ON THIS DAY

One of the more bizarre sendings off! When the Havant & Waterlooville v Dorchester Town Conference South match was interrupted by home fan Alan Young invading the pitch wearing a mankini - for a bet - you could guess headlines were in the making. The pitch invasion came to an end when Dorchester player-manager Ashley Vickers tackled the fan to the ground - and was then promptly sent off by the ref for violent conduct. ' I'm dumbfounded and speechless ' he said ' I thought I was doing them a favour' . He appealed against the sending off but the red card was upheld although the three-match ban he was due was dropped. Sadly for him though the match was evenly poised at 1-1 when he was sent off but Dorchester eventually lost the match 3-1 with two more of their players receiving their marching orders before the final whistle. 8 th March

The ‘Forgotten Five’ finally got their recognition. Alan Ball, George Cohen, Roger Hunt, Nobby Stiles and Ray Wilson became the last of England’s World Cup winners to be honoured when they received their MBEs from the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

Plenty of goals at Home Park. In the first 20 minutes Plymouth Argyle took a 3-0 lead over Mansfield in a Division 3 fixture. Mansfield pulled back to 3-3 but in the final 20 minutes the Pilgrims scored five more to win 8-3. Plymouth became the first Division 3 champions in 1958/59.