ON THIS DAY

After non-leaguers Sutton United played Arsenal in the 5th Round of the FA Cup amazingly the main talking point was about a photograph….of a bloke eating a pie! The gentleman in question, the 46-year-old 23-stone Wayne Shaw, was probably no stranger to the eating of pies but the photograph was taken during the match while he sat on the subs bench – he was the Sutton substitute goalkeeper! The story soon became less humorous when it was claimed that it was a publicity stunt for a bookmaker and that bets had been made that he would be photographed eating a pie during the match. The FA launched an investigation, Shaw resigned from Sutton the day after the match and was offered a pie-tasting job as Morrison’s supermarket – oh, and Sutton put up a good display in a 2-0 defeat with the Gunners going on to win the FA Cup for a record 13th time.

On Monday February 20th 1922 Bill Poyntz of Leeds United got married in the morning and later in the day scored a hat-trick at Elland Road in the 3-0 Second Division victory over Leicester City. Nine days before he had become the first Leeds player to be sent off in a League fixture. An eventful few days!