ON THIS DAY

Gary Lineker scored his 48th – and last – England goal in Moscow against CIS (Russia). He played in a further 6 internationals without scoring another goal - he missed a penalty in the 1-1 draw with Brazil at Wembley - leaving his total one short of Bobby Charlton’s England record. 30 th April

David Icke was a half-decent goalkeeper playing 37 times for Hereford United in their first League season, 1972/73. When arthritis then ended his playing career cruelly early he became a half-decent BBC TV sports presenter. Then he turned slightly 'strange' saying, amongst many other things, that he was ' the son of God' . Appearing on the BBC Wogan programme on 29th April 1991 he was ridiculed by Terry Wogan with the studio audience - and I guess the wider television public - laughing at his statements which included that Britain would be devastated by tidal waves and earthquakes. The interview was on his 39th birthday which I guess was his Christmas Day! Sad.

A most un-German end to the 1977/78 Bundesliga season. Going into the last match of the season Borussia Mönchengladbach and Cologne were equal on points but Cologne's goal difference was better by 10 goals. Cologne were odds-on favourites for the title but amazingly Mönchengladbach beat Borussia Dortmund by a record-breaking 12-0 scoreline. Cologne still took the title, they beat St Pauli 5-0 to maintain a better goal difference (of 3 goals) but so dramatic was Mönchengladbach's victory there was suspicion of match-fixing. The final conclusion though was that Dortmund's players just gave up on the match and each member of their team was fined for their poor performance.

A 15,318 London Road crowd saw Peterborough United beat Barrow 6-2 in their final Division Four match of the season. Not only did Posh top the division in their first Football League season but those six goals saw the club complete the season with a record 134 League goals. Terry Bly scored a hat-trick against Barrow to finish the season with 52 League goals, a post-war League best.

Bomb damage had seen Old Trafford closed for the first three post-war seasons with Manchester United setting up home at Manchester City's Maine Road ground. But they were finally back at Old Trafford at the start of the 1949/50 season - although perhaps the novelty soon seemed to wear off. The final First Division match of the season - against Fulham on April 29th 1950 - saw what is still the lowest post-war League attendance at Old Trafford - just 11,968.

Managers moan nowadays if their players have to play twice in a week but West Bromwich Albion completed the 1911/12 season on 29th April 1912 having played seven matches in just 10 days. Amazingly two of those matches were the FA Cup final and final replay and four of those matches were played on four days in a row.