I might be mistaken in this but I reckon this is the first time the Derby and the European Cup Final have occurred on the same day since 1968.
The Derby was ran on a Wednesday in those days and the teenaged ol’ Khal played truant in order to watch it on TV.
And it was at the end of May for some reason, not the traditional early days of June.
I still vividly recall Lester sitting calmly on Sir Ivor, trained by the original O’Brien, until about that the furlong pole before setting him alight and powering past Connaught, trained by Lester’s former guvnor, Noel Murkess.
And later on that day, United beat Benfica to lift the European Cup at Wembley.
Where the heck have the past 51 years gone