Aston Villa visited Leicester City in a First Division game on this day in 1976. The game finished 2-2 and all four goals were scored by Villa’s Chris Nicholl! The defender scored twice at the right end and two past John Burridge, his team mate in the Villa goal. Nicholl was the club captain the […]
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On This Day – 24th January
Kettering Town’s player-manager Derek Dougan in the historic shirt Kettering Town put their name into the football history books on this day back in 1976, by becoming the first football team to have a sponsor’s name on their shirt. The man that made the historic moment happen was Derek Dougan, the former Wolves legend and […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.61
1st November 1975. Derby County vs Leeds United at the reigning champions Baseball Ground. BBC’s ‘Match of the Day’ chose the game as their featured match and it wasn’t hard to see why.The two clubs had both enjoyed success during the early 1970s, both winning the league title and Leeds had won the FA Cup […]