ON THIS DAY

Cardiff City's Chris Gunter made his full international debut for Wales in May 2007 in a friendly fixture against New Zealand. In 2018 the full-back overtook Neville Southall as the most capped Welshman when making his 93rd appearance for Wales, against China, a total that was helped by a remarkable run of 63 consecutive appearances for his country. On 27th March 2021 - by then he was a 31-year-old Charlton Athletic player - he became the first Welshman to win 100 caps for his country in a friendly against Mexico at the Cardiff City stadium. Sadly the Cardiff stands weren't full of fans to witness that great achievement. The attendance was 0......due to Covid!

A League match - Chesterfield 4-4 Grimsby with the attendance 4,444. What were the odds of that happening!

Kevin Keegan managed England for the first time and saw his side defeat Poland 3-1 in a Euro 2000 qualifier at Wembley. Keegan told Paul Scholes to go out against Poland and 'drop hand grenades' and he responded with 3 goals, his only hat-trick for England.

A week after the Jules Rimet World Cup trophy was stolen in London a dog named Pickles found the missing trophy in Beulah Hill in Upper Norwood in South London. The black and white collie then became something of a celebrity. He starred in a film, The Spy with the Cold Nose , appeared on Blue Peter and other TV programmes, he was named 'Dog of the Year', was awarded a one-year supply of free food from Spillers, had a plaque erected in his honour and attended England's 1966 World Cup winning party. To be fair, Pickles was being walked by his owner, David Corbett, when the cup was found but hey, you just knew that the four-legged member of that duo was going to get more of the publicity than the two-legged one!