On This Day – 20th March

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 […]

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On This Day – 4th September

Fulham enjoyed a bumper pay day on this day back in 1976 as 21,127 fans clicked through the turnstiles at Craven Cottage for the visit of Bristol Rovers.The crowd was more than double the attendance in their previous game against Nottingham Forest due to a certain number seven making his debut for the home side. […]

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