ON THIS DAY

Brother substituted brother for the first time for England when Phil Neville replaced his brother Gary in the second half of England’s 3-0 victory over Portugal at Wembley. 23 rd April

I was going to start this with do you remember Eric Morecambe's mimicking the announcer of the classified results - then I thought perhaps not many of you would even remember Eric Morecambe! Anyway Eric, of Morecambe & Wise comedy fame, made us all laugh when giving the result - "East Fife (downward inflection) 4 - Forfar (upward lilt) 5" Well it made us laugh at the time! But that result has never been read in reality but on 22nd April 1964 it came close with Forfar 5 East Fife 4. No, not quite the same.

Crystal Palace goalkeeper Vic Rouse became the first player from the Fourth Division to win a full international cap. He played for Wales against Northern Ireland in Belfast. The Irish won 4-1 - it was the only cap he won!