by Malcolm Pheby | May 9, 2018 | This Week
May 11 1996 Captain Eric Cantona holds up the FA Cup after United defeat Liverpool 1-0 at Wembley. Cantona was the match winner, scoring the only goal in the 85th minute. He latched on to punched clearance by Liverpool ‘keeper David James which landed just outside the...
by Malcolm Pheby | Apr 27, 2018 | This Week
May 5 1956 Don Revie may have been the captain, but the 1956 FA Cup final between Manchester City and Birmingham will always be remembered as the Bert Trautmann final. The brave City goalkeeper broke a bone in his neck in a collision with Birmingham’s Peter Murphy in...
by Malcolm Pheby | Apr 19, 2018 | This Week
April 21st 1944 The harsh realities of life in wartime Manchester are captured in this powerful image of housewife Mrs Margaret Jones being forced to cook stew on a watchman’s brazier in New Bridge Street. Mrs Jones and her family had been left without gas in her home...
by Malcolm Pheby | Apr 15, 2018 | This Week
APRIL 13TH 1951 Long-serving hangman Albert Pierrepoint pulls a pint at his Manchester pub, the Help the Poor Struggler. Pierrepoint executed at least 400 people, including Ruth Ellis, Derek Bentley and the war-time traitor William Joyce (Lord Haw Haw). He hanged more...
by Malcolm Pheby | Apr 4, 2018 | This Week
APRIL 5TH 1952 It’s all eyes on the ball as West Bromwich Albion inside right John Nicholls goes in for a mid-air duel with Manchester City’s Roy Paul and Kenneth Branagan at Maine Road. West Brom won the Division One encounter 2-1. City eventually finished 15th in...
by Malcolm Pheby | Mar 31, 2018 | This Week
MARCH 25TH 1943 Youngsters make an impromptu swing out of a lamppost on the corner of a Manchester street during the Second World War. A pram is parked on the pavement while a group of children patiently wait their turn. It’s a wonderful image of simple pleasures,...
