OTD E0102 — 10 Feb 1996: Chick to Cheek — Ivano Bonetti, Brian Laws, and the Plate That Broke a Cheekbone

10 Feb 1996: Grimsby Town lost 3–2 away at Luton in England’s old First Division (the second tier). That’s the result. The story is what happened around it — the moment English football produced a sentence that still sounds impossible: a manager, a plate of chicken wings, and a fractured cheekbone.We trace the match, the pressure-cooker context of mid-90s Football League life, and how Ivano Bonetti — an Italian champion and cult hero at Grimsby — collided with Brian Laws, a young player-manager furious after defeat.Ideas: [email protected]