Memory Lane: football pitch invasions – in pictures

07/02/1967 Queens Park Rangers fans invade the pitch after their 3-1 victory over Birmingham City put them into the League Cup Final Photograph: PA Archive

18/03/1959 Luton Town's Billy Bingham is chaired by delighted supporters after he scored the only goal against Norwich to send his team into the FA Cup Final Photograph: PA Archive

08/03/1969 Kids invade the pitch after the Blackpool v Derby County game Photograph: Colorsport/REX

01/05/1965 A jubilant Liverpool fan is escorted off the pitch by policemen after running on to celebrate his team's winning goal in the FA Cup Final against Leeds United Photograph: PA Archive

26/04/1965 Ecstatic Manchester United fans surge towards the Old Trafford dressing rooms after invading the pitch in celebration of United's League Championship triumph Photograph: PA Archive

28/04/1970 Arsenal captain Frank McLintock holds the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup aloft as he is carried from the pitch by jubilant fans Photograph: PA Archive

30/04/1970 A young fan rushes on to the pitch after Chelsea's Peter Osgood (No 9) scores the equaliser in the FA Cup Final replay which Chelsea won 2-1 after extra time Photograph: Central Press/Getty Images

27/04/1973 Liverpool manager Bill Shankly holds aloft the League Championship Trophy amongst joyous fans after their 0-0 draw with Leicester was enough to give them the title Photograph: PA Archive

17/05/1983 Jubilant Crystal Palace fans celebrate on the Selhurst Park pitch after their 1-0 win over Burnley meant they avoided relegation to Division 3 and sent the Lancashire side down in their stead Photograph: Associated Newspapers/REX

20/08/1971 Manchester United's Denis Law waits patiently as a policeman grabs a youth by his ear and leads him off the pitch during the Manchester United v Arsenal match at Anfield. United were banned from playing at home for the first two games of the season following hooliganism at Old Trafford the previous season Photograph: PA Archive

04/06/1977 Probably the most famous pitch invasion ever. Ecstatic Scotland fans invaded the Wembley pitch after Scotland's 2-1 win over England ensured that they won the British Home Championship for the second consecutive year Photograph: Colorsport/REX

04/05/1987 Jubilant Everton fans celebrate on the Carrow Road pitch and floodlight after the Toffees had clinched the League Championship with a 1-0 win over Norwich City Photograph: PA Archive

14/05/1983 The Filbert Street pitch is awash with Leicester City fans as they celebrate their team's promotion to Division One after drawing with Burnley 0-0 Photograph: Bob Thomas/Getty Images

05/02/1972 Hereford United's Ronnie Radford has his arms up in jublation as fans run on the pitch to celebrate their shock 2-1 win over First Divison Newcastle United. Photograph: Popperfoto

14/04/1984 Police officers struggle to contain the Everton fans desperate to get on to pitch at the end of the FA Cup semi-final between Everton and Southampton at Highbury Photograph: PA Archive

14/02/1981 Liverpool versus Birmingham City. Some fans who encrouch on the pitch aren't invading it, they are merely a bit lost Photograph: Manchester Daily Express/SSPL via Getty Images

22/08/1964 And not all of them are human. A black cat much to the delights of the home fans runs in front of the Liverpool 'Kop' having runs the full length of the Anfield pitch. The highlights of Liverpool's 3-2 win over Arsenal were the very first to be shown on the 'Match of the Day' and featured the invasion of the Black Cat. The feline also appeared in the 'Hundred greatest moments of the Kop' Film Photograph: Colorsport/REX