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On this day in football history

: 1973 Bobby Charlton of Manchester United and England announces that he will retire at the end of the current season.; 1975 England beat Cyprus 5-0 in a European Championship Qualifier at Wembley. Malcom McDonald scores all five an England record.; 1983 Oxford United chairman Robert Maxwell announced that he had bought a controlling interest in Reading FC and that he intended to merge the two clubs under the name Thames Valley Royals. The scheme never came to fruition.; 1984 AFC Bournemouth announced that they intended to poll their supporters with regard to reinstating the club's previous name of Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic. Formed in 1899 as Boscombe FC they had become Bournemouth and Boscombe United in 1923 and retained that name until 1971 when they had become AFC Bournemouth. After the poll no further name change was made.; 1991 Glasgow Rangers manager Graeme Souness was appointed the new manager of Liverpool. Souness had spent the best years of his playing career at Anfield having joined them from Middlesbrough in January 1978 and remaining with the Reds until 1983. He made 247 League appearances for Liverpool and scored 38 goals. Won 54 Scottish caps.; 1997 A Steve Claridge goal after ten minutes of extra time in the Coca Cola Final replay against Middlesbrough at Hillsborough was enough to see his Leicester City side lift the trophy. In the first game at Wembley on April 6th Middlesbrough had looked set to win the Cup in extra time until a late Emile Heskey goal with two minutes left had tied the score at 2-2.; 1998 Chelsea beat Vicenza in the second leg of the Cup Winners Cup semi final 3-1 to progress to the final 3-2 on aggregate.