ON THIS DAY

It was announced in Zurich that Michael Owen had won the European Footballer of the Year award, the first English winner since Kevin Keegan in 1979, but David Beckham had finished as runner-up to Luis Figo for World Player of the Yea r.

When Graeme Sharp scored for Oldham Athletic with 20 minutes left of their Premier League clash with neighbours Manchester United at Old Trafford on April 4th 1994 it was to prove to be the start of an amazing run. Manchester United didn't let in another Premier League goal at their home ground for over 8 months until December 17th when Stan Collymore scored 10 minutes before half time for Nottingham Forest. An amazing run of 1135 minutes without conceding a home goal, a run that included 12 full matches.