ON THIS DAY

Russia beat Cameroon in a group match at the 1994 USA World Cup finals. Two goalscoring records were set in Russia's 6-1 victory – Oleg Salenko became the first player to score five goals in a World Cup finals match while the Cameroon goalscorer – Rogers Milla – at 42 years of age became the oldest goalscorer in the World Cup.

Mark Hateley, the son of former Liverpool and Chelsea player Tony Hateley, spent five years with top flight Coventry City before joining Portsmouth before the start of the 1983/84 season. Pompey were Second Division strugglers in 1983/84 but Mark Hateley certainly made a name for himself finishing top scorer for Portsmouth with 22 League goals, becoming the first Pompey player to be capped by England since Jimmy Dickinson in 1956 and then in his second England appearance he scored in the 2-0 defeat of Brazil at the Maracana Stadium. That England win helped put him into the superstar status and several days later - on June 28th 1984 - he moved to AC Milan for a fee of around £1 million. Sadly though he didn't enjoy the best of time in Italy, Arsene Wenger later signed him for Monaco before moving on to Rangers and then back to England with QPR, Leeds and Hull where he had a short unsuccessful spell as manager. He played a total of 32 games for England but I guess most will remember him for the part he played in that England win at the Maracana!