Manchester City beat Leicester City in the FA Cup Final on this day in 1969 with Neil Young scoring the winner in the 24th minute. The Manchester club were reigning First Division champions and had a very strong team including Mike Summerbee, Colin Bell and Francis Lee. Leicester had Peter Shilton in goal, who was […]
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On This Day – 15th November
This article might win you a point at a pub quiz one day! It was on this day back in 1969 that the first games was broadcast in technicolour on ‘Match of the Day’. Liverpool hosted West Ham United at Anfield and beat them 2-0. World Cup winners Geoff Hurst and Bobby Moore were in […]
On This Day – 5th November
Emlyn ‘Crazy Horse’ Hughes won the first of his 62 caps for England on this day back in 1969 as England beat Holland 1-0 in a friendly in Amsterdam.Hughes played as a left back and Colin Bell scored the only goal of the game with five minutes of the game left to play. Holland’s left […]