ON THIS DAY

The 2012 Olympics hadn’t officially started when the football tournament hit a serious snag in Glasgow. The womens match at Hampden Park between North Korea and Colombia was delayed by an hour after the North Koreans protested when a South Korean flag accompanied their team on the giant screen at the ground.

The Class of '93 did England proud. The UEFA Under 18 tournament finals consisted of two groups with hosts England topping their group with victories over France, Netherlands and Spain to qualify for the final against Turkey. That match, played in front of a 23,381 crowd at the City Ground home of Nottingham Forest saw England take the honours 1-0 - a Darren Caskey penalty - to win the competition for the ninth time. Many considered that Julian Joachim was the player of the tournament and would develop into a major star. He didn't ever play for the full England side although four members of the England winning side did - Sol Campbell, Robbie Fowler, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes as did Nicky Butt who was a squad member who didn't play in the final. A player named David Beckham - remember him? - didn't even make the England squad! The winning England team - Chris Day (Tottenham); Gary Neville (Manchester United), Kevin Sharp (Leeds), Darren Caskey (Tottenham), Chris Casper (Manchester United), Sol Campbell (Tottenham), Mark Tinkler (Leeds), Julian Joachim (Leicester), Paul Scholes (Manchester United), Robbie Fowler (Liverpool), Kevin Gallen (QPR). Substitute: Noel Whelan (Leeds) for Gallen, 71st minute. We all thought that these players would be helping England winning the World Cup soon......