This Day in History: 2023-03-15

Nr. 425

SURPRISE CALL-UP

Out of the squad to play Liverpool in 1992, Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour relaxed with several pints of beer in the hospitality lounge at Highbury, only to be told a substitute was injured and he was needed for the bench. A giddy Parlour’s worst fears were realized when he was called into a game of which he remembered little.