If you thought it was bad when Barcelona threw a pig’s head at Luis Figo when he returned to the Nou Camp with Real Madrid, that’s nothing!On this day back in 1965 that Brentford goalkeeper Chic Brodie had a hand grenade thrown at him by visiting Millwall fans in a league game at Griffin Park! […]
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On This Day – 5th November
Emlyn ‘Crazy Horse’ Hughes won the first of his 62 caps for England on this day back in 1969 as England beat Holland 1-0 in a friendly in Amsterdam.Hughes played as a left back and Colin Bell scored the only goal of the game with five minutes of the game left to play. Holland’s left […]
On This Day – 4th November
Joe Royle’s penalty is saved by Wolfgang Kleff The 1970/71 season was the first to see penalty shootouts used to separate teams that were level on aggregate and away goals. It was on this day in 1970 that the first shootout was played in the competition between Everton and West German side Borussia Monchengladbach. Both […]
On This Day – 3rd November
42 year old Tony Ford made his 931st and final Football League appearance on this day back in 2001, playing for Rochdale in a 2-0 home defeat to Torquay United. Ford began his incredible run of appearances back in 1975 when he made his debut for his hometown club Grimsby Town. He spent eleven years […]
On This Day – 2nd November
Football does have it’s fair share of comedy moments but I’m sure Mancini wasn’t laughing after this particular incident! It was on this day back in 2011 that Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini had a bit of an accident in an away game with Villarreal in the Champions League. Dugouts have changed their appearance over […]
On This Day – 1st November
Football – 1930 / 1931 season – Manchester United team group Back (left to right): William Dale, Samuel Ray Bennion, Alfred Steward, John Mellor, John Wilson, George Lydon. Front: Charles Ramsden, Stanley Gallimore, Thomas Reid, Henry ‘Harry’ Rowley, George McLachlan and Clarence Hilditch. Manchester United fans have every right to be angry and frustrated about […]
On This Day – 31st October
Former Republic of Ireland international full back Denis Irwin was born on this day back in 1965.Irwin was best known for his time at Manchester United, where he won an incredible 19 trophies between 1990 and 2002. This included seven Premier League titles, one Champions League, one European Cup Winners Cup, two FA Cups, one […]
On This Day – 30th October
Yesterday’s ‘On This Day’ article involved an eleven goal thriller between Grimsby Town and Burnley. Today’s article goes one better with Reading and Arsenal sharing twelve goals back on this day in 2012. Arsenal won the game but this never looked like happening when home side Reading were 4-0 up after only 37 minutes.Jason Roberts […]
On This Day – 29th October
Grimsby Town and Burnley played out an eleven goal thriller at Grimsby’s Blundell Park on this day back in 2002.The match ended 6-5 to Grimsby in a First Division match and the hosts were 4-3 up at half time! It’s freak results like this that make fans go to every game, for fear that they […]
On This Day – 28th October
It was on this day back in 2017 that the England Under 17s won the World Cup, beating Spain 5-2 in Kolkatta, India. It was by no means an easy task and was made much harder when Spainraced into a two-goal lead. Hower the Three Lions came back to record a convincing 5-2 win thanks […]