Two years earlier, John Terry played an unusual role at the rebuilt Wembley, when he scored England's only goal against Brazil in front of nearly 89,000. It looked like a victory at one point but Diego equalised in "added" time.
A friend told me he was visiting Krakow next Friday and funnily enough on June 1st 1958, Scotland played their first ever international match against Poland in Warsaw. So almost a perfect coincidence, but at least 8 of the 11 Poles had a "k" in their name and no Scot was called "Mc" or "Mac"!! The Macs won 2-1. A bloke with a "k" in his name scored the Poles' goal.
In 1931 Mansfield Town were elected to the Third Division South, replacing Newport County, who were not re-elected. County got back in the following year when Thames FC were bottom of the division and did not offer themselves for re-election to the Football League. Thames were in the FL only for two seasons.
They played at the West Ham Stadium, Regent's Lane E6 and a crowd of 469 on 6th December 1930 saw them beat Luton 1-0 in front of the League's lowest attendance for a Saturday afternoon. Here is a part of a Thames' programme......
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