ON THIS DAY

Aged 17 years and 75 days Theo Walcott became the youngest England international in the 3-1 victory over Hungary at Old Trafford. Another debut was given to the robotic dance celebration of Peter Crouch after he had scored England’s third goal.

Cloughie leads unfashionable Nottingham Forest to a European Cup Final victory over Malmo in Munich. An amazing achievement – one which Forest repeated the following year to become the first club ever to win the European Cup more often than there own domestic League title.