Today (23 April) in 1966 Manchester City draw 1-1 at Ipswich. There were only five games left after this match in the Second Division and City hadn’t yet achieved promotion, though they remained in pole position. Notice that the report (main image) was written by Henry Blofeld, more commonly recognised for his cricket work on radio and TV.
Johnny Crossan scored six minutes from time to ensure a point in this match, much to the relief of manager Joe Mercer who commented afterwards (with typical Mercer humour): ‘We worked hard for it but I began to wonder if it would come. We missed enough chances to have won three games!’
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