ON THIS DAY

Robert Maxwell perhaps wasn't the most popular of club chairman but under his control Oxford United did enjoy its most successful period. As a First Division club - the top tier in those days - on this day in 1986 Oxford beat favourites QPR in front of 90,396 at Wembley to win the Milk Cup (League Cup). Twenty years later they were relegated to the Conference.

Wales became the first British international side to field two sets of brothers. John and Mel Charles, Ivor and Len Allchurch were in their side for the 3-2 victory over Northern Ireland at Windsor Park, Belfast. John Charles scored a hat-trick.

A then world-record crowd for a football match at the Crystal Palace for the FA Cup final between Sheffield United and Tottenham Hotspur. The official attendance was 110.802 although thousands more gained entrance to witness a 2-2 draw. The replay, played a week later at Bolton's Burnden Park, saw Southern League Spurs become the only non-league side to win the FA Cup since the Football League was founded in 1888 with a 3-1 victory.