Bobby Moore made his debut for West Ham United on this day back in 1958, in a 3-2 victory over Manchester United at Upton Park.Moore was only 17 years old and the 35,672 fans in Upton Park that afternoon were then able to say with pride that they were there to see the future England […]
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On This Day – 7th September
Football – 4/9/1977 England training – Before England vs. Switzerland (07/09/1977) The six Liverpool players picked for the England international against Switzerland at Wembley. Left to right: Ian Callaghan, Terry McDermott, Ray Clemence, Phil Neal, Ray Kennedy and Emlyn Hughes. Ron Greenwood took charge of his first match as England manager on this day back […]
On This Day – 6th September
It was on this day back in 1989 that Terry Butcher gained fame for playing with a nasty head injury for England against Sweden in a World Cup qualifier.Butcher went up for an aerial challenge in the first half, missed the ball and ended up headbutting his Swedish counterpart instead!He was patched up by the […]
On This Day – 5th September
Gillingham recorded their highest ever win on this day back in 1987, thrashing Chesterfield 10-0 at their Priestfield home.The Gills previous record victory was a 10-1 victory over non-league Gorleston in the FA Cup back in 1957. The clean sheet against Chesterfield thirty years later took the record. What made the score all the more […]
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. […]
On This Day – 3rd September
The Emirates Stadium. Brazil 3:0 Argentina. Friendly International. Emirates Stadium, Islington, London, 3/9/06. Credit: Arsenal Football Club / David Price. Brazil and Argentina played out a friendly on this day back in 2006 at the brand new Emirates Stadium, Arsenal’s new home.The Brazilian side won convincingly 3-0 thanks to two goals from Elano and a […]
On This Day – 2nd September
Second Division Watford completed an incredible comeback in the League Cup Second Round against First Division Southampton on this day back in 1980.Trailing 4-0 from the first leg at The Dell, Watford came back to win the second leg 7-1 after extra time, winning 7-5 on aggregate. Malcolm Poskett and Roy Train gave Watford a […]
On This Day – 1st September
The first edition of Championship Manager was released for the first time on this day back in 1992. There had been football managements games before, but nothing like this game that took away years of my life as I was growing up! The game was the brainchild of brothers Paul and Oliver Collyer and had and in-depth […]
On This Day – 31st August
31st August is always one of the busiest days in the football calendar when it comes to last minute transfer deals. This is because 31st August is the end of the summer transfer window.Sky Sports make a day of it and presenter Jim White presents a rolling news broadcast, becoming almost too excited about news […]
On This Day -30th August
Steve McManaman left Real Madrid on this day back in 2003, joining his former England manager Kevin Keegan at Manchester City.McManaman signed from Spanish giants Real Madrid, where he had spent four successful years, winning La Liga twice and two Champions League trophies. In his first Champions League final, Mc Manaman was man of the […]