Hard to believe this, but on Friday the Scottish FA will be supporting Football's Square Mile Day. That's the same Football's Square Mile who are so inept that their plaque to mark the founding of the SFA is in the wrong place: footballssquaremile.com/sfabirthplace

Welcome to Bilbao - just the place for Ange!

Defiantly regretful, across the road from San Mames.

My first time in Bilbao was the security-tight UEFA Cup Final return against Juventus in 1977. This was just 18 months ago Franco's death. Tension was almost palpable. Athletic won . . . but lost on away goals.

An own goal - from Man United's Luke Shaw for Tottenham - proving an appropriate breakthrough in a Europa League Final between two embarrassingly poor teams.

Well, Ange did say he always win a trophy in his second season - Tottenham beat Man United 1-0 in a dramatically awful Europa League Final

ON THIS DAY in 1984 Tottenham beat Anderlecht 4-3 on penalties to win the UEFA Cup

ON THIS DAY in 1918 Denis Compton, double international at cricket and football, was born (died 1997)

ON THIS DAY in 1964 some 318 fans were killed in the Lima stadium disaster after an Olympic Games qualifier between Peru and Argentina

ON THIS DAY in 1977 Liverpool won their first Champions Cup, beating Borussia Mg 3-1 in Rome

ON THIS DAY in 2018 Gareth Bale scored twice as Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3-1 to win a third successive Champions League

ON THIS DAY in 1982 Aston Villa won the European Champions Cup, beating Bayern Munich in Rotterdam

ON THIS DAY in 1888 controversial US Olympic gold medallist Jim Thorpe was born (dd 1953)

ON THIS DAY in 1985, in Brussels, 39 Juventus fans died in the Heysel stadium disaster

ON THIS DAY in 1968 Manchester United beat Benfica 4-1 to win the European Champions Cup at Wembley for the first time

ON THIS DAY in 2015 Sepp Blatter said he would step down as FIFA president, three days after being re-elected

ON THIS DAY in 1886 the law making International Football Association Board was created

Kylian Mbappe heads off Gyokeres and Salah to land his first ESM European Golden Shoe. Full final ranking here: keirradnedge.com/2025/06/02/mba…

ON THIS DAY in 1899 the great W G Grace played his last day of Test cricket aged 50 years 320 days

ON THIS DAY in 1934 Giuseppe Meazza’s Italian hosts beat Matthias Sindelar’s Austrian ‘Wunderteam’ 1-0 in the World Cup semi-finals