On This Day...

[Ian_W]

6th February

 

Today we play Cray Wanderers away in the league however in...

 

History:

 

1911: Ronald Wilson Reagan was born

1945: Bob Marley was born

1952: His Majesty, King George VI, dies peacefully in his sleep at Sandringham House, aged 56.

1958: Seven Manchester United footballers are among 21 dead after an air crash in Munich.

1971: Alan Shepard becomes the first man to hit a golf ball on the Moon during a two-day Moon walk from Apollo 14.

1983: War criminal and former Gestapo commandant, Klaus Barbie, arrives in France to stand trial for crimes committed 37 years ago.

1997: The Court of Appeal makes an historic judgement in favour of Diane Blood who will be allowed to be inseminated with her dead husband's sperm.

2001: The leader of the right-wing Likud party, Ariel Sharon, wins a landslide victory to become the new prime minister of Israel.

2005: British Prime Minister Tony Blair marks 2,838 days in his post at Number 10.

 

Football:

 

1926: Beat Navestock 3-0 at home in the Romford & District League with goals from E Taylor (2) and H Frizzell

1937: Beat Hornchurch Corinthians 5-0 at home in the Romford & District League Cup 4th Round with goals from Carter, Flint (2), German and Wareham

1954: Lost at home to Dagenham 1-3 in the Delphian league with the goal coming from an own goal

1960: Lost away to Wealdstone 1-2 in the Athenian League with the goal coming from Harris

1965: Beat Redhill at home 7-2 in the Athenian League with goals from Fortt (2), Trott (4) and Armstrong

1971: Lost at home to Leytonstone 0-4 in the Essex Senior Cup 4th round

1982: Drew 1-1 away to Maidenhead United in the Isthmian League with the goal coming from Cocayne

1988: Lost away to Hemel Hempstead 0-1 in the Isthmian League

1993: Lost away to Thame United in the Isthmian league 0-1

1999: Drew 2-2 away to Egham Town in the Isthmian League with goals from Goody and Aransibia

[Eastside Urchin]

good old e taylor