ON THIS DAY

At just over 18 years of age Liverpool striker Michael Owen became England’s youngest international of the 20th Century when he made his debut against Chile at Wembley. Chile won 2-0. Owen went on to score 40 goals in 89 England appearances, his last appearance being against France in 2008.

One of the great grounds in English football - Molineux - recorded its record attendance with 61,315 being present to see Wolves defeat Liverpool 4-1 in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup. That beat the previous record attendance, set against Arsenal in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup a year previously, by just 48 fans. The current ground capacity is just a little over half those two pre-war attendances. After their 1939 victory over Liverpool Wolves went on to reach the FA Cup final where they suffered a major upset, losing 4-1 to Portsmouth, to finish the last completed season before the Second World War in second place in both the League and FA Cup.