October 8 – Sandwich Stops Play and Derby on Their Todd
A familiar face back in at Derby and England’s youngsters are stopped in their tracks by an unlikely foe in today’s trip through the OTFD vaults.
WHAT did it take to put the brakes on the England U21 team today in 1996? It wasn’t a duff manager, an unbalanced side or even a penalty shoot-out. Instead it was a meagre sandwich. Read what happened here.
JOURNEYMAN is a word most often associated with players, but there are a fair few coaches and managers who have done the rounds when it comes to clubs.
As a player Colin Todd spent the bulk of his career with Sunderland and Derby County, but since hanging up his boots he has been employed by quite a number of clubs up and down the country.
It was on this day in 2001 that he stepped into the hot seat at Derby, promoted from assistant to manager after the departure of Jim Smith. Read more here.
England’s latest u21 batch could have done with a misplaced pasty or something earlier this year.
Related posts:
- October 15 – Cloughy Quits Derby and Stan the Man Ego's abound at the Baseball Ground as Stan stumbles in...
- October 13 – Did He Not Like That and the First Merseyside Derby One of English football's great modern-day catch phrases is uttered...
- November 7 – Hearts of Darkness and Spurs Derby Joy Dodgy goings-on at Scotland's most controversial club and the rarest...
- October 31 – A Sticky End For Holy Harvey and Halloween Horror Show in Madagascar More goals than ghouls in Africa and an Everton legend...
- May 31 – Fergie Fired Alex Ferguson "has no managerial ability." Not our words, but...
Loading ...
