2 April

[Dean Stanley]

Debt-ridden Rochdale announced that they expected to lose £30,000 over the season and that unless the gates for their remaining home fixtures doubled they may go out of business.

[Dean Stanley]

Arsenal skipper Tony Adams scored both goals in his side's Division One 1-1 draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford. Having headed the Gunners into a lead he sliced the ball into his own net to give United their equaliser.

[Dean Stanley]

The Football Association warned players and clubs that they may be charged with misconduct for over-exuberant goal celebrations even if the matter elicited no action from the referee at the time.

[Dean Stanley]

A long unbeaten sequence for Manchester United was brought to an end by Norwich City when they won 2-1 at Carrow Road. The result led to widespread crowd trouble initiated by United supporters and manager Tommy Docherty called for the reintroduction of the birch to deal with the troublemakers.

[Dean Stanley]

Denis Wilshaw became the first English International to score a hat-trick in a full International at Wembley. He did this in England's 7-2 win over Scotland.

[Dean Stanley]

Hungarian legend Ferenc Puskas born in Budapest.

[Dean Stanley]

Celtic extend their winning run to 25 matches when they beat Hibernian 2-0.

[Dean Stanley]

Official FIFA figures show that each match in the 1990 World Cup Finals was watched by an average of 513 miliion people. In all 26.7 billion people from 167 countries watched the matches.

[Brian Prince]

Well, I thought Roy Bentley scored all three against Wales the previous November ?