1919: - One of the all-time greats of Scottish Football, David Meiklejohn joined Glasgow Rangers from the Scottish junior club Maryhill.
1932: - Brighton & Hove Albion signed George Ansell on professional forms. At the time he was the only Oxford or Cambridge University player in history to become a professional footballer.
1938: - Arsenal signed Bryn Jones from Wolverhampton Wanderers for a then record fee of £14,000.
1950: - Jack Hedley transferred to Sunderland from Everton. The full-back played in 269 League games for Sunderland.
1957: - John Charles, a Welsh international, joined the Italian side Juventus from Leeds United for £65,000.
1987: - In a match against China; Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly and Joy Fawcett made their debuts for the USA. Hamm, at 15, became the youngest player to play for the USA.
1987: - Less than 2 weeks before the new season, ‘Today’ cancelled their sponsorship of the Football League after just one year.
1996: - After beating Brazil in the semi-final and favourites Argentina in the final, Nigeria became the first African country to win the Olympic Gold. Their triumph came in the Atlanta Games.
1999: - Thierry Henry completed his transfer to Arsenal from Juventus for a fee of £10million.
2004: - Paul Scholes, an England and Manchester United midfielder, announced his retirement from international football.
2005: - Michael Owen, of Real Madrid at the time, confirmed he had ‘brief dialogue with three or four Premiership clubs’. The striker later joined Newcastle United.
2006: - Leeds United made a formal complaint to the Football League about Chelsea’s conduct in the transfers of academy stars Tom Taiwo and Michael Woods. The complaint accused Chelsea of breaking Premier League rules in relation to youth development.
2007: - KPMG refuse to resurrect the CVA for the ‘old’ Leeds United company. The Football League also granted Leeds their ‘golden share’ to allow them to play in League One in the 2007-2008 season, but imposed a 15-point deduction for the club.
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