[Lord Snooty]

April 1:

Now I know it's April Fools Day, but this really did happen. In 1989, Town won 6-0 away at Bury. This was the season when Craig Maskell scored 33 goals for us and he scored a hat trick in this one. Mike Cecere, Mark Smith and Mick Byrne got the others for the team managed in those days by Eoin Hand.

This was the season after the disastrous relegation season and Maskell was bought from Southampton with the money that Lou Macari paid to take Duncan Shearer to Swindon. Maskell's 33 goals beat the post war record of 32 goals, held by Jimmy Glazzard.

We have a couple of birthdays today. Arnold Sidebottom was born on this date in 1954, making him 68 today. He was one of the many Town players to have played football for Town and also cricket for Yorkshire. He played for England as well. One test match in 1985, against the Aussies at Trent Bridge, taking 1 for 65.

He was born in Barnsley but started his playing career with Man Utd and Yorkshire at the same time. He signed for Town in 1976 and left in 78 to go to Halifax. He played for 18 years for Yorkshire but was banned from playing for England for taking part in the rebel tour of South Africa.

Arnie only had that one game for England. His lad, Ryan Sidebottom, played loads of times and is listed as one of our celebrity supporters.

The other birthday today is the balding hero, Iain Dunn. He was born in York in 1970 and so is 52 today. He started his playing career at Bootham Crescent with York City, but had dropped out of league football by the time Ian Ross signed him for Town in 1992 from Goole.

He became an instant hero with the Town fans, scoring about ten minutes into his debut, an FA Cup win away at Bradford City and it wasn't long after that he got that famous song sung at him. The following week, he scored a hat trick in an Autoglass Trophy match against Halifax and finished that first half season with 9 goals.

He became a bit of a Cup competition specialist, scoring the goal in the League Cup draw away at Arsenal in the next season. His total goals tally for Town was 29, but only 14 of those were in the league. His most famous goal was probably the one in extra time against Lincoln City in the Trophy at the McAlpine. It was the first ever goal scored under the new Golden Goal rule, in the 94/95 season.

Later that season, he came on as a sub in the Play Off Final at Wembley against Bristol Rovers. he'd barely been on a minute when he set up the winning goal, sending in a perfect cross for Ronnie Jepson to head down to Chris Billy to fire home.

He didn't get much game time in the next season and was eventually sold to Chesterfield. At Saltergate, he played 18 games but was part of probably their most famous squad, the one that reached the FA Cup semi finals. He played in the quarter final match against Wrexham but didn't get on in the semi against Middlesbrough, a match that they were robbed of a place in the final by the lack of goalmouth technology.

He now works for York City Council and also as a summariser for Radio York, sometimes coming back to the club that still loves him as a cult hero to summarise for Radio Leeds at Town matches when the barber's shop is busy.