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Born on this day in 1957 - Mark McGhee This seems topical, so here he is scoring an extra-time winner for Aberdeen FC in 1984 vs. Celtic. #StandFree

OTD 1985 Jimmy Hill announced the 3 joint winners of the BBC’s Goal of the Season competition. Look at the angle of the Norman Whiteside goal! Hill also explained how they would help the Bradford Disaster Appeal Fund.

OTD 1982 European Cup Final in Rotterdam. Aston Villa vs. Bayern Munich. Peter Withe's winner was enough to win the cup for #AVFC.

OTD 1997 Late play-off final drama at Wembley. With the score locked at 0-0, David Hopkin made himself a legend for Crystal Palace F.C.. Sheffield United would have more woes to come. #CPFC

Happy Birthday to Paul Gascoigne. Here's a nice compilation to enjoy of Gazza at Euro 96.

A big happy birthday to Elton Welsby! Wish him well and if you really want to make his day, you could always buy his autobiography Game For A Laugh 😉 amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DP7B5HX2?…

Pat Jennings helped Tony the Tiger eat Frosties in 1976

Today we remember former Sheffield United goalkeeper Mel Rees who died on this day in 1993 from cancer at the age of just 26, gone far too soon but never forgotten 🙏

On this day in 1994, BBC2 dedicated a whole night to football called Goal TV, which was full of great matches, goals, features and documentaries. Here’s the intro and line-up from that evening. This was every football fan’s dream night in. 📺⚽️

It’s 27 years to the day since Paul Gascoigne was dropped by Glenn Hoddle just before France ‘98. Here’s my article from 2023 about the drama, which has now had over 20,000 reads. Gazza’s omission was, and still remains one of the most divisive England stories ever. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

It’s 39 years today since the 1986 World Cup started in Mexico. So here’s Barry Davies describing the opening ceremony that very afternoon. A master at work. 🎙️

⏪ The FA Carling Premiership. LMA Manager. Strap in for a trip down memory lane. 🧵

When ITV lost their live Champions League rights in 2015, they signed off with a brilliant montage of all the great moments they’d covered during the previous 23 years. So much top class European football seen on free-to-air terrestrial TV. Glory days.

Is there anyone cooler than Eric Cantona? Aura 🤌

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Brian Clough's legendary spell as Derby County boss began #OnThisDay in 1967. 🖤

I bumped into Socrates and Junior at about half past midnight on match day. Well sort of bumped into them. It's one of the many stories in my appropriately named book,Game For A Laugh. eltonwelsby.com See for yourself.

OTD 1978 The World Cup began in Argentina. So enjoy this montage from the tournament. Including goals, great kits, an Adidas Tango ball and super hair.