ON THIS DAY

Fourth Division Sheffield United recorded their best home League attendance of the season – 24,593 in the 1-1 draw against Bradford City. Their average home League crowd was 14,891. Exactly three years later – on March 30 1985 – Fourth Division Halifax Town recorded their lowest home League crowd of the season – 890 in the 1-0 defeat against Torquay. Their average home League attendance for the season was 1,381.

Plenty of goals in the First Division fixture at Molineux where Wolves beat Middlesbrough 5-3. Probably the most notable goal was scored by Middlesbrough’s left-back Bobby Stuart – an own goal! It was his fifth own-goal of the season – a League record which stands to this day. Ironically he went on to play 247 League matches for Middlesbrough, scoring just twice at the right end!