30 YEARS AGO

September 1986

RUGBY: Veteran prop Dave Everitt scored the only try of the game as Borough beat his old club Norwich 9-0. CRICKET: Peterborough Town finished third in the Northants League Premier Division after crushing Overstone by eight wickets in their final game. Neil Taylor took 5-37 and Gary Rice 4-38 as Overstone were bowled out for 85. ICE HOCKEY: Canadian superstar Gary Unger made his Peterborough Pirates debut but couldn’t prevent an 8-7 defeat at the hands of Whitley Bay. Todd Bid ners co red five of Pirates’ goals. SNOOKER: London Brick Company clerk Neil Duffy won the big East of England Championship at Bury St Edmunds. He beat Craig Black 3-2 in the final to land the £250 prize. POSH: Supporters who jeered ‘what a load of rubbish’ after Posh lost 2-1 at homet o Crewe caused defender Steve Collins to collapse after the game. That was the opinion of Posh boss John Wile, who said: “Steve was quite poorly and I feel that it was due to nervous exhaustion caused by the reception of the crowd.” FOOTBALL: Giovanni Nespoli scored a hat-trick for ICA in their 11-0 rout of Spartan Aztecs in the Peterborough Sunday League.