ON THIS DAY

A year after leaving his job as England boss Sven-Göran Eriksson returned to football management on 6th July 2007 when signing a 3-year deal to manage Manchester City. City started the season well but then suffered a bit of a slump which saw them finish 9th in the Premier League. They recorded a League double over Manchester United but a 8-1 defeat at Middlesbrough on the final day of the season proved to be the Swede's last match as manager of The Blues with City owner Thaksin Shinawatra sacking him at the end of his first season at the club.

Germany get the better of England again, this time in the vote to host the 2006 World Cup Finals. At the vote in Zurich Germany pipped favourites South Africa for the honour, England were a distant third and Morocco fourth.