ON THIS DAY

Aston Villa's goalkeeper Mark Bosnich hadn't been a favourite of Tottenham Hotspur fans following a clash between the Australian 'keeper and Jurgen Klinsmann of Spurs at Villa Park in January 1995. Klinsmann was knocked unconscious in the Premier League fixture. When the clubs met in another Premier League match in October 1996, at White Hart Lane, Spurs fans chanted the name of Klinsmann every time Bosnich touched the ball. In response Bosnich did a Nazi salute directed at the home fans. With Spurs having a deep Jewish heritage there was immediate outrage at the incident and later football fans generally condemned the actions of Bosnich. Complaints from fans saw the Australian interviewed by police and charged with misconduct by the FA for which he was later fined £1000 and warned about his future conduct.

Scotland beat Wales in a World Cup qualifier to reach the 1978 World Cup finals in Argentina - and were the only British nation to qualify. Scotland's 2-0 win was helped along by a hotly-disputed penalty and the choice of venue. After crowd problems at an Wales match at Cardiff's Ninian Park the Welsh FA decided to stage the home match 'abroad' at Liverpool's Anfield Stadium rather than in Wrexham. Their were so many members of the Tartan Army in the 50,850 Anfield crowd it almost seemed to be an away match for the Welsh.

Legendary Notts County goalkeeper Albert Iremonger was not too chuffed when the referee abandoned a First Division match at Tottenham due to fog with just 8 minutes remaining. Notts were 3-1 up at the time and were heading for their first League win of the season. The 6ft 5in goalkeeper's 'offensive remarks' to the referee saw him pick up a three match ban. When he started that ban two weeks later it ended an amazing run - he had been ever-present in the first team since February 9th 1907. In those 5+ years he had made 222 consecutive first team appearances for Notts County, 211 in the First Division and 11 in the FA Cup. That is still a Notts County club record.