Footy On This Day - 1999
Its a 5th round FA Cup tie between Arsenal & Sheff United at Highbury.
Just before Arsenal’s winner Sheffield United goalkeeper Alan Kelly had kicked the ball out of play to allow an injured player to receive treatment. Ray Parlour restarted the match with a throw-in intended for a Sheffield United player but Arsenal’s Kanu intercepted the ball and centred for Marc Overmars to score the winner.
Top player but that's piss poor Nwankwo. In his defence he was making his debut for Arsenal which was his first match in English football. He later said he was unaware of the circumstances & believed it was an attacking move.
Although no actual law had been broken an unwritten rule had been and the match was replayed. Arsenal won that one 2-1 again, fairly this time!
On this day in Footy history - 1970 ⚽
George Best bagged 6 goals in the FA Cup Fifth Round against Northampton Town at the County Ground.
Manchester United won the match 8-2. Northampton's goalkeeper, Kim Book, later said 'not even the Berlin Wall could have stopped Best that day' while Ray Fairfax, Bests' marker, said 'the closest I got to him was when we shook hands after the game 😁😁
The Big Game
Arsenal - United kicks off at 5.30
Who do you fancy?
On This Day in Footy/ Music history
On this day in footy/music history ⚽🎸
1996 - Babylon Zoo Spaceman hits no.1 in the UK
2008 - Man City fans give the assist to Sheff United when balloons they released onto the pitch put Michael Ball off allowing Luton Shelton to score
1970 - John Lennon wrote, recorded and mixed his new single 'Instant Karma!' all in one day. The single was in stores 10 days later!
3 Pint Challenge. Let's kick this off. Tag your mates and get the ball ⚽ rolling
