ON THIS DAY

Goalkeepers are used to having things thrown at them but Brentford 'keeper Chic Brodie was a tad surprised at what was directed at him when playing against Millwall in a Third Division fixture at Griffin Park in 1965 - a hand grenade! He calmly threw it into the back of the net and got on with the game - it was only after the match that it was found to be a dud.

Middlesbrough suffered their record League defeat, 0-9 at Blackburn Rovers in a Second Division match. The following Saturday they fielded exactly the same team at home to Fulham - and won that one 4-2.