OCTOBER 21st

 BIRTHDAYS / BORN ON THIS DAY - 21ST OCTOBER

• 21st October 1933 - Francisco "Paco" Gento. Real Madrid and Spain legend. Francisco "Paco" Gento was a lightening-fast left winger, he was one of the greatest players of the 1950s and 1960s. Gento was one of only three players to play in all five European Cup victories of the 1950s (Di Stéfano and Zárraga the others).
  
  
  

• 21st October 1959 - Kevin Sheedy. A sweet left foot and part of that incredible Everton midfield of the 1980s.

• 21st October 1965 - Jon Andoni Goikoetxea. The midfielder was a Don Balón Award winner in 1991 and part of the fabled Barcelona Dream Team.
  
  
  

• 21st October 1967 - Paul Ince. A "big-time Charlie" according to Fergie, but a cracking box-to-box, tenacious midfielder at Man U. nonetheless.

• 21st October 1948 - Jan Boskamp. Dutch midfielder in the 1960s-80s, winning titles in Holland and Belgium with Feyenoord and RWD Molenbeek.
  

  Senior career*
  Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
  1966–1974	Feyenoord	102	(14)
  1969–1970	→ Holland Sport (loan)	31	(7)
  1974–1982	RWD Molenbeek	238	(36)
  1982–1984	Lierse	60	(3)
  Total		431	(60)

  and only twice for the Dutch National side.

• 21st October 1981 - Nemanja Vidic.
  
  
  

  Senior career*
  Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
  2000–2004	Red Star Belgrade	67	(12)
  2000–2001	→ Spartak Subotica (loan)	27	(6)
  2004–2006	Spartak Moscow	39	(4)
  2006–2014	Manchester United	211	(15)
  2014–2016	Inter Milan	23	(1)
  Total		367	(38)
  National team
  2002–2011	SCG / Serbia	56	(2)

• And Smith must score..." - PETER JONES, 1983. A great piece of commentary from one of the BBC's finest football commentator's, Peter Jones. His tone is brilliant, you can almost close your eyes and picture what's happening without seeing the video clip itself.

  The scene was the 1983 FA Cup Final, with Brighton and Hove Albion and Manchetser United tied 2:2 deep in to 30 minutes of extra-time as Brighton's strikers Michael Robinson and Gordon Smith break forward towards United's penalty area. It results in heartbreak for the Seagulls, but a piece of commentary that brilliantly describes one of the great what-if moments of football. A ball played forward to Robinson. Robinson going forward strong. He's inside the Manchester United penalty area!  He finds Smith! And Smith must score......and he hasn't scored! And Bailey has saved it. (no relation)

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q4S1t2oVcA

   Peter Jones Brighton and Hove Albion vs Manchester United, 1983