ON THIS DAY

An amazing match at Blundell Park where Grimsby beat Burnley 6-5 in a Division 1 fixture. Eight players scored goals in the match with the scoreline progressing 1-0. 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4 and then 6-5. Burnley were no strangers to heavy League defeats in 2002/03 although amazingly their four other major reverses were all recorded at their own Turf Moor home. They lost 2-5 to Reading, 2-6 to Rotherham, 2-7 to Sheffield Wednesday and 4-7 to Watford. Relegation form you might think but in fact Burnley finished a little below mid-table in 2002/03. 30 th October

England have only had three internationals abandoned in their history and only one of those was a competitive match. On this day in 1975 a Euro qualifier in Bratislava against Czechoslovakia was abandoned after 17 minutes because of dense fog with the score at 0-0. The match was restaged the following day, England losing 2-1.