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On This Day in Sport (06 May 2010):
1928: Everton forward Dixie Dean broke the record for
the most goals in a season, beating George Camsell's mark of 59. He
needed three to better Camsell's mark and did so by scoring a
hat-trick in his club's 3-3 draw with Arsenal at Goodison Park on the
last day of the season.
1954: Warrington and Halifax played in front of rugby
league's biggest crowd when 102,569 attended their Challenge Cup
final replay at Odsal.
1973: Sunderland beat Leeds to win the FA Cup against
all odds. Ian Porterfield scored the only goal of the game, with
goalkeeper Jimmy Montgomery producing an amazing second-half save.
2003: Mark Williams won the World Snooker
Championship, beating Ken Doherty 18-16 in the final at the Crucible
Theatre in Sheffield.
2004: Chelsea squandered a two-goal lead against
Monaco in the Champions League semi-final second leg at Stamford
Bridge and lost 5-3 on aggregate. |