In an alternative universe somewhere we also played Napoli and Dukla Prague (no less!!) for the first time the follow season on our way to beating Atletico Madrid (first time) in the final of the UEFA cup.
ON THIS DAY
November 11th 2023
United defeat Leyton Orient 3-2 at Brisbane Road under caretaker boss Craig Short. Billy Bodin and a Ruben Rodrigues double with the goals.
United went 3-0 up and had to withstand sustained pressure from the O’s who pulled a goal back through a Fin Stevens o.g and a volley from
Ruel Sotiriou. They also hit the crossbar too.
Rodrigues was the U’s star man putting in a virtuoso performance.
U’s: J Beadle - F Stevens E Moore C Brown G Leigh - M McGuane C Brannagan R Rodrigues - S Mills M Harris B Bodin
Subs: S Negru T Goodrham & G O’Donkor
Att: 8,614
I'd say Gilchrist at that sort of time.
Didn'tON THIS DAY
November 15th 1986
United draw 1-1 a top flight fixture with QPR at Loftus Road.
Ray Houghton put the U’s ahead in the first half before Rangers and future U’s striker John Byrne levelled at the death.An incensed Maurice Evans ordered the players to be on the team coach at 5.30pm prompt. John Aldridge, Les Phillips, Jeremy Charles and Peter Rhoades-Brown did not make it in time with Aldridge signing autographs in South Africa Road. The bus doors slammed shut leaving the four stranded in West London.
Aldridge slapped in a transfer request just days later.
U’s: S Hardwick - D Langan G Briggs M Shotton N Slatter - R Houghton L Phillips J Trewick K Brock - J Aldridge D Leworthy
Sub: P Rhoades-Brown
R’s: David Seaman - Terry Fenwick Alan McDonald Gary Chivers Ian Dawes - Michael Robinson RobbieJames Martin Allen Wayne Fereday - Gary Bannister John Byrne
Sub: Clive Walker
Att:12,967
If I recall Houghton's goal was a shot that took an unnatural bounce on the artificial pitch they had at the time.ON THIS DAY
November 15th 1986
United draw 1-1 a top flight fixture with QPR at Loftus Road.
Ray Houghton put the U’s ahead in the first half before Rangers and future U’s striker John Byrne levelled at the death.An incensed Maurice Evans ordered the players to be on the team coach at 5.30pm prompt. John Aldridge, Les Phillips, Jeremy Charles and Peter Rhoades-Brown did not make it in time with Aldridge signing autographs in South Africa Road. The bus doors slammed shut leaving the four stranded in West London.
Aldridge slapped in a transfer request just days later.
U’s: S Hardwick - D Langan G Briggs M Shotton N Slatter - R Houghton L Phillips J Trewick K Brock - J Aldridge D Leworthy
Sub: P Rhoades-Brown
R’s: David Seaman - Terry Fenwick Alan McDonald Gary Chivers Ian Dawes - Michael Robinson RobbieJames Martin Allen Wayne Fereday - Gary Bannister John Byrne
Sub: Clive Walker
Att:12,967
Interesting that Jeremy Charles missed the bus but didn't even play!!ON THIS DAY
November 15th 1986
United draw 1-1 a top flight fixture with QPR at Loftus Road.
Ray Houghton put the U’s ahead in the first half before Rangers and future U’s striker John Byrne levelled at the death.An incensed Maurice Evans ordered the players to be on the team coach at 5.30pm prompt. John Aldridge, Les Phillips, Jeremy Charles and Peter Rhoades-Brown did not make it in time with Aldridge signing autographs in South Africa Road. The bus doors slammed shut leaving the four stranded in West London.
Aldridge slapped in a transfer request just days later.
U’s: S Hardwick - D Langan G Briggs M Shotton N Slatter - R Houghton L Phillips J Trewick K Brock - J Aldridge D Leworthy
Sub: P Rhoades-Brown
R’s: David Seaman - Terry Fenwick Alan McDonald Gary Chivers Ian Dawes - Michael Robinson RobbieJames Martin Allen Wayne Fereday - Gary Bannister John Byrne
Sub: Clive Walker
Att:12,967
Yes, by then he knew Liverpool wanted him and that made his mind up. But you don't leave players behind, that is a bit daft.
An incensed Maurice Evan’s, I wonder what that looked like.
He refused to put the kettle on, so no one had tea.
To be fair, I'd be pretty furious if I had to go and work on a Saturday in Liverpool.
I think it was Steve Hardwick that "kicked the bucket" so to speak!.....and it WAS a penalty.
I was at the game, it was a blatant penalty, we stopped, they booted the ball upfield to Lineker, who scored on the breakaway.
That's two different seasons I think mate. Lineker was only at Everton in 1985-86 and the match referenced here was played in November 1986. It sounds like something similar happened at Goodison the year before, so I think you might be thinking of a 0-2 at Goodison in October '85 - https://rageonline.co.uk/mainpage/fixture/1985-10-05/
Yeah you might be right there. Did we get robbed for penalties twice in a row at Goodison?
