1886: - Bob Crompton signed for Blackburn Rovers. Regarded as the greatest right-back of his day he stayed with the club until May 1920 which became the longest spell any player had been with one club. This was surpassed in 1953 when Ted Sagar completed 24 years with Everton.
1928: - Ealing played St. Leonards and became the first amateur match to be played at Wembley Stadium when they meet in the Southern Amateur League.
1947: - Following a match between Zagłębie Sosnowiec and AKS Chorzów in Poland, one fan died and other were injured after skirmishes broke out between police and fans. Zagłębie Sosnowiec, who had missed out on promotion to the First Division, tried to attacks AKS’s players, the referee and the officers.
1962: - At the age of 15 years and 9 months, Peter Lorimer made his debut for Leeds United against Southampton at Elland Road.
1964: - Bill McGarry was appointed as manager of Ipswich Town. He took the club to the Second Division title but walked out of the club a year later in 1968.
1992: - Wimbledon owner Sam Hammam labelled Vinnie Jones a “mosquito brain” for his involvement in a video glorifying cheating and violence in football.
2001: - Tottenham Hotspur surrendered a 3-0 home lead given to them by Dean Richards, Les Ferdinand and Christian Ziege, to Manchester United to eventually lose 5-3 after goals from Andy Cole, Laurent Blanc, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Juan Sebastian Veron and David Beckham.
2007: - Portsmouth beat Reading 7-4 at Fratton Park in an FA Premier League match. The match, which saw 11 goals, became the highest scoring match in Premier League history.
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