1905: - The Football Association suspended, the Manchester City and Wales outside-right, Billy Meredith for 32 months after he was alleged to have offered bribe to Aston Villa’s Alec Leake. At the inquiry that followed, Leake told the commission that he thought the offer was a joke.
1938: - Arsenal Football Club signed Bryn Jones, for a then record fee of £14,000 from Wolverhampton Wanderers.
1951: - Glasgow Rangers signed the amateur inside-forward Derek Grierson from the amateur Scottish side Queens Park.
1955: - The manager of Sheffield United, Reg Freeman died. A left-back in his playing days he played for Oldham Athletic, Middlesbrough, and Rotherham United. After appearing in 390 League matches he stopped playing in 1934, and following a long spell as manager of Rotherham United he joined Sheffield United, for which he held the manager’s position for two years until his death.
1999: - Mexico beat Brazil 4-3 in the final of the FIFA Confederations Cup, with a crowd of 110,000 in Aztec Stadium saw the Mexicans triumph.
2001: - Aaron Flahavan, the 25 year-old Portsmouth goalkeeper was killed in a car crash just outside Bournemouth.
2002: - Following 111 years at Filbert Street, Leicester City moved into their new 32,500-seater Walkers Stadium. They opened the new stadium with a friendly against Atlético Bilbao which ended 1-1.
2003: - Guy Thys, the man remembered for his efforts in leading Belgium to a place among the world’s football elite, died at the age of 80.
2006: - Martin O’Neil was named as the new manager of Aston Villa, in succession to David O’Leary. Despite rumours of the future of the club, with Doug Ellis wanting to sell the club, the former Glasgow Celtic boss was named manager with just two weeks until the start of the 2006-2007 Premiership season.
2007: - Leeds United were granted permission to play in League One for the 2007-2008 season by the Football League but would have to start with a 15-point deduction.
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