UEFA European Championships - Sweden 1992 to Poland / Ukraine 2012

Much has changed in the game in the 20 years between Sweden in 1992 and Poland-Ukraine in 2012.

But from Brolin in 1992



To Balotelli in 2012


The goal nets have stayed the same.

World Cups - 1998, 2002 and 2006

Long before FIFA branded the ball itself, World Cup goalnets were once the signature of the tournament. You could see a World Cup clip on TV, spy the goalnets and identify exactly the tournament you were watching

But you look at France 1998...



Or Japan / South Korea in 2002...



Or Germany 2006, where box goalnets were first introduced, 32 years earlier...



and you see the goalnets, the goals, the clips... they all look the same