ON THIS DAY

Jonathan Woodgate didn’t make the best of debuts for Real Madrid following his move from Newcastle – he scored an own goal and was sent off against Athletic Bilbao.

In a first Division fixture at Loftus Road visiting Newcastle United were 4-0 up against QPR at half-time. It was 5-5 at the final whistle!

Leeds United were once one of the top sides in Europe....honestly! When the UEFA Cup replaced the Fairs Cup at the start of the 1971/72 season UEFA invited the two clubs with the best records in the Fairs Cup to play-off for the honour of keeping the old trophy. One was Barcelona, who won the first Fairs Cup final in 1958, with the other being Leeds who had defeated Juventus to win the last Fairs Cup final in 1971. On 22nd September 1971 in front of 35,000 at the Nou Camp Leeds were beaten 2-1 by Barcelona. But hey, Leeds were good enough to be there!