[Lord Snooty]

November 18:

Not a right lot going on today. On this date in 1989, we played Hartlepool United away in the FA Cup. We won the game at Victoria Park by two goals to nil. Nowt special about that, you say.

Well both goals were from penalties. Two penalties in one match! Both scored as well. It was Mike Cecere who got them both. He was the boyfriend of Coronation Street's Jenny Bradley at the time and would often appear in the tabloids, which is odd, because looking on Google, I can't find many piccies of him, not in a Town shirt anyway.

So here's a picture of the Hartlepool ground instead, which hasn't changed a great deal over the years.

On this date in 1931, Town's Austen Campbell played for England against Wales at Anfield. This was the seventh of his eight caps for the country, in a match that England won 3-1.

Scorers for England were Pompey's Jack Smith, Sammy Crooks of Derby and Ernie Hine of Leicester, scoring on his last outing for the Three Lions. Ernie would join Town in the next season before going on to become Barnsley's all time leading scorer.