15 May
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ON THIS DATE ... 15th May 1968
Cambridgeshire Professional Cup Final 2nd Leg (0-0) Cambridge United 0, Cambridge City 0 *Match abandoned on 70 minutes due to fighting. Attendance 2195 ‘… all control of the game was lost and the players hacked, tripped and even hit each other for another eight minutes before a United player was knocked out' The above quote is taken from 'Risen from the dust', the second volume of Celery & Coconuts. Photo: Dai Ward celebrates the disallowed goal |
16 May
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ON THIS DATE 16th May
Former U’s - and England - forward Wilf Mannion (b.1918,d.14/04/2000 - CUFC 1956-58) See Wilf’s Cambridge United Hall of Fame citation here: http://cuhalloffame.org.uk/index.php/11-inductee-profiles/77-wilf-mannion |
16 May
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ON THIS DATE ... 16th May 1990
Football League Division 4 Play-Off Semi-Final 2nd Leg (1st Leg 1-1) Maidstone United 0, Cambridge United 2 (aet - Dublin, Cheetham pen) Attendance 5538 Goals here: http://youtu.be/Olgh3SdZYaQ |
17 May
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ON THIS DATE ...17th May 2009
Blue Square Premier Play-Off Final Wembley Stadium Cambridge United 0, Torquay United 2 Attendance 35,089 Goals here: http://youtu.be/qh1_adb1x7E Cambridge Utd: Bartlett, Gleeson, Bolland, Hatswell, Tonkin, Willmott (Holroyd 80), Carden (Challinor 79), Reason, Pitt (Parkinson 61), Rendell, Phillips. Subs Not Used: McMahon, Crow. Sent Off: Bolland (70). Booked: Hatswell, Bolland. |
18 May
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ON THIS DATE ...18th May 2008
2008 Conference Premier play-off Final Cambridge United 0–1 Exeter City Cambridge Utd: Potter, Peters, Albrighton, Hatswell, Gleeson (Fortune-West 75), Wolleaston, Carden, Brown (Reed 67), Pitt, Boylan (Vieira 70), McEvilly. Subs Not Used: Morrison, Beesley. Booked: Gleeson. Att: 42,511 Ref: C Pawson (Sheffield). |
25 May
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U’s born ON THIS DATE 25th May
Striker Joe Mayo (CUFC 1981-83) Born 1952 www.cuhalloffame.org.uk inductee John Beck (1986-89/1990-92/2001) Born 1954 Martin Goldsmith (1980-84 Born 1962 Joe Dunne (2015-2018) Born 1973 |