1 September

1886: - Grasshopper-Club Zurich was founded by an English student Tom E Griffith.

1891: - The FA Council regularised penalty kicks.

1898: - Barnsley lost 1-0 away to Lincoln City in the clubs’ first game in the Football League.

1903: - Bradford City lost their first game in the league 2-0, away to Grimsby Town.

1904: - West Ham United beat Millwall 3-0 in front of a crowd of 10,000 at Upton Park in the clubs’ first ever game.

1904: - Hull City drew 2-2 with Notts County in the clubs’ first Football League match in front of 6000 fans.

1908: - Tottenham Hotspur beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0, at White Hart Lane, in the club’s first-ever Football League game, with Vivian Woodward scoring the clubs first-ever goal.

1928: - Cardiff City put 7 goals past Burnley in a First Division match at Ninian Park as Hugh Ferguson scored 5 of Cardiff City’s goals.

1934: - The 21st anniversary of the opening of Highbury was marked as Arsenal beat Liverpool 8-1.

1940: - After 52 years of playing and then managing the club, the Glasgow Celtic manager Willie Maley retired.

1986: - Wimbledon went top of the First Division with a 1-0 away win over Charlton Athletic. The club had only been Football League members for 10 seasons and were in the top division for the first time.

1994: - Liverpool signed the Republic of Ireland defender Phil Babb for £3.75million from Coventry City.

1996: - Goals from Paul Gascoigne, Alan Shearer and Nicky Barmby ensured Glenn Hoddle got his England reign off to a winning start as they beat Moldova 3-0.

1997: - After 102 years at Burnden Park, Bolton Wanderers officially moved into their new 27,500 Reebok Stadium with a 0-0 draw against Everton.

1998: - Ron Noades became the first chairman to earn the Manager of the Month award when he earned the accolade when in charge of Brentford.

2001: - A hat-trick from Michael Owen and goals from Emile Heskey and Steven Gerrard give England a massive 5-1 victory over Germany in Munich. Owen Hargreaves makes his competitive debut for the national side.

2002: - After beating the hosts Canada, in the final, thanks to a golden goal from their captain Lindsay Tarpley, the 47,784 crowd in Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium saw the USA crowned as the inaugural champions of the FIFA under-19 Women’s World Championship.

2008: - The Abu Dhabi-based Abu Dhabi United Group Investment and Development Limited completed their takeover of Manchester City. The deal was worth a reported £200 million.

2008: - AFC Bournemouth’s Kevin Bond was sacked as manager and became the first manager to lose his job after a poor run of results which saw his team pick up just two points from their opening four games.