1890: - Blackburn Rovers played their first-ever match at Ewood Park against Accrington. The match ended 0-0.
1929: - Austen Campbell, Blackburn Rovers and England left-half transferred to Huddersfield Town.
1933: - SV Austria Salzburg was founded. The club later became Red Bull Salzburg.
1947: - Wolverhampton Wanderers inside forward Dickie Dorsett transferred to Aston Villa. He later turned out for Villa as a half-back and a full-back, before hanging up his boots in 1953. He played 256 League matches for Aston Villa.
1949: - Arsenal signed Freddie Cox from Tottenham Hotspur.
1966: - After just five months and one League game Alex Stepney, Chelsea’s under-23 international goalkeeper transferred to Manchester United for a reported fee of £60,000.
1996: - In an attempt to gain management experience Chris Waddle joined Falkirk from Sheffield Wednesday in a player-manager capacity on a free transfer.
1999: - For the first time-ever at an English League men’s game the referee and both assistants were all female, as Wendy Toms and her two assistants Janie Frampton and Amy Raynor referred the Football Conference clash between Kidderminster Harriers and Nuneaton Borough.
2001: - The Football League announced they were planning to invite Glasgow Celtic and Glasgow Rangers to participate in the 2002-2003 edition of the Worthington Cup.
2002: - Ipswich Town asked their staff to take a pay cut to make up a £13million deficit at the club.
2007: - Gary Megson was appointed as Leicester City manager, replacing Martin Allen.
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