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Honorary Patron: Keith Hackett – Former FIFA Referee, referee of the 1981 FA Cup Final and is in FIFA’s Top 100 Referees of All-Time
Patrons: Gordon Hill – FA Cup winner with Manchester United in 1977 and 6 caps for England
Paul Jones – 50 caps for Wales and over 200 Premier League appearances
Eddie McGoldrick – 1993/94 European Cup Winners Cup winner with Arsenal and 15 caps for the Republic of Ireland
It was on this day in 1990 that Alex Ferguson made one of the shrewdest…
Former Manchester United boss Ron Atkinson was appointed as the new Aston Villa manager on…
156,000 Allied troops landed on the north coast of France on this day in 1944…
It was on this day in 1968 that Alan Mullery got the record that no…
It was on this day in 1977 that Scotland’s fans took over Wembley to watch…
It was on this day in 2006 that England demolished Jamaica 6-0 in a warm-up…
This is only slightly football-related, but on this day in 1985 Pope John Paul II…
England finally returned to their spiritual home of Wembley on this day in 2007 after…
It was on this day back in 1993 that Swindon Town won promotion to the…
Nottingham Forest won the first of two consecutive European Cups on this day in 1979,…
