ON THIS DAY

Gary Lineker announced that he would be retiring from playing football after picking up a toe injury while playing for Nagoya Grampus Eight in Japan and would be joining the BBC. Not a bad couple of careers for someone whose final school report read ' Must devote less of his time to sport if he wants to be a success.' 22 nd September

Charlton Athletic beat Stoke 2-0 in front of an 8,858 crowd who witnessed the clubs' last match before a period of exile from their home ground, The Valley. Money problems, sadly. There were ground-shares with Crystal Palace and West Ham before Charlton finally returned home in 1992.

Pat Jennings became the first Irishman to win 100 international caps when helping Northern Ireland to a 3-1 victory over Austria in a Euro qualifier in Belfast.

England were beaten for the first time on home soil by a foreign country. The Republic of Ireland won 2-0 at Everton's Goodison Park.