ON THIS DAY

Pele received an honorary knighthood from the Queen at a Buckingham Palace ceremony. Although he couldn’t call himself Sir Pele, he was able to add the letters KBE - Knight Commander of the British Empire - after his name. I bet he didn’t though!

An unusual purchase by Mansfield Town – they bought a complete steel-framed stand from the closed Hurst Park Racecourse in Surrey for £30,000. They re-assembled it behind the old West Stand and when it was finished they demolished the old stand and constructed a terrace in front of the new structure.

Jimmy Greaves scored 5 goals for Chelsea in their 7-1 defeat of West Bromwich Albion in front of 19,568 at Stamford Bridge. Greaves finished the season as leading First Division goalscorer with 41 goals in his 40 League appearances for Chelsea.