It was on this day in 1898 that Portsmouth Football Club were founded. A year later, work began on building their Fratton Park home. The club were also accepted into the Southern League First Division that same year, joining the league in time for the start of the 1899/90 season. A 1-0 victory over Chatham […]
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On This Day – 4th April
Bradford Park Avenue played their last Football League match on this day in 1970. The club had been in the Football League for sixty-two years before going bankrupt. They became the second club in eight years to drop out of the League after Accrington Stanley had left in early 1962. The home match against Scunthorpe […]
On This Day – 3rd April
In 1993, the two FA Cup Semi Finals were hosted at Wembley for the first time in the history of the FA Cup. They were played on both days of the first weekend of April and were two derby matches. The first was between Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday and the following day was the […]
On This Day – 2nd April
It was on this day in 1982 that Ken Bates dug deep into his pockets and bought Chelsea Football Club – for just £1! Bates would stay as Chelsea chairman for the next 21 years, overseeing a complete renovation of the club’s home ground Stamford Bridge. The ground needed to be drastically altered due to […]
On This Day – 1st April
Nottingham Forest put seven goals past Sheffield Wednesday on this day back in 1995. Their strike partnership of Stan Collymore and Dutchman Brian Roy both scored two each as Wednesday were hit for seven in front of home fans at Hillsborough. Stuart Pearce scored the opening goal of the game after 17 minutes with a […]
On This Day – 31st March
Happy birthday to my sister Kate! I couldn’t find a football-related photo of the two of us, so this will have to do. I hope you have had a nice day and looking forward to seeing you very soon! The post On This Day – 31st March appeared first on Far Post Header. Go to […]
On This Day -30th March
Malcolm Allison was appointed as the manager of Crystal Palace on this day in 1973. He had left First Division side Manchester City the month before to replace Bert Head as Palace manager. Allison was unable to prevent Palace from being relegated from the First Division in the last two months of his first season […]
On This Day – 29th March
It was on this day in 2000 that Wales played their first match at the new Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. The Milennium Stadium was built on the old site of the Cardiff Arms Park, the former national stadium. Cardiff Arms Park couldn’t be redeveloped any further and with other national stadiums having higher capacities, Wales […]
On This Day – 28th March
When England took to the field to play Albania on this day in 2001, they had seven Manchester United among the ranks! David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Andy Cole, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes all started the match, with Wes Brown and Teddy Sheringham coming on to represent the reigning champions in the second half. In […]
On This Day – 27th January
Jamie Carragher landed himself in hot water on this day in 2002 in an FA Cup tie against Arsenal at Highbury. In a fiercely competed game, Martin Keown was sent off after 66 minutes. Seven minutes later, Dennis Bergkamp was given his marching orders after a badly-timed lunge on Carragher.A coin was thrown from the […]