ON THIS DAY

One of the most momentous days in British history – we voted for Brexit in a referendum. And it seems that it may have all been Leicester City’s fault! Yes the argument put forward was that with Leicester City being the most successful underdogs ever having won the Premier League title the previous month it became acceptable to support the underdog – so we voted for Brexit. Worse still – Leicester’s triumph became well-known the world over and so when the Americans had their Presidential elections in November Donald Trump was voted in for the very same reason, the Yanks supported the underdog. Leicester City had a lot to answer for!!

A low point for Scotland. A 3-0 defeat against Morocco saw them finish bottom of their group at the 1998 World Cup finals in France. It was the eighth time in their eight appearances in the World Cup finals that they have failed to progress to the knock-out stages.

A tragedy in Argentina at the end of a local derby between River Plate and Boca Juniors at the El Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires. As the fans left the ground after the 0-0 draw one of the exit gates was found to be closed trapping those at the front of the growing queue. Fans further back weren’t aware of the problem at the gate and pushed towards the exit, crushing those fans at the front. Tragically 71 fans died and over 150 others suffered injury in the ‘Tragedy of Gate 12’. It all sounds very familiar doesn’t it – if only lessons could have been learned!