Tottenham Hotspur became the first British club to win a European competition on this day in 1963 as they thumped Athletico Madrid 5-1 in Rotterdam to lift the European Cup Winners Cup. Jimmy Greaves opened the scoring after 16 minutes, volleying in a cross from Cliff Jones. John White then added Spurs’ second on 35 […]
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On This Day – 6th April
Gordon Banks made his England debut on this day in 1963. It came in a British Home Championships match at Wembley against Scotland. Sadly for Banks, England lost the game 2-1 but he would go on and make a total of appearances for England. Three years later, the Leicester City goalkeeper played in all six […]
On This Day – 5th January
The match report from Coventry’s impressive 5-1 win over Lincoln City in the final Third Round tie to be played in the 1962/63 season Only three of the 32 FA Cup Third Round ties went ahead on this day back in 1963 as ‘The Big Freeze’ took hold across the United Kingdom. Sunderland won 4-1 at Deepdale […]
On This Day – 28th December
George Best scored his first goal for Manchester United on this day back in 1963. Best netted the third goal of United’s five goals in a 5-1 win at home to Burnley. The two sides had played each other at Burnley’s Turf Moor just 48 hours prior, with Burnley winning the match 6-1. 47,834 fans […]
On This Day – 26th December
The programme from Fulham’s 10-1 victory over Leicester City An incredible 66 goals were scored in ten First Division matches on this day back in 1963. Eleven of those goals came from Craven Cottage, where home side Fulham beat Leicester City 10-1! Ten goals were scored in the match between West Ham and Blackburn Rovers […]
On This Day – 22nd May
AC Milan won their first European Cup on this day back in 1963. They beat Portuguese side Benfica in the Final at Wembley Stadium, coming from a goal down to win 2-1.AC Milan beat Union Luxembourg, Ipswich Town, Galatasaray and Dundee to get to the Final and scored an amazing 31 times in those 8 […]
On This Day – 15th May
Tottenham Hotspur became the first British club to win a European competition on this day back in 1963.They beat Athletico Madrid 5-1 at the to win the European Cup Winners Cup. Jimmy Greaves and Terry Dyson both scored twice and John White scored the fifth. The result was all the more impressive considering that Athletico […]