ON THIS DAY

All the footballing headlines that day centred on 18-year-old Marcus Rashford of Manchester United who made his first-team debut for the Reds against FC Midtjylland in the Europa League. He only got into the side because team-mate Anthony Martial injured himself in the pre-match warm-up but proceeded to score 2 goals in United's 5-1 victory. He became the youngest United player to score a goal in European competition, breaking the record which George Best had set over 50 years earlier. The headlines stayed with him when three days later he scored twice more In Manchester United's 3-2 Premier League defeat of Arsenal and set another record. This time he became the youngest ever Manchester United player to score a goal on his League debut. An eventful three days!

An FA Amateur Cup 4th Round match between Highgate United and Enfield ended in tragedy. A bolt of lightning hit the centre of the pitch knocking over several players and tragically one of those, the Highgate centre-half Tony Allden, died in hospital the following day from his injuries.