September 22 – Comeback Kids and Marseille Stripped of Ligue 1 Title

Dodgy going-ons across the channel and QPR get their comeback on in today’s round up.

1993- Marseille Stripped of Ligue 1 Title

MOST people agree that for world-class match-fixing, Italy’s the place to be. But on this day in 1993 Olympique Marseille showed that they were more than capable, as they had the Ligue Un title taken away in what was to be dubbed the “affaire VA-OM.” Click here to find out what happened.

1984 – Comeback Kids

WE’VE already brought you the tale of QPR’s comeback in the 1967 League Cup final where the deliciously named Mark Lazarus bagged the winner and today in 1984 they were at it again, bringing back an even bigger deficient against Newcastle United in what was one of the best games ever to be played on the R’s infamous plastic pitch. Read all about it here.


It was all looking so good…

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