1929: - Sam Wadsworth transferred to Burnley from Huddersfield Town. The left-back was most involved in the coaching side with Burnley, playing in only 7 matches in 2 seasons after a brilliant career with the Yorkshire side.
1952: - Bolton Wanderers’ Nat Lofthouse scored 6 goals in the Football League’s 7-1 win over the League of Ireland at Wolverhampton.
1958: - Leeds United signed Willie Humphries from Ards. However, the international outside-right only lasted two seasons in Yorkshire before returning to Ireland. He came back to the Football League in 1962 when he signed for Coventry City and won a Third Division medal with the club in 1964. He later played for Swansea Town.
1964: - Nigel Sims transferred to Peterborough United from Aston Villa. The 14.5 stone goalkeeper had moved to Villa in 1956 from Wolverhampton Wanderers.
1966: - P. Conn of Queens Park came on as a substitute during the Scottish Second Division game between Queens Park and Albion Rovers. In doing so he became the first substitute to be used in the Scottish League.
2006: - Fans of the Albanian side Flamurtari hurled stones and water bottles, and chanted abusive chants towards the referee after he awarded a controversial penalty against them during their match against Teuta Durres. The game was 1-1 when the referee awarded the visiting side a penalty in the 79th minute which they converted to go 2-1 up. Members of the Flamurtari bench then ran onto the pitch towards the referee and the fans started chanting sexually-abusive chants. The coaches were led away by police while a fan punched a linesman and at least one policeman was hit with a water-bottle. The Vlore Mayor Shpetim Gjika intervened to calm the situation and allow the match to proceed with the visitors holding on to win 2-1. The Major then walked in front of the referee, who was surrounded by a dozen policemen, appealing to fans to hurl objects at the end of the match.
2006: - 1 fan was killed and 3 other fans hospitalised after street clashes that ended with the arrests of 160, before the match between the Colombian League leaders Deportes Tolima and Millionarios. The violence began when fans from Deportes Tolima defied the 1,000 police, sent to reinforce security, threw rocks at the bus carrying the visiting Millionarios squad. Following Tolima’s 1-0 victory the fighting resumed and Millionarios fan Alejando Galindo was killed when he was run over by a bus, while three other Millionarios fans were taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
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