Newcastle United’s 1960/61 team Newcastle United and West Ham United played out a 5-5 draw at St James’s Park on this day in 1960.A rather meagre 20,106 crowd turned up for the game but were treated to a ten goal classic, with nine different players getting their name on the scoresheet! Newcastle’s Len White scored […]
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On This Day – 3rd December
Jimmy Greaves scored five goals for Chelsea in a home game against West Bromwich Albion on this day in 1960. Stamford Bridge was just under a third full that afternoon as only 19,568 fans were in attendance. Those that decided to stay in the warm or go Christmas shopping missed out on a fine individual […]
On This Day – 19th November
Jimmy Greaves scored his 100th Legue goal on this day back in 1960, becoming the youngest player to reach that landmark in the process.Greaves made his debut three years before, scoring in a 1-1 draw at Tottenham Hotspur, a club that he would join a year later. At just 20 years and 290 days old, […]