On This Day: Utd 0-4 West Ham; Birthday of 'the greatest Messi admirer' Lineker

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On This Day in 2010 - League-leaders Man Utd 0-4 Last-placed West Ham

On 30 November 2010, league-leaders Manchester United were dumped out of the League Cup by last-placed West Ham, 4-0.

The Red Devils were the cup holders, having won the competition in 2009 and 2010. In fact, they had not lost a League Cup match since September 2007. In 2010, they beat Scunthorpe and Wolverhampton to set up a fifth-round meeting with West Ham, whom they had already beaten in the league back in August route to their climb to the top of the table.

But when they met at Upton Park on 30 November, West Ham were the dominant side, taking a 2-0 lead into the break after a pair of goals from Jonathan Spector (22', 37'). They continued to shine in the second half as Carlton Cole got a brace of his own (56', 66') to stretch the final margin to 4-0.

On This Day in 1960 - Happy Birthday to Gary Lineker!

On 30 November 1960, England's legend Gary Lineker was born.

Lineker began his football career at Leicester City in 1978, and finished as the First Division's joint top goalscorer in 1984–85. He then moved to Everton where he developed as a clinical finisher, scoring 30 goals in 41 games. His first team honours came at Barcelona, where he won the Copa del Rey in 1988 and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1989. He returned to England in 1989, joining Tottenham, and over 3 seasons he scored 67 goals in 105 games.

He got 647 games, 281 goals, 80 caps, 48 goals & 1 World Cup Golden Boot in his legendary career, and NEVER had a single yellow card or red card.

What's more, Gary Lineker is a well-known admirer of Messi, he once said the greatest ever quotes about Messi:

'People think I am an admirer of Messi. No, you are all wrong. I am an admirer of genius in football. The greatest footballer that I have ever seen in my life.'

On This Day in 1872 - The First Official International

On 30 November 1872, England and Scotland played the first ever official international, which ended in a scoreless draw.

The two countries had actually played five earlier matches, with England winning three of those and the other two ending in draws, but FIFA does not consider them full internationals, as the Scottish sides were mainly limited to players based in the area surrounding London, where the matches were played.

Played at Hamilton Crescent in Partick, the match started after a 20-minute delay for fog. 4,000 people were there to watch, paying a ticket price of one shilling each. Scotland had the best chances of the day, with two shots hitting the crossbar (actually, a strip of tape hung between the top of the posts), but neither side managed to find the back of the net and the match ended 0-0.

On This Day in 2016 - Southgate Became the Manager of England

On 30 November 2016, Southgate was appointed as England manager on a four-year contract.

After being the manager of England, in his first tournament, the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Southgate became only the third manager, after Alf Ramsey and Bobby Robson, to reach a World Cup semi-final with the England team.

Thank you for giving us so many great memories, amazing World Cup tour and a wonderful team of England!

On This Day in 1983 - Barcelona Won their 1st Spanish Super Cup

On 30 November 1983, Barcelona won their first Supercopa de España, beating Athletic Bilbao 3-2 on aggregate. They have since gone on to become the competition's most successful club.

It was only the second Supercopa, which pits the previous season's Copa del Rey winner against the reigning La Liga title holder. But a similar competition, the Copa Eva Duarte, was played from 1947 to 1953m which Barcelona won three times, the most for any club (no other club won it more than once).

Bilbao had won the league the previous season, including two defeats of Barcelona along the way, while Barcelona had taken the honours in the Copa del Rey over Real Madrid. The two teams met Bilbao's Estadio San Mamés on 26 October for the first leg of the Supercopa, with Barcelona claiming a 1-3 victory.

In the second leg, played before a crowd of 18,000 at the Camp Nou, Bilbao forward Endika (pictured) scored in just the 2nd minute to set the stage for a comeback, but it proved to be the only goal of the match as the two defences held firm and Barcelona took the silverware with an aggregate score of 3-2.

On This Day in 2013 - Bale Got His First LaLiga Hat-Trick!

On 30 November 2013, Gareth Bale struck his first Real Madrid hat-trick and set up another goal in a thumping 4-0 La Liga victory over Real Valladolid!

Bale headed in the opening goal of the 4-0 win on 33 minutes and scored again with both feet in the second half, completing a perfect hat-trick in the 89th minute by tapping in a cut-back from Marcelo.

On This Day in 1973 - Cruyff Returned To The Top

On 31 December 1973, Dutch international Johan Cruyff won the European footballer of the year award, the Ballon d'Or. It was the second time for Cruyff, who first won the award in 1971.

He began the calendar year in the middle of his ninth season with Ajax and led them to a treble consisting of the 1973 European Super Cup, their sixth Eredivisie title, and their third consecutive European Cup. Then, in the summer of 1973, he moved to Barcelona.

Internationally, Cruyff's Netherlands team had qualified for the 1974 World Cup, edging Belgium out at the top of the group on goal differential.

The award catapulted Cruyff into another successful year in 1974, with Barcelona winning their first La Liga title in 14 seasons and the Dutch advancing to the World Cup Final, eliminating Brazil, East Germany, and Argentina along the way. Although the Oranje lost to West Germany in the Final, Cruyff was named Player of the Tournament and went on the win his third Ballon d'Or, the first player in history to win the award three times.

On This Day in 1896 - Serie A club Udinese Was Founded

The Friulani were founded on November 30, 1896, as the Società Udinese di Ginnastica e Scherma – the Udinese gymnastics and fencing club.

They were the winners of the first-ever Italian national football tournament held in Treviso in 1897.

It was registered purely as a football club on July 5, 1911, and reached the Coppa Italia Final in 1992, losing 1-0 to Vado.

There aren’t many trophies on the mantelpiece, but Udinese won the Mitropa Cup in 1979-80 and the Intertoto Cup in 2000.

They have been stable in Serie A since 1995-96.

The club released a video marking the anniversary, scrolling through the many jerseys worn over the decades, with the tagline: "122 years passed by in one breath.