ON THIS DAY

' Leeds United are not a big club. Don't get me wrong, they used to be, now they're just a circus run by puppets, watched by blinkered seals. If they ever offered me a job, I'd turn it down. I want to be the captain of a cruiseliner, not the Titanic.' Steve Evans said that in April 2013 - and yep, as you've guessed, he was appointed manager of Leeds United on October 19th 2015!

Wolves fan Peter Abbott – who lived in Ipswich in Suffolk – missed his first Wolves home match since 1976 when his step-daughter got married. Inconveniently for him the wedding was on the same day that Wolves entertained Coventry at Molineux although Wolves made the clash less of a pain by sending along a surprise wedding guest - club legend Steve Bull. Not sure what the bride thought of it though!

Norwich City wouldn't perhaps be considered the most notable of English clubs who have played in European competitions but on this day in 1993 they did something no other English club had ever done. The Canaries beat Bayern Munich in the Olympic Stadium, then Bayern's home ground, in the UEFA Cup. A draw in the return leg at Carrow Road saw them into the Third Round where they lost to Inter Milan.

Nowadays Andorra, Liechtenstein and San Marino are the countries who are the whipping-boys of European football but back in the 1960’s that honour belonged to Luxembourg alone. On this day in 1960 England visited Luxembourg for a World Cup qualifier and won 9-0, England’s highest score in the competition. Bobby Charlton and Jimmy Greaves each scored hat-tricks, Bobby Smith a couple of goals and Johnny Haynes one.