12 August

1927: - David Rollo transferred to Port Vale from Blackburn Rovers. One of the best full-backs in the league after making 207 appearances for Blackburn, he only played in 2 games for Vale’s first team.

1936: - Southend United signed Bill Dickinson from Rotherham United. A prolific goalscoring centre-forward when the war ended his career he had scored a record of 204 goals in 388 League matches.

1946: - A merger took place between Andrea Doria and Associazione Liguria Calcio to found Unione Calcio Sampdoria.

1953: - Middlesbrough’s Billy Linacre moved to Hartlepool United. After four seasons at Ayresome Park he spent a further 3 seasons at Hartlepool.

1963: - Alex Barley moved from Manchester City to Birmingham City for £40,000, after just a year with Manchester City in which he scored 23 goals in 40 League games. In his one and a half seasons with Birmingham City he only scored 9 goals in 28 matches before moving to Dundee.

1967: - Tottenham Hotspur’s Pat Jennings scored a goal directly from a clearance during the FA Charity Shield match against Manchester United at Old Trafford when United’s Alex Stepney misjudged the bounce of the ball and it looped over his head. The match ended 3-3 meaning that the clubs shared the trophy for 6 months of the year each. Manchester United’s goals came from Bobby Charlton (2) and Dennis Law while Jimmy Robertson, Pat Jennings and Frank Saul scored for Tottenham.

1974: - Liverpool drew 1-1 with Glasgow Celtic in Billy McNeil’s testimonial.

1978: - Nottingham Forest beat Ipswich Town 5-0 in the FA Charity Shield. There goals came from Martin O’Neil (2), Peter Withe, Larry Lloyd and John Robertson.

1987: - Barclays Bank became the Football League’s new sponsors in a three-year deal which was worth in the region of £5million.

1994: - The allegations against Terry Venables of bribery while he was in charge of Tottenham Hotspur were dropped.

1996: - After less than a year in charge, Bruce Rioch was sacked as manager of Arsenal.

1998: - Thomas Brolin, nicknamed the Golden Boy of Swedish Football, announced his retirement from football after a career which took in 8 clubs. He played for Näsvikens IK, GIF Sundsvall, IFK Norrköping, A.C. Parma, Leeds United, FC Zürich, Crystal Palace and Hudiksvalls A.B.K.