Portsmouth’s Peter Harris goes close in the title-clinching game at Burnden Park Portsmouth won the First Division for the first and only time in their history in the 1948/49 season. They sealed the League title on this day back in 1949 with a 2-1 in over Bolton Wanderers at Burnden Park. A crowd of 28,816 […]
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On This Day – 22nd April
It was on this day back in 2004 that Ron Atkinson’s broadcasting career came to an abrupt end.The former Aston Villa and Manchester United manager resigned from his pundit job at ITV after making a racist remark about Chelsea’s Marcel Desailly after their Champions League Semi-Final with Monaco. They were picked up by microphones and […]
On This Day – 21st April
The Manchester United team line up before the Juventus game One of Manchester United’s great comebacks took place on this day back in 1999.After drawing 1-1 at Old Trafford with Juventus in the First Leg of the Semi Final, they went to Turin knowing that they would need to score to have a chance of […]
On This Day – 20th April
Kevin Campbell celebrates with Anders Limpar after the Swede’s wonder goal against Liverpool Anders Limpar scored a wonderful long-range goal for Arsenal against Liverpool on this day back in 1992.It was the third goal in a dominant 4-0 win for Arsenal, coming in the 40th minute of a game that Arsenal dominated from the first […]
On This Day – 19th April
Bobby Charlton (number 8) volleys in his first goal for England Bobby Charlton scored on his England debut on this day back in 1958.The goal was scored at Hampden Park in a 4-0 win, the result meant England shared the Home Championship with Ireland. Bryan Douglas opened the scoring for England after 12 minutes before […]
On This Day – 18th April
The match ball from the 1903 FA Cup Final The last months or so have been absolutely awful for all those connected to Bury Football Club.They were expelled from the Football League at the end of August last year, becoming the first club since Maidstone United back in 1992 to lose their place in the […]
On This Day – 17th April
Kenwyne Jones fires in Stoke’s third goal in the 2011 FA Cup Semi Final in 2011 Bolton Wanderers fans may want to look away now as it was on this day back in 2011 that they lost 5-0 against Stoke City in the 2011 FA Cup Semi Final. It was a real demolition by ‘The […]
On This Day – 16th April
Football League Centenary Tournament, also known as the Mercantile Credit Football Festival, a friendly tournament held from 16th to 17th April 1988 at Wembley Stadium to celebrate the 100th birthday of the Football League, 12 teams participated in the tournament. The first day of competition consisted of the opening rounds and Quarter Finals and were […]
On This Day – 15th April
The Aldershot Town squad celebrate their title win on the pitch at Exeter, 15th April 2008 On this day back in 2008, my beloved Aldershot Town finally secured promotion back to the Football League. The original Aldershot Football Club had folded in 1992 due to financial issues. A new club was formed in the summer […]
On This Day – 14th April
Former Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Milija Aleksic was born on this day back in 1951. He was born to a Yugoslavian father but was born in England. Aleksic began his career at Port Vale, making his first-team debut at the tender age of 17. He featured in two FA Cup games against Shrewsbury Town in 1968/69, […]