ON THIS DAY

On the day when the headlines should have belonged to England and their magnificent 0-0 draw with mighty Costa Rica to end their World Cup campaign with a point (yes, I'm being sarcastic!) it was 'Cannibal Suárez' who everyone was talking about. Feeling peckish again, the Uruguay forward bit Italy's Giorgio Chiellini. A four-month ban followed during which time he fancied a change of appetite and moved from Liverpool to Barcelona for £75 million. And the internet loved it!

England lose another penalty shoot-out, this time against hosts Portugal at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon in the quarter-finals of Euro 2004. David Beckham and Darius Vassell failed with their pens.

Who says that Scotland never do well in World Cups – they got to the final in 1989! Well OK, it was the Under-16 World Cup but they all count! The 1989 Under-16 World Cup tournament was held in Scotland and after the hosts had played Bahrain, Ghana, Cuba, East Germany and Portugal they found themselves in the final against Saudi Arabia. The match was played at Hampden Park on Saturday 24th June 1989 in front of a 51,000 crowd. Scotland took a 2-0 lead, missed a penalty, Saudi Arabia pulled back to 2-2 and the Scots were beaten 5-4 on penalties. Of course a disappointing defeat but also a controversial one. Many considered that Saudi Arabia had fielded over-age players with a newspaper report describing the Saudi Under-16 players as ‘all moustached and maturity’. The Scottish team – Jim Will, Kevin Bain, Jim Beattie, Scott Marshall, Tom McMillan, Gary Bollan, Brian O'Neil, John Lindsay, Ian Downie, Paul Dickov, Kevin McGoldrick. Used subs: Andy McLaren, Neil Murray. Paul Dickov, Brian O’Neil and Andy McLaren all later progressed to the full Scotland team.