Maine Road being used by Manchester United The record attendance for an English Football League match was made on this day back in 1948, with 83,260 fans watching Manchester United play Arsenal. The match was played at Manchester City’s Maine Road due to significant damage to United’s Old Trafford home during the Second World War.Two […]
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On This Day – 2nd December
Alf Ramsey made his England debut on this day in 1948 in a 6-0 win over Switzerland at Highbury. He is better known for his managerial career but this was the first of 32 caps that he would win as a player. The match against Switzerland was played on a Thursday afternoon at Highbury. It […]
On This Day – 29th July
The Swedish Gold Medal winners from the 1948 Olympic Games The 14th Olympic Games began on this day back in 1948 in London. It was decided that the Games would still go ahead despite much of the world still being rebuilt after the effects of the Second World War which ended three years before. The […]