My club Aldershot Town made an emotional return to the Football League on this day back in 2008, sixteen years after the original club went out of business.A 1-0 win at Accrington Stanley thanks to a free-kick by Scott Donnelly three minutes before the interval got Aldershot’s season off to winning ways. Original club Aldershot […]
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On This Day – 8th August
Champions Leeds United and FA Cup winners Liverpool played out a memorable seven goal thriller in the Charity Shield on this day back in 1992.With a week to go until the first games of the new Premier League, a hat-trick from Frenchman Eric Cantona gave Leeds a 4-3 victory over Graeme Souness’s Liverpool side. Leeds […]
On This Day – 7th August
Alan Shearer was sent off for the first time in his career on this day back in 1999. His career had begun eleven year prior at Southampton and he had joined Newcastle via Blackburn Rovers, where he had won the Premier League title in 1995. The red card was as a result of a second […]
On This Day – 6th August
Pre-season friendlies are seen by many fans nowadays as meaningless and a waste of time, but one such friendly on this day back in 2003 helped Sir Alex Ferguson to unearth a gem. Ferguson’s Manchester United were chosen by Sporting Lisbon to be their opponents for their first game in their new stadium. United sent […]
On This Day – 5th August
The first ever penalty shootout in England took place on this day back in 1970, with Manchester United beating Hull City at Boothferry Park in the Watney Cup.United won 4-3 in the shootout to win the semi final, with Hull goalkeeper Ian McKechnie saving Denis Law’s penalty. He then went from hero to villain by […]
On This Day – 4th August
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink was on his was out of Leeds United on this day back in 1999 after club chairman Peter Ridsdale refused to accept the Dutchman’s wage demands.Despite being United’s top goalscorer for the two previous seasons, Ridsdale refused to pay Hasselbaink the £60,000 a week that he demanded. That amount seems like next […]
On This Day – 3rd August
Welshman John Charles left Leeds United to join Italian giants Juventus on this day back in 1957, breaking the world transfer record in the process.Charles cost Juve £65,000 when he joined and he would remain the most expensive British player until Aston Villa’s striker Gerry Hitchens joined Inter Milan four years later. In Charles’ first […]
On This Day – 2nd August
Arsenal signed Davor Suker from Real Madrid on this day back in 1999. He was signed as a replacement for the young French striker Nicolas Anelka who had joined Real just a few weeks before. Big things were expected from Suker, who had won the World Cup Golden Boot the previous summer. Sadly, for the […]
On This Day – 1st August
Steve McClaren became England manager on this day back in 2006. He was announced as successor to Sven-Goran Eriksson in January of 2006 before taking charge after the World Cup.McClaren started his managerial career at Middlesbrough in the 2000/01 season and was the Football Association’s second choice to replace Eriksson. Initially, Luis Felipe Scolari was […]
On This Day – 31st July
Michael Carrick moved from Tottenham Hotspur to Manchester United on this day back in 2006 in a deal worth just over £18.5 million.Carrick was part of the West Ham United Youth Cup winning side at the start of the millennium and came through the Academy at Upton Park with the likes of Rio Ferdinand, Joe […]