ON THIS DAY

Before setting off to the Euro Championships in Germany England played a warm-up match against mighty…..Aylesbury United. England beat the Southern League champions 7-0 but didn’t do as well in Germany – they found the opposition was a tad better than non-league standard and lost all three matches.

The date of one of the more memorable England v Scotland internationals. Scotland were in the ascendancy at the time. They were the reigning Home International champions and needed a victory over England at Wembley in 1977 to retain that title. And a victory they gained - goals from Gordon McQueen and Kenny Dalglish gave the Scots a comfortable 2-0 lead before a late Mick Channon penalty gave the English a consolation goal. But it was what happened after the match that made most of the headlines. Many Scots in the 98,103 crowd invaded the pitch, digging up turf from the pitch and wrecking the goalposts. It seems that many a Scottish lawn saw the addition of a bit of the Wembley turf after that Saturday afternoon fixture. The Scottish victory was the first at Wembley since 1967 when the Scots became the first country the beat England after they had won the World Cup - and that of course allowed them to claim to be the unofficial world champions!