On This Day – 8th May

Carlisle United goalkeeper Jimmy Glass scored a dramatic last-gasp winner against Plymouth Argyle on this day in 1999. In doing so, he managed to keep United in the Football League, at the expense of Scarborough. In the days leading up to the final match of the season, Carlisle boss Nigel Pearson had a real nightmare […]

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On This Day – 8th May

Sir Jack Hayward bought Wolverhampton Wanderers on this day back in 1990. The boyhood Wolves fan paid £2.1 million to buy the club.The club had fallen on hard times in the 1980’s and were even relegated to the Fourth Division in 1986. The situation became bleaker still that year when the club nearly went out […]

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