ON THIS DAY: 1998
Eighteenyear-old Liverpool and England striker Michael Owen was named as BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
Stephane Stanis scored 16 goals - a world record in a senior professional football match - for Racing Club Lens against AubryAsturies in the French Cup.
1989: Midfielder Bryan Robson scored after just 38 seconds for England against Yugoslavia. 2006: Alan Curbishley was announced as the new manager of West Ham, replacing Alan Pardew who left the club days earlier. 2007: The FA board approved the appointment of Fabio Capello as the new England manager.