The Rangers 1938/39 team A record attendance for a league match in Britain clicked through the turnstiles at Ibrox on this day in 1939.An incredible 118,567 watched the Old Firm Derby between Rangers and Celtic in the 1938/39 season. The hosts won 2-1 but Celtic managed to hit the woodwork three times. There were over […]
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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 […]
Heroes & Villains – Grimsby Town
The bumper crowd at Old Trafford for Grimsby’s 1939 FA Cup Semi-Final with Wolves Heroes – FA Cup teams of 1935/36 and 1938/39Both of these teams reached the FA Cup Semi-Final and is the furthest that any Grimsby Town side have ever got in their 142 year history.Jackie Bestall, Harry Betmead and goalkeeper George Tweedy […]