If you think that it’s been bad having no football during lockdown, imagine what it must have been like on this day back in 1349 when Edward III banned football across the country! Of course, football in the 14th century was nothing like the sport we all love of today but it was still a […]
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On This Day – 11th June
Archie Gemmill en route to scoring Scotland’s third goal Archie Gemmill scored the most iconic goal in the history of Scottish football on this day back in 1978. It could easily have been included in the ‘Football’s Greatest Goals’ series but I have selected it for the ‘On This Day’ instead. Gemmill’s goal came against […]
On This Day – 10th June
England’s Ron Springett meets a four legged friend A funny incident took place in the World Cup match between holders Brazil and England on this day back in 1962.A few minutes into the game, a black dog made its way on to the pitch and despite several players trying to grab it to take it […]
On This Day – 9th June
Alexei Lalas jumps highest to head in for USA, 9th June 1993 It seems a rather relevant ‘On This Day’ today given all of the recent news surrounding the ‘Black Lives Matter’ protests in the last few weeks.Paul Ince became the first black player to England on this day back in 1993 in a hugely […]
On This Day – 8th June
England captain Billy Wright on the left and US captain Walter Behr on the right England played their first match under floodlights on this day back in 1953. They played in the Yankee Stadium, home of the New York Yankees baseball team against the United States and won the game 6-3. The Yankee Stadium had […]
On This Day – 7th June
David Beckham made up for his sending off against Argentina in France ’98 by scoring against the same opponents on this day back in 2002.Beckham blasted home a penalty moments before half-time to score the only goal of the game. The relief and joy on Beckham’s face was there for all to see. Italian referee […]
On This Day – 6th June
Santini at the press conference where he was unveiled as the new manager of Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur unveiled their new manager to the press on this day back in 2004 and it was a name that not many fans expected.Jacques Santini, the French manager was announced as the man to take the reins at […]
On This Day – 5th June
It was on this day back in 1968 that Alan Mullery got the most unwanted record of his career, becoming the first England player to be sent off.Mullery was given his marching orders in the 89th minute of a foul-tempered match with Yugoslavia in the 1968 European Championship Semi-Final. The Yugoslavs set out to frustrate […]
On This Day – 4th June
The front cover of the matchday programme Peter Beardsley scored four goals for England in one game on this day back in 1988. Unfortunately for him, it wasn’t in a competitive England game but a warm-up match against Aylesbury United! A journalist call Frank McGhee suggested to the England manager Bobby Robson that England should […]
On This Day – 3rd June
Peter Crouch performs the ‘Robot Dance’ with team-mate Joe Cole watching on England played their last game on this day back in 2006 before jetting off to the World Cup in Germany.Their opponents were Jamaica and England beat them comfortably 6-0 with charismatic striker Peter Crouch scoring a hat-trick. Wembley was still almost a year […]