ON THIS DAY

In their 2-1 National League North win at Bradford Park Avenue Salford City's goalkeeper Max Crocombe was sent off for something he later apologised for saying that he ' was in a very uncomfortable position and made an error of judgement'. His crime? Well with a few minutes remaining he was caught short and urinated on the pitch in front of some very unchuffed supporters! 29 th October

World Cup wins are just like buses aren’t they – you wait 51 years for a win then two come along in just 139 days! After England’s Under 20’s World title success in June 2017 the Under 17s won their world title in October 2017 – and didn’t they do it in style! They beat Brazil in the semis thanks to a Rhian Brewster hat-trick - he also scored three in the quarter-finals and went on to win the tournament Golden Boot award – to set up a final against Spain. England had been beaten by the Spanish in final of the UEFA Under 17 competition in May and history looked to be repeating itself when Spain took a 2-0 lead in the World final played in Kolkata in India. But then things changed with goals from Brewster, Gibbs-White, Foden (2) and Guehi seeing England dominate to record a memorable 5-2 win. Team team - Curtis Anderson (Manchester City); Steven Sessegnon (Fulham), Joel Latibeaudiere (Manchester City), Marc Guehi (Chelsea), Jonathan Panzo (Chelsea); Tashan Oakley-Boothe (Tottenham Hotspur), George McEachran (Chelsea); Phil Foden (Manchester City), Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Callum Hudson - Odoi (Chelsea); Rhian Brewster (Liverpool) with the playing subs being Nya Kirby (Crystal Palace) for Gibbs-White, Conor Gallagher (Chelsea) for McEachran and Angel Gomes (Manchester United) for Oakley-Boothe. Head coach – Steve Cooper. The England development teams had a magnificent 2017 – World titles for the Under 17s and Under 20s while in UEFA Euros the Under 19s won their title, the Under 17s were beaten finalists and Under 21s were beaten semi-finalists. Surely the England senior side will be winning World cups with ease in the future!!

Chesterfield celebrated one of their greatest ever victories – in the Anglo-Scottish Cup - but it was against mighty Rangers in the quarter-finals of the competition. After drawing the first leg at Ibrox the return was played at Saltergate on this day in 1980 and 13,914 Chesterfield fans saw their side beat Rangers 3-0 on their way to eventually winning the competition in its final season.