17 September

1927: - Jimmy Cookson scored 6 goals for West Bromwich Albion against Blackpool in a Second Division match. When he left football in 1938 he had scored 255 goals in only 292 matches.

1927: - Wolverhampton Wanderers signed Tom Pritchard from Newport County. The centre-half also played for Stockport County, Charlton Athletic, Thames, Preston North End and Mansfield Town.

1938: - For the 5th time in his career and at the age of 36, Hughie Gallacher scored 5 goals for Gateshead against Rotherham United. He had previously scored 5 for Airdrieonians against Clyde in 1923, in 1925 for the Scottish League in a game against the Irish League, for Scotland against Ireland at Belfast in 1929 and again in 1934 for Derby County against Blackburn Rovers.

1944: -Lieutenant Eric Stephenson was reportedly killed in action in Burma while serving with the K.O.Y.L.I. A prominent schoolboy football he was regarded as a brilliant creative inside forward when he joined Leeds United and made his debut in 1935. He won two England caps and pre-war he played in 110 League games for the club and scored 21 goals.

1959: - James McCole transferred from Bradford City to Leeds United. A much travelled player he appeared in the Scottish League all four Divisions of the Football League and both senior Leagues in Ireland. His record for Scottish and English Football League matches stood, at his retirement, at 217 matches and 118 goals.

1967: - The worst sports-related violence occurred in Turkey as 40 people were killed and at least 300 injured during a match between the Turkish clubs Kayseri Erciyesspor and Sivasspor at the Atatürk Stadium in Turkey. The violence erupted after a goal was scored by Oktay Aktan of Kayseri. Following the goal some of the players began to fight amongst themselves and opposing fans started to hurl rocks at each other. As Sivasspor fans tried to flee, a stampede occurred in front of the stand exits and forty people were crushed to death and at least 300 injured. Due to the growing violence the referee cancelled the game and the players fled into the dressing rooms. The events in the stadium were followed by vandalism in Kayseri and riots in Sivas.

1999: - The former England and Liverpool full-back Rob Jones retired from football at the age of 28 after he had failed to recover from a succession of injuries.

2002: - Aston Villa were beaten 3-0 by Birmingham City at St Andrews in the FA Premier League. The game, however is best remembered for Birmingham City’s “freak” second goal as Villa goalkeeper Peter Enckelman looked to make a routine clearance from an Olof Mellberg throw-in but as he tried to trap the ball he let it roll under his feet and into the net. The referee David Elleray ruled that the Finnish goalkeeper had made contact with the ball and gave a goal. Birmingham City’s other goals came from Clinton Morrison (31) and Geoff Horsfield (83) which came either side of Enckelman’s own goal (77).

2006: - Sergei Petrenko resigned as manager of the Russian club Torpedo Moscow following the Russian club’s defeat to Rostov, which left them in relegation zone, in the Russian Premier League.

2006: - Portuguese club Vitoria Setubal announced Antonio Conceiçao “Toni” as their new manager to replace the sacked Helio Sousa.