Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted January 30, 2022 Subscriber Posted January 30, 2022 30th January Football On This Day - 30th January 1937 The 35 Football League and FA Cup matches played on Saturday 30th January 1937 ended in 25 home wins and 10 draws - not one away side managed a victory. Football On This Day - 30th January 1999 In an article printed in The Times on this day in 1999 England manager Glenn Hoddle gave his views on reincarnation and his belief that people born disabled were paying for sins committed in a previous life. Condemned by every right-minded person three days later he became the ex-England manager!
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Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted April 7, 2022 Subscriber Posted April 7, 2022 7th April Football On This Day – 7th April 1979 With 15 minutes remaining Arsenal’s Steve Brignall came on as a sub for Frank Stapleton at Liverpool – and that proved to be the only time he ever played in the Football League! Football On This Day – 7th April 1994 The greatest goal I have ever witnessed was Paul Gascoigne's for England against Scotland at Euro '96. We was a player with amazing ability but you are perhaps left wondering what might have been. He was definitely the most reported on player of his era. The stories ranged from him belching into a TV microphone to his brushes with police. He had problems keeping his weight down and had a bit of a drink problem - sorry a 'refuelling' problem as England boss Graham Taylor called it. Then there were the injuries. They ranged from a thigh strain caused suffered getting out of bed to badly torn cruciate knee ligaments which saw him miss the whole of the 1991/92 season. Another career threatening injury came on April 7th 1994 with a broken leg suffered in a training incident when with Lazio, an injury that saw him miss nearly all of the 1994/95 season. A player with amazing ability but if he had a more dedicated approach to the game and was less injury-prone what an amazing player he might have been!
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted May 6, 2022 Subscriber Posted May 6, 2022 6th May Football On This Day – 6th May 1961 Tottenham beat Leicester 2-0 in the FA Cup Final to become the first club since Aston Villa in 1896/97 to win a League and FA Cup double. Among their ranks that day were Bill Brown, Danny Blanchflower, Dave Mackay, Cliff Jones and John White who helped Spurs become the dominant force of the time. And Jimmy Greaves had yet to arrive at White Hart Lane! The final was Leicester's 10th FA Cup tie of the season and it was part of a disappointing run that saw them lose in all the four FA Cup finals they played in in the 25 years since football had resumed after the Second World War. Link - FA Cup results 1960/61 Links - 1960/61 results - Leicester City, Tottenham Hotspur
Spike Posted September 11, 2022 Posted September 11, 2022 2 hours ago, CaaC (John) said: Me mum uses it as ashtray. Family heirloom.
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