ON THIS DAY

Bobby Charlton played his last match for England on 14th June 1970. He finished his illustrious England career with 106 caps and 49 goals - at the time both England records. Sadly though it wasn't Bobby Charlton who made the headlines that day, more the fact that his England team suffered a major defeat. England's problems started just before kick off when their greatest-ever goalkeeper, Gordon Banks, was forced to drop out with a severe case of the trots due to food-poisoning. But England took a 2-0 lead before slipping back to 2-2, Bobby Charlton and Martin Peters were controversially substituted before England finally suffered a 3-2 defeat after extra time with two of those goals being blamed on Banks's replacement - Peter Bonetti. Oh, and England's opponents that day were West Germany in the 1970 World Cup quarter-final in Mexico - and England's reign as World Champions was over. 15 th June

A severe winter saw the latest ever finish of a League season until Covid came along. In one of the seven final-day League matches Stoke needed a win to pip Liverpool for the League title but they lost 2-1 at Sheffield United.