 2025
SEAN Dyche has spoken about how special a player Juninho was as he recalled captaining Chesterfield in their famous FA Cup tie with Middlesbrough.
Back in 1997, Chesterfield almost achieved the unthinkable by reaching the FA Cup semifinal while playing in England's third tier. Their dream was ended by Boro - but only after some controversy, and with a replay required.
The sides played out a 3-3 draw at Old Trafford, before Boro’s team of superstars including Juninho and Fabrizio Ravanelli met expectations in the replay at Hillsborough, winning 3-0.
Reflecting on the game during an appearance on the Could It Be Magic? podcast with Joe Cole and Ashley Cole, Dyche said: “We were like Division One at the time, unheard of for a team like us to get to where we got to.
This story is from the November 07, 2025 edition of The Gazette.
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