1933: - Charlton Athletic completed the signing of Herbert Turner. A former regular soldier he made his debut as a wing-half, but made it as a full-back.
1934: - Eric Hale signed professional forms with Port Vale. A centre-half he made his League debut a year later, and moved to Blackpool during the summer of 1937.
1952: - Chelsea appointed, the manager of Reading, Ted Drake as their new manager. Remaining in the job for 9 years he guided the club to a League Championship in 1955.
1960: - West Ham United’s, Republic of Ireland, goalkeeper Noel Dwyer moved to Swansea Town, where he stayed for 4 years.
1966: - The National Sporting Delegation, created by General Franco’s government in Spain, prohibited the Spanish clubs from signing foreign players. Football, used as a propaganda tool the sport was exploited by the dictator during his time in office and the ban on football players was part of an anti-immigration policy intended to strengthen national identity and patriotism.
1975: - Jock Stein, at the time Glasgow Celtic manager, was released from hospital after recovering from the car crash he was involved in just weeks before.
1976: - Cruzeiro won the Copa Libertadores, and became the first Brazilian club to do so for fifteen years.
1986: - On advice of the official receiver Middlesbrough Football Club makes 30 members on their non-playing staff, including Bruce Rioch their manager redundant, as the club fought massive debts including a £115,000 tax bill.
1990: - A report by the Football Clubs, which was commissioned to assess the costs of implementing the Taylor report, estimated that the changes wanted by the Taylor report would cost in the region of £400million.
1999: - Croatian striker Davor Suker completed his £1million transfer to Arsenal from the Spanish giants Real Madrid.
2003: - David Beckham made his debut for Real Madrid, in the Spanish sides 4-0 friendly win over Dragon XI at the Workers Stadium in Beijing.
2004: - Serbian defender Sinisa Mihajlovic signed for Inter Milan from their Italian rivals SS Lazio.
2006: - Patrick Vieira completed his £8.6million move to Inter Milan from Juventus. The former Arsenal midfielder had only joined the Turin side, in a £13.9million deal, in July 2005 but left because of the clubs demotion to Serie B; a punishment handed to them because of their part in the match-fixing scandal.
2006: - Ken Bates, the Leeds United owner, reported his former club Chelsea to the Football Association, Premier League and FIFA over three alleged illegal approaches. Bates claimed that Chelsea signed youngsters Michael Woods and Tom Taiwo after making illegal approaches. He also claimed they illegally approached Danny Rose, who didn’t sign for the club.
2006: - Stoke City signed the Southampton defender Danny Higginbotham for £225,000.
2007: - Milton Keynes Dons transferred the replica trophies and all Wimbledon FC memorabilia to the London Borough of Merton.
1934: - Eric Hale signed professional forms with Port Vale. A centre-half he made his League debut a year later, and moved to Blackpool during the summer of 1937.
1952: - Chelsea appointed, the manager of Reading, Ted Drake as their new manager. Remaining in the job for 9 years he guided the club to a League Championship in 1955.
1960: - West Ham United’s, Republic of Ireland, goalkeeper Noel Dwyer moved to Swansea Town, where he stayed for 4 years.
1966: - The National Sporting Delegation, created by General Franco’s government in Spain, prohibited the Spanish clubs from signing foreign players. Football, used as a propaganda tool the sport was exploited by the dictator during his time in office and the ban on football players was part of an anti-immigration policy intended to strengthen national identity and patriotism.
1975: - Jock Stein, at the time Glasgow Celtic manager, was released from hospital after recovering from the car crash he was involved in just weeks before.
1976: - Cruzeiro won the Copa Libertadores, and became the first Brazilian club to do so for fifteen years.
1986: - On advice of the official receiver Middlesbrough Football Club makes 30 members on their non-playing staff, including Bruce Rioch their manager redundant, as the club fought massive debts including a £115,000 tax bill.
1990: - A report by the Football Clubs, which was commissioned to assess the costs of implementing the Taylor report, estimated that the changes wanted by the Taylor report would cost in the region of £400million.
1999: - Croatian striker Davor Suker completed his £1million transfer to Arsenal from the Spanish giants Real Madrid.
2003: - David Beckham made his debut for Real Madrid, in the Spanish sides 4-0 friendly win over Dragon XI at the Workers Stadium in Beijing.
2004: - Serbian defender Sinisa Mihajlovic signed for Inter Milan from their Italian rivals SS Lazio.
2006: - Patrick Vieira completed his £8.6million move to Inter Milan from Juventus. The former Arsenal midfielder had only joined the Turin side, in a £13.9million deal, in July 2005 but left because of the clubs demotion to Serie B; a punishment handed to them because of their part in the match-fixing scandal.
2006: - Ken Bates, the Leeds United owner, reported his former club Chelsea to the Football Association, Premier League and FIFA over three alleged illegal approaches. Bates claimed that Chelsea signed youngsters Michael Woods and Tom Taiwo after making illegal approaches. He also claimed they illegally approached Danny Rose, who didn’t sign for the club.
2006: - Stoke City signed the Southampton defender Danny Higginbotham for £225,000.
2007: - Milton Keynes Dons transferred the replica trophies and all Wimbledon FC memorabilia to the London Borough of Merton.
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