ON THIS DAY

Spurs needed win their last match of the season to make sure of getting the fourth Champions League spot – instead they are beaten by West Ham and food poisoning with Arsenal pipping them to that Champions League place. A dodgy meal of lasagne the night before the match is thought to have caused the problem but to be fair to the West Ham fans they were prepared to be helpful..... 8 th May

Old Trafford staged 2 matches on this day in 1921. Following the Manchester United v Derby County fixture Stockport County, whose Edgeley Park ground had been closed as a punishment for crowd problems, played Leicester City. Only 13 paid to watch the Stockport match although several thousand others stayed on from the Manchester United match to watch the Stockport game for free.