ON THIS DAY

A 0-0 draw at Grimsby was Cambridge United's 31st League match on the trot without a win. They beat Newcastle in their next Division 2 match but those 31 matches without a victory set a record that lasted until Derby suffered 36 winless matches in a row in 2008.

On the eve of playing in the 1948 FA Cup final Blackpool's Stanley Matthews was named as the first winner of Football Writers' Association 'Footballer of the Year' award. The final didn't bring more success for him with Manchester United beating Blackpool 4-2 in a classic Wembley final and Matthews had to wait another five years for that elusive winners' medal.