4 September

1860: - Hallam FC, one of the oldest clubs in the world, were founded in Sheffield.

1867: - The Wednesday Cricket Club (established in 1820), agreed to form a footballing side to keep the team together and fit during the winter months at the Adelphi Hotel. The members formed Wednesday FC who would later become Sheffield Wednesday FC.

1920: - Bradford beat Burnley 2-0 in a First Division game, making it Burnley’s last defeat until the end of the following March as record of 30 matches without defeat. During this run they were beaten however in the Cup by Hull City.

1946: - Reading beat Crystal Palace 10-2 in a Third Division South match at Elm Park, as there centre-forward Magnus MacPhee scored 4 goals. The victory is Reading FC’s record victory.

1953: - Huddersfield Town signed the promising inside-forward Leslie Massie from the Scottish juniors side Banks O’Dee.

1955: - The first ever European Cup tie took place between Sporting Lisbon and Partizan Belgrade. The match ended 3-3 after Martins of Sporting Lisbon had scored the tournament’s first ever goal.

1963: - West Ham United’s insider-forward and former Scottish international transferred to Brentford for £17,500. He was the first West Ham United player to play for the Scottish National Side.

1984: Newcastle United suffered their first defeat of the 1984-1985 season after they lost 2-0 to Arsenal after goals from Viv Anderson and Brian Talbot gave the Gunners the victory.

1992: - Queens Park Rangers’ David Bardsley replaced the injured Rob Jones in the England squad.

1999: - Alan Shearer hit his first international hat-trick and Michael Owen scored his first goal at Wembley as England romped to a 6-0 victory over part-timers Luxembourg in their Euro 2000 qualifier.

2000: - Florentino Perez, the Real Madrid president, reported that the club were in grave financial crisis as the Spanish club were over £165million in debt.

2005: - Adriano scored a hat-trick as Brazil beat Chile 5-0 to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals.

2006: - Andy Webster’s controversial move to Wigan Athletic was ratified by FIFA. Webster became the first player to invoke a loophole in Article 17 of a FIFA-adopted EU law which enabled him to cancel his contract with Heart of Midlothian in the third year of a four-year deal, one the proviso that he could join a club in a foreign country and sufficient notice was given to his former employers.

2007: - Deloitte Touche reported that the transfer spending by all Premier League and Football League clubs exceeded £500 million, compared to £300 million spent the season before. This was attributed to the huge increase in broadcasting revenue and new owners buying into Premier League clubs.