ON THIS DAY

Most will remember Tom Finney as a loyal one-club player but on September 25th 1963 he made his only competitive appearance for a club other than Preston - in the European Cup. Three years after playing his last Preston game George Armstrong, the manager of Northern Ireland champions Distillery, coaxed the 41-year-old Finney out of retirement to play for Distillery in their European Cup-tie against the Portuguese giants Benfica. On this day in 1963 a 19,326 Belfast crowd witnessed a memorable 3-3 draw between the sides but without Finney in the return leg Benfica ran out 5-0 winners. 26 th September

Surprise League champions Ipswich Town showed they had no fear of the European Cup when beating Floriana of Malta 10-0 at Portman Road to complete an aggregate 14-1 First Round victory. Ray Crawford scored five of the goals at Portman Road – Ipswich were knocked out by AC Milan in the next round - Link (match details) - Clubs scoring 10 goals in Cup matches