1887: - Blackpool Football Club were founded as Blackpool St Johns. The club was elected to the Second Division of the Football League in 1896 but after three seasons they failed to gain re-election. In the same year they amalgamated with South Shore but in 1900 they were re-elected as Blackpool.
1914: -The Brazilian club Socidedade Esportiva Palmeiras, usually called Palmeiras, were founded by Societá Sportiva Palestra in São Paulo.
1920: - John McNab signed for Liverpool. In their League Championship teams of 1922 and 1923 he was seen as one of the best half-backs.
1922: - The Bristol Rovers goalkeeper Jesse Whatley began a run of 246 consecutive League matches which lasted until Easter 1928. This was a record for a goalkeeper until it was beaten by Ted Ditchburn of Tottenham Hotspur in 1954.
1926: - Associazione Calcio Fiorentina were founded by noble and local National Fascist Party member Luigi Ridolfi. Ridolfi initiated a merger between two older Florentine clubs; CS Firenze and PG Libertas. The purpose of this was to give Florence a strong club to rival that of the more dominant Italian Football Championship sides of the time from North-West Italy.
1953: - After Sheffield Wednesday’s goalkeeper had to leave the field injured during their First Division match against Preston North End at Deepdale, the clubs’ left-back Norman Curtis took over the position. During the remainder of the match he saved two penalties, but this feat did not prevent Wednesday from losing 6-0.
1993: -After losing three of their opening four games Manchester City part company with their manager Peter Reid.
1999: - Ruud Gullit resigned as manger of Newcastle United following the defeat to Sunderland the day before.
2005: - The first matches of the inaugural Hyundai A-League in Australia was played. In the games Central Coast Mariners beat Perth Glory 1-0 thanks to a goal from Noel Spencer (66) while Adelaide United beat Newcastle Jets also by 1-0 courtesy of a goal from Carl Veart (19).
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