On This day in Football - January 28

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28 January 1928

Barnsley beat Fulham 8-4 in Division Two. Eaton(4), Brook(2) and Curran(2) netted for Barnsley while Elliot(2), Craig and Johnson replied for the Cottagers.

28 January 1931

Arsenal beat Grimsby Town 9-1 in Division One. Jack(4), Lambert(3), Bastin and Hulme scored for the Gunners while Town's goal came from Swabey.

28 January 1950

A record crowd of 32,384 saw Watford beaten by a Jack Rowley goal as visitors Manchester United won 1-0 in the F.A. Cup Fourth Round.

28 January 1959

The Irish F.A. banned John Crossan for life following alleged irregularities in his signing for Bristol City. The ban was soon relaxed so that it applied to the four "Home Associations" only and Crossan joined Rotterdam Sparta. Ironically he played for Ireland against England in 1960. He subsequently transferred to Standard Liege until his ban was lifted altogether in September 1962 and he joined Sunderland a few weeks later. He was their leading scorer in the 1963-64 season when the club won promotion to Division One.

28 January 1961

Manchester City's Denis Law had scored six goals in their F.A. Cup Fourth Round tie at Luton when the match was abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch. To make matters worse Luton won the re-arranged tie 3-1.

28 January 1963

Jackie Milburn, former Newcastle United and England centre-forward, was appointed manager of Ipswich Town. He joined Newcastle during the Second War as an outside-right but made his name in the post-war years as a centre. He played 354 League matches for the Magpies and in three successful Cup-winning sides (1951,1952 and 1955) scoring 178 goals in the League and 24 in the Cup. Milburn scored 10 goals in 13 internationals for England between 1949 and 1952. He left Tyneside in 1957 to become player-manager of Irish League team Linfield and won an Irish Cup-winners medal with them in 1961 as well as playing for the Irish League during his stay. He returned to England in 1962 to manage Yiewsley Town, now Hillingdon, in the Southern League.

28 January 1967

Berwick Rangers beat Rangers with a Sammy Reid goal in the First Round of the Scottish Cup in front of a ground record crowd of 13,328. It was one of the most sensational results in the history of the competition and the first time Rangers had ever lost to Second Division opposition.

28 January 1994

Graeme Souness was sacked as manager of Liverpool. While the former Rangers manager had won the F.A. Cup for the club two years earlier his overall record had fallen well short of the standards he himself had set whilst playing at Anfield.

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28 January 1961

Manchester City's Denis Law had scored six goals in their F.A. Cup Fourth Round tie at Luton when the match was abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch. To make matters worse Luton won the re-arranged tie 3-1.

Bummer for that to happen!

And Souness's record is more successful the current encumbant but they persist with him. Flavio would not have tolerated it.

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Fifteen Years ago today in the FA Cup ...QPR 1 West Ham 0

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20 Years ago -1995 defeated West Ham 1-0 in the FA Cup


30 Years ago: QPR vs Ipswich League Cup Replay (Quarter Final)

In 1985, Caretaker Manager Frank Sibley's QPR after drawing at Ipswich League Cup (Quarter Final, was it?), lost 2-1 at home in the replay. I remember both sides had a player sent off - Was it Beattie and Stainrod?
Any QPR lost 1-2



3 Year ago: Lost narrowly to Chel-sea in the Cup
Teams & Match Reports

TEAMS
QPR: Kenny, Hill, Hall, Mackie, Buzsaky (Hulse 79), Barton, Young, Smith, Helguson (Macheda 46), Wright-Phillips, Ferdinand.
Subs: Cerny, Orr, Derry, Ephraim, Onuoha.

Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Cole, Luiz, Ramires (Romeu 79), Torres, Mata (Essien 90), Malouda, Meireles, Sturridge, Terry.
Subs: Turnbull, Bosingwa, Lukaku, Cahill, Bertrand.

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5Years ago: This story from Paul Warburton!

Gazette - Vine set for Rangers stay
Jan 28 2010 By Paul Warburton


ROWAN Vine is staying at QPR - because his new boss wants to prove why he brought him to west London in the first place.

It was Mick Harford who set up a permanent deal for the £2.5million striker (right) when the coach was Rangers boss first time around in October 2007 and - although Patrick Agyemang has gone to Bristol City for the rest of the season - Vine is going nowhere.

Crystal Palace are understood to have made an enquiry for Vine before they went into administration on Tuesday, but Harford confirmed he wants to give the player he first teamed up with at Luton every opportunity to stake a claim in W12.

And to prove it, he gave the 27-year-old the last 20 minutes as a sub in the 5-0 drubbing at Nottingham Forest on Tuesday.

Harford said: "Rowan is flying in training. He’s not ready for 90 minutes, but he’s recovered nicely from a clean-up operation on scar tissue affecting his groin, and he’s beginning to look sharp."

Rangers’ third manager this campaign only had five games in charge in 2007 before making way for Lugi de Canio.

But during his 2007 spell, Harford secured Vine from Birmingham on loan, a deal that became permanent in the next transfer window.

Vine then suffered a double leg break in April 2008, and has been fighting to fully recover ever since. But it’s a mark of the esteem he’s held in by Harford that Vine is seen as a better bet than a fully-fit Agyemang.

Harford added: "Rowan fits the bill of target man, and he’ll be given the chance to show what he can do."

www.ealinggazette.co.uk/sport/foo....4767-25706217/


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Anyone want to adopt this "On This Day in Football?...I'm sure you do!

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Year ago: Lost narrowly to Chel-sea in the Cup
Teams & Match Reports

TEAMS
QPR: Kenny, Hill, Hall, Mackie, Buzsaky (Hulse 79), Barton, Young, Smith, Helguson (Macheda 46), Wright-Phillips, Ferdinand.
Subs: Cerny, Orr, Derry, Ephraim, Onuoha.

Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Cole, Luiz, Ramires (Romeu 79), Torres, Mata (Essien 90), Malouda, Meireles, Sturridge, Terry.
Subs: Turnbull, Bosingwa, Lukaku, Cahill, Bertrand.

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And in the non-football world...Remember it like yesterday

The Space Shuttle Challenger Blew up


BBC On This Day


1986: Seven dead in space shuttle disaster
The American space shuttle, Challenger, has exploded killing all seven astronauts on board.

The five men and two women - including the first teacher in space - were just over a minute into their flight from Cape Canaveral in Florida when the Challenger blew up.

The astronauts' families, at the airbase, and millions of Americans witnessed the world's worst space disaster live on TV.

The danger from falling debris prevented rescue boats reaching the scene for more than an hour.

In 25 years of space exploration seven people have died - today that total has been doubled.

President Ronald Reagan has described the tragedy as "a national loss".

The Challenger's flight, the 25th by a shuttle, had already been delayed because of bad weather. High winds, then icicles caused the launch to be postponed from 22 January.

But Nasa officials insist safety remains their top priority and there was no pressure to launch the shuttle today.

The shuttle crew was led by Commander Dick Scobee, 46. Christa McAuliffe, 37, married with two children, was to be the first school teacher in space - picked from among 10,000 entries for a competition.

Speaking before the launch, she said: "One of the things I hope to bring back into the classroom is to make that connection with the students that they too are part of history, the space programme belongs to them and to try to bring them up with the space age."

President Reagan has put off his state of the union address. He was meeting senior aides in the Oval Office when he learned of the disaster.


We will never forget them

US President Ronald Reagan
He has called for an immediate inquiry into the disaster but he said the space programme would go on - in honour to the dead astronauts. Vice-President George Bush has been sent to Cape Canaveral to visit the victims' families.

This evening, the president went on national television to pay tribute to the courage and bravery of the seven astronauts.

He said: "We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them this morning as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God."

news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/28/newsid_2506000/2506161.stm

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