THOSE WERE THE DAYS

ON THIS DATE IN SPORTING HISTORY

1890: Blackburn’s William Townley became the first man to score a hat-trick in an FA Cup final as Rovers trounced Sheffield’s The Wednesday 6-1.

1981: The first London Marathon was staged. Britain’s Joyce Smith won the women’s race while the men’s title was shared by American Dick Beardsley and Norwegian Inge Simonsen, who crossed the line hand in hand. 1988: Lloyd Honeyghan became the first British boxer since Ted ‘Kid’ Lewis in 1917 to regain a world title, beating Jorge Vaca of Mexico with a knockout in the third round of their

WBC welterweight bout at Wembley.

2001: Sprinter John Skeete was banned for two years by UK Athletics after failing a drug test, even though the governing body accepted he was “morally innocent”. Skeete’s dietary supplement had been spiked with anabolic steroids by his father. 2008: Derby were relegated from the Premier

League. They finished with a record-low total of 11 points following just one win, eight draws and 29 defeats. 2012: Stuart Lancaster was appointed head coach of England’s rugby union team. 2014: England were knocked out of cricket’s

PROMOTED: Pavey moved up to third

World Twenty20 after a three-run defeat to South Africa.

2016: Remi Garde left his position as Aston Villa manager by mutual consent. 2017: Jo Pavey received the first global medal of her career – 10 years late – after it was confirmed she would be upgraded to 10,000m bronze at the 2007 World Championships. Turkey’s Elvan Abeylegesse, who finished second, had been disqualified for doping.