Tony Coton made an instant impact on his professional debut on this day in 1980. The Birmingham City goalkeeper was making his First Division debut at the age of 19 against Sunderland. Within two minutes of the kick-off, Coton had won the home fans over at St Andrew’s with a penalty save! Sunderland were awarded […]
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On This Day – 18th December
Joint own-goal scorers Jack Froggatt and Stan Milburn are the top left of this Leicester City team photo from the 1954/55 season A unique moment in Football League history occurred on this day in 1954 in a First Division match at Stamford Bridge.Leicester City were the visitors to Champions-elect Chelsea and the crowd of 33,215 […]
On This Day – 10th December
Newcastle United’s 1960/61 team Newcastle United and West Ham United played out a 5-5 draw at St James’s Park on this day in 1960.A rather meagre 20,106 crowd turned up for the game but were treated to a ten goal classic, with nine different players getting their name on the scoresheet! Newcastle’s Len White scored […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.42
Denis Law and team mate Mike Summerbee, immediately after Law’s goal The week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from the penultimate weekend of the 1973/74 season in a Manchester Derby at Old Trafford.Yes, I am of course referring to the game where Denis Law, the man that the United fans called ‘The King’, backheeled a goal to […]
On This Day – 23rd April
Portsmouth’s Peter Harris goes close in the title-clinching game at Burnden Park Portsmouth won the First Division for the first and only time in their history in the 1948/49 season. They sealed the League title on this day back in 1949 with a 2-1 in over Bolton Wanderers at Burnden Park. A crowd of 28,816 […]