SPURS SUNK BY GERMAN "SUBS"

Apologies to my regular "reader" (you still there mate?) for missing yesterday but I was on duty at the Hepworth United FC Club Day....8am through to ko in Madrid. I dare not stay at the clubhouse for fear of being over emotional, so I went home and saw the Spurs' game fall apart within a minute or two. Can't think of a nicer person to lose to than Klopp!

So June 1st faded away into European Cup history and having seen Spurs sunk it is quite a coincidence that:
....on June 2nd 1940 during the war, an anti-submarine trawler named "HMT Spurs" was badly damaged in an attack at sea by German vessels. 

Built 1933: this is it.
A similar anti-sub vessel, "The "Blackburn Rovers" warship was sunk and the football club named  "Wolves" and "Grimsby Town" boats were also damaged during similar confrontations in the war.

On June 2nd 1924 the Football League decided that away teams should change shirts if there is a colour clash having previously worked on the principle that it should be the "junior club in league service" that changed; seniority!

In 1962 on the said date, Oxford United FC joined the Football League for the first time, to replace Accrington Stanley (who are they?) who had run into financial difficulties as early as February, in the 1961-2 season.

And finally during June 2nd 1978, Tunisia became the first African country to win a World Cup in the "Final stages" having qualified through the African play offs and then meeting and beating Mexico 3-1 in Roasario, Argentina. They were quoted at 1000-1 at the start of the tourney. They were also 0-1 down at half time. Having virtually won the game with a Dhouieb goal, three minutes to go, Tunisian Khemais Labidi replaced Lahzami to play in his only World Cup appearance of TWO minutes, the shortest World Cup career in history. This was equalled by Trobbiani of Argentina in 1986. John Gordon of Scotland was refereeing and therefore keeping time!

Tunisia having only been in international football since 1957 and in FIFA since 1960, also held Germany to a 0-0 draw, but then bowed out with only 3 points in their group, having lost 0-1 to Poland. (2 points only for a win those days).