Malcolm Allison was appointed as the manager of Crystal Palace on this day in 1973. He had left First Division side Manchester City the month before to replace Bert Head as Palace manager. Allison was unable to prevent Palace from being relegated from the First Division in the last two months of his first season […]
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On This Day – 12th March
It was on this day in 1973 that Pele played in London for the only time in his career. It wasn’t at Wembley Stadium though, as you would imagine. Pele’s club Santos played two games in England in 1973, one at Fulham before going down to Plymouth Argyle. They had been in England the previous […]
On This Day – 1st December
It was on this day in 1973 that Brian Clough’s Brighton and Hove Albion side lost 8-2 at home to Bristol Rovers. The ITV cameras went down to the Goldstone Ground to film the match and the 8-2 hammering was broadcast to the nation. Not the greatest of starts for Clough! Clough and his assistant […]
On This Day – 17th October
England famously drew 1-1 with Poland on this day in 1973, thereby missing out of qualifying for the 1974 World Cup in West Germany the following year. 100,000 fans packed into Wembley Stadium, fully expecting England to get the win and qualify at the expense of their visitors.Poland faced an onslaught from England throughout the […]
On This Day – 7th April
Second Division Sunderland beat Arsenal 2-1 to secure a place in the FA Cup Final on this day in 1973.They took the lead on 19 minutes with a tap in from Vic Halom. Sunderland’s Micky Horswill hit a long ball over the top of the Arsenal defence, returning a long ball downfield from Arsenal keeper […]