1913: -Boca Juniors and River Plate met for the first time in their history marking the start of one of Argentina’s most hated rivalries. The game which Boca won 1-0 was marred by crowd disturbances after a Boca fan tried to steal a River Plate flag.
1924: - Tommy Meehan, Chelsea’s England international wing-half died at the age of only 30. He made a total of 184 League appearances and scored 10 goals for both Manchester United and Chelsea. He won his England cap against Ireland in the 1923-1924 season.
1962: - The Football League refused to accept the registration of John Charles who had been recently transferred to Cardiff City from AS Roma. It was alleged that both Juventus and AS Roma owed Leeds United balances of fees incurred in April 1957 and November 1962 respectively.
1989: - Manchester United FC were sold for £20million to the Isle of Man-based property tycoon and former footballer Michael Knighton.
1991: - The Scottish FA secretary Jim Farry blamed player ignorance of the new laws for the 16 sendings-off in the first week of the new season.
1999: - The Football League announced that they may introduce an orange card as a final warning to players who had already been cautioned.
2000: - Jack Walker, the Blackburn Rovers owner died aged 70. The millionaire brought the likes of Chris Sutton, and Alan Shearer to Ewood Park as Blackburn Rovers won the Premier League title in 1995, under Kenny Dalglish.
2006: - FIFA announced that it would investigate the behaviour of 200 Croatian fans who formed a human swastika during the game against Italy on the 17th August. The fans formed the symbol 30 minutes into the countries 2-0 victory over Italy in Livorno, with many more giving Nazi salutes.
2006: - The Spanish Football Federation dismissed Espanyol’s attempt to get the clubs’ 1-0 defeat to FC Barcelona in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup overturned. The Federation’s Competitions Complaints Committee rejected Espanyol’s claim that FC Barcelona had flouted FIFA rules. The appeal related to that Carlos Puyol and Xavi both appearing for FC Barcelona three days after withdrawing from international duty due to injury - FIFA rules state that players who withdraw from international duty must not play for their clubs for five days.
2006: - Dutch manager Arie Haan was given the task of reviving Cameroon’s prospects when he was named as their new coach.
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