Remember 1989? Here’s what was happening the last time Norwich City beat Manchester United at Old Trafford
Dale Gordon was one of Norwich's goalscorers when they last won at Old Trafford. - Credit: Archant
When Norwich City last won at Old Trafford, there was an Iron Curtain across Europe, apartheid in South Africa and the internet was only just beginning.
A man blocks a line of tanks heading east on Beijing's Changan Blvd. after Chinese forces crushed a pro democracy demonstration in Tiananmen Square on June 5, 1989. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener) - Credit: AP
Until Saturday's victory, Norwich had lost eight of their last nine matches at Old Trafford, the other game being a 2-2 draw in December 1993.
They had lost their last three games there 4-0.
The Canaries last win at the stadium was August 30 1989, winning 2-0 thanks to goals from Dale Gordon and Robert Fleck.
In 1989...
East German border guards look through a hole in the Berlin Wall after demonstrators pulled down the segment at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, in this Nov. 11, 1989 file photo. (AP Photo/FILE/Lionel Cironneau) - Credit: AP
•The Berlin Wall fell, bringing an end to the Cold War
•McDonald's began constructing its first restaurant in the USSR
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