ON THIS DAY

When the PA announcer at the Rochdale v Gillingham League 1 match made an appeal for a car owner to return to his vehicle because the car lights had been left on the owner was a bit preoccupied. He was playing in the match! Rochdale's Callum Camp got one of the backroom staff to sort out his problem - then went on to score Rochdale's goal in the 1-1 draw.

For the first time Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho suffered a Premier League defeat at Stamford Bridge. After 61 wins and 16 draws in his first 77 league matches at the ground in his two spells at the club along came bottom club Sunderland to win 2-1 against title chasing Chelsea. In his after-match interview he praised his players, he praised Sunderland and then had this to say about the referee who had turned down several Chelsea penalty appeals but awarded one to Sunderland. "Third point, I want to congratulate again Mike Dean. I think his performance was unbelievable and I think when referees have unbelievable performances I think it's fair that as managers we give them praise. So, fantastic performance. He came here with one objective. To make a fantastic performance. And he did that .” Yes he was being sarcastic and yes he was fined, £10,000.

Just two months after the Munich air disaster Manchester United’s Bobby Charlton made his England debut in the 4-0 defeat of Scotland at Hampden Park scoring the first of what would become a record 49 goals for his country.