Sunderland fans in the Fulwell End watching on in the final season at Roker Park 99 years of football at Sunderland’s Roker Park came to an end on this day back in 1997. Sunderland played Liverpool in a friendly to see off the old ground as the Merseysiders had been their first opponents on 10th […]
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On This Day – 12th May
Alan Sunderland (far right) runs away in celebration after his late winner in the 1979 FA Cup Final On this day 41 years ago, Arsenal beat Manchester United 3-2 to win the 1979 FA Cup.The Final became known as ‘The Five Minute Final’ after the dramatic final few minutes of the game. United scored twice […]
On This Day – 11th May
This date will forever be remembered for one of the darkest days in British sport. It is 35 years to the day since the Bradford Fire Disaster that claimed the lives of 56 football fans. A day of celebration at Bradford City’s Valley Parade had been planned and the team paraded the Third Division trophy […]
On This Day – 10th May
It was on this day back in 1986 that the first all-Merseyside FA Cup Final took place.Liverpool won the game 3-1 to become the first club since Arsenal in 1971 to win the League and Cup Double. Everton had finished the season as runners-up. Officially there were 100,000 fans in the Wembley crowd that day, […]
On This Day – 9th May
Bernard Joy in his Arsenal days Bernard Joy made his one and only appearance for England on this day in 1936. England lost in Brussels 3-2 but it is Joy’s appearance for England that made this end of season friendly go down in history. At the time, Bernard Joy was registered at Casuals FC but […]
On This Day – 8th May
Sir Jack Hayward bought Wolverhampton Wanderers on this day back in 1990. The boyhood Wolves fan paid £2.1 million to buy the club.The club had fallen on hard times in the 1980’s and were even relegated to the Fourth Division in 1986. The situation became bleaker still that year when the club nearly went out […]
On This Day – 7th May
Manchester City fans run on to the pitch after securing promotion at Blackburn Rovers, 7th May 2000 Manchester City fans have always had a turbulent time. Life is never easy being a City fan although it has been much easier since they’ve had a billionaire take over the club!Even then, City made life very difficult […]
On This Day – 6th May
Blackburn Rovers were relegated from the Premier League on this day back in 1999.It was only 1,453 days since they lifted the Premier League championship trophy at Anfield after just pipping Manchester United to the title on the last day of the season. A lot had changed at Ewood Park in the four years since […]
On This Day – 5th May
5th May 1956 was the date that made Bert Trautmann’s name known across the footballing world.The former prisoner-of-war had joined Manchester City from non-league St Helen’s Town. His signing was initially an unpopular decision with the City fans, as they didn’t want a former German soldier playing for their club. 20,000 people even attended a […]
On This Day – 4th May
The ‘Grande Torino’ side of 1949 On this day back in 1949, the great Torino team all perished in an air crash on their way back from a friendly with Benfica in Lisbon.All thirty one people on board died which included eighteen players. It remains the biggest sporting tragedy of all-time.Sauro Toma (one of the […]