Manchester United 2-2 Rotor Volgograd (Agg: 2-2 RV win on away goals)
It probably made sense that goalkeeper-turned-goalscorer Peter Schmeichel found the net in this
one; simply put, everything about this game felt out of place. Back then, in 1995, there was no
shame in being in the UEFA Cup — you'd qualify by finishing runners-up in the League.
To mark Remembrance Day two more entries in the Scottish Football Blog's Forgotten Scotland Players
series.
Two players who were part of the most famous Hearts team of them all.
Forgotten Scotland Players: George Sinclair
Football in Scotland didn't stop during the conflict of 1914-1918.
A difficult Saturday afternoon for Cowdenbeath, shipping three goals and losing their derby with
Raith inside the first half hour.
There have been better times though.
As Daniel Gray writes in Stramash:
"Central Park is a relic that binds. If its pensionable walls could speak, they would
talk of 1920s glory days and mention the first team of miners that won promotion in 1924 and the
following season finished fifth in Division One.
Contributing Editor Graham Fox
A Lunch Time Adventure
High knees. High knees! Once I start walking through the snow my feet sink into a deep
depression and it's hard to push forward through the drift. The wind whips around me, pushing the
temperature to just below 0. The bronzed general in the middle of the park points forward into the
blowing white urging me to continue.
