ON THIS DAY

Mark Crossley will be remembered by many as the only goalkeeper ever to save a Matthew Le Tissier penalty but on this day in 2006 he made a few headlines for a very different reason. Playing for Sheffield Wednesday in a home Championship match against Southampton his side trailed by a goal as the match entered injury time. Despite suffering a hamstring injury he limped up to the visitors penalty area for a last minute corner kick - and headed home the equaliser. It was the only goal he scored in a senior playing career that lasted nearly a quarter of a century.

An early Christmas present for Arsenal who redorded a 5-0 First Division victory over Tottenham at White Hart Lane. A 42,073 crowd witnessed Alan Sunderland score three goals, the first Arsenal player to score a hat-trick against Spurs since Ted Drake in 1934.