Tottenham’s Willie Hall scored five goals for England on this day back in 1938 in a 7-0 demolition of Ireland in the Home Championships.Hall scored a hat-trick in under four minutes in the first half- a record that stands to this day – before adding two further goals in the second half. Tommy Lawton scored […]
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On This Day – 15th November
This article might win you a point at a pub quiz one day! It was on this day back in 1969 that the first games was broadcast in technicolour on ‘Match of the Day’. Liverpool hosted West Ham United at Anfield and beat them 2-0. World Cup winners Geoff Hurst and Bobby Moore were in […]
On This Day – 14th November
England and Italy played out an ill-tempered match on this day back in 1934 that became known as‘The Battle of Highbury’ .There were seven Arsenal players in England’s starting eleven, a record number of players from one club. It seems apt that the match was played at Arsenal’s Highbury Stadium. Goalkeeper Frank Moss, defenders George […]
On This Day – 13th November
Charlton Athletic completed the biggest shock transfer deals of all-time in 1982 as they brought in Allen Simonsen from Barcelona. He made his debut for Charlton on this day back in 1982.Simonsen had won the Balon d’Or just five years before and moved to the South London club after turning down Real Madrid and First […]
On This Day – 12th November
England’s Michael Owen celebrates the winner On this day in 2005, Michael Owen scored two goals in the last few minutes to give England a 3-2 win over Argentina.The match between the two rivals was played in the neutral venue of the Stade de Geneve in Geneva, Switzerland. It provided England fans with a real […]
On This Day – 11th November
‘If I should die, think only this of me: That there’s some corner of a foreign fieldThat is for ever England…’ The Soldierby Rupert Brooke The post On This Day – 11th November appeared first on Far Post Header. Go to Source […]
On This Day – 10th November
It took an England player 31 years to score the first hat-trick at Wembley Stadium, with that particular honour going to Chelsea’s Roy Bentley. It was on this day back in 1954 scored his treble in a British Home Championship game against Wales. It was to be quite a season for the Chelsea captain as […]
On This Day – 9th November
It used to be dodgy burgers, anaemic-looking chips and questionable meat pies that people associated with food served up at football matches. However, on this day in 2000 another type of food was added to the menu so to speak when Manchester United’s Roy Keane added prawn sandwiches! In a post-match interview after his side […]
On This Day – 8th November
Alex Ferguson took charge of his first match in charge of Manchester United. Sadly for Ferguson, it wasn’t a fairytale start as his new charges went down 2-0 at the Manor Ground. Ferguson had left Scottish side Aberdeen to replace Ron Atkinson at Old Trafford and things started slowly. In fact, United only won one […]
On This Day – 7th November
Tony Adcock, Paul Stewart and David White with the match ball It was on this day back in 1987 that Manchester City famously hit ten goals past Huddersfield Town in a Second Division match.Tony Adcock, Paul Stewart and David White all bagged hat tricks, with Neil McNab netting the other in the comprehensive win at […]