A record crowd of 75,038 crammed into White Hart Lane on this day in 1938 to watch Tottenham play Sunderland in the Sixth Round of the FA Cup. The large crowd may have been partly to do with the fact that Sunderland were the current FA Cup holders and Raich Carter was among their ranks. […]
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On This Day – 16th November
Tottenham’s Willie Hall scored five goals for England on this day back in 1938 in a 7-0 demolition of Ireland in the Home Championships.Hall scored a hat-trick in under four minutes in the first half- a record that stands to this day – before adding two further goals in the second half. Tommy Lawton scored […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.39
The England team (in white shirts) performing the Nazi salute alongside their German counterparts, 14th May 1938 This week’s iconic moment comes from 14th May 1938 and was a pivotal moment in the history of the sport. It remains one of the darkest moments of England’s football history. The Nazi party were starting to gain momentum […]