ON THIS DAY

Liverpool finished the season as League champions but their dream of an unbeaten season in the League ended on this day in 1988 after being unbeaten in their first 29 League matches of the season. The team that beat them, inevitably I guess....Everton!

Aston Villa's Chris Nichol became only the second player to score two goals for each side in a League match - he scored all 4 goals in Villa's 2-2 First Division draw against Leicester City at Filbert Street. Sam Wynne of Oldham Athletic was the only other League player ever to do that - against Manchester United in October 1923.

Just four months before it was due to be presented to the World Cup winners at Wembley the World Cup trophy was stolen while on display at the Westminster Central Hall. Fearing it wouldn’t be recovered the FA secretly arranged for a replica to be made but a week later, after a massive police hunt The Jules Rimet trophy was found – under a hedge in South London by a dog named Pickles!