On This Day – 2nd January

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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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 […]

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