On This Day...

[Ian_W]

I am going to start a new feature on here to enhance the 'On This Day...' feature that is in the programme.

 

I am only going to do this for away matches and may well add further details as known - so it will be a very much evolving feature.

 

 

 

 

23rd January

 

Today we play Harrow Borough away however in...

 

History:

1556: An earthquake in Shanxi Province, China, was thought to have killed about 830,000 people

1571: The Royal Exchange in London, founded by financier Thomas Gresham, was opened by Queen Elizabeth I

1924: The first Labour government was formed, under Ramsay MacDonald

1955: Express train crashes killing 14 when an express train travelling from York to Bristol derails at Sutton Coldfield station

1971: Britain allowed to sell arms to South Africa

1973: Nixon announces Vietnam peace deal

1983: The A-Team debuted on TV

1985: The proceedings of the House of Lords were televised for the first time

1989: Hundreds of people are feared dead after a powerful earthquake strikes the Soviet Central Asian republic of Tajikistan

 

 

Football:

 

1932: Beat Romford Brewery 3-1 in the Romford & District League with goals from Thomas & German

1937: Beat Becontree Heath OB 2-1 in the Romford & District League with goals from D. Milne & German

1954: Lost to Wembley in 2-5 in the Delphian League with goals from Frankis & Lunn

1960: Lost to Hitchin Town 0-4 in the Athenian League

1965: Lost to Worthing 2-4 in the Athenian League with goals from Armstrong

1968: Beat Ilford 2-1 in the MithrasCup 2nd round with goals from Barry

1971: Drew with Hertford Town 1-1 with the goal from Nisbett

1993: Beat Tring Town 2-0 in the Isthmian League with the goals from Weekes

1999: Beat Wingate & Finchley 2-0 in the Isthmian League with both the goals from Aransibia

2007: Drew with Wingate & Finchley 1-1 in the Isthmian League with the goal from Simon Parker - report

[Eastside Urchin]

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