ON THIS DAY

Qualifying for European football is great but it can mean an early start to the season. Fulham started out in the 2011/12 Europa League on this day in 2011 at Craven Cottage against Runavik, the first side from the Faroe Islands to play a competitive match in England

Football may have ‘come home’ for Euro 96 but the trophy didn’t stay here with Germany defeating the Czech Republic with a golden goal in the Wembley final. It was the first major tournament to be decided with a golden goal and was the first major competition won by the unified Germany team. `