5 September

1885: - Dundee Harp beat Aberdeen Rovers 35-0 and Arbroath beat Bon Accord 36-0 in the First Round of the Scottish Cup. J. Petrie scored 13 of Arbroath’s goals.

1931: - John Thomson, Glasgow Celtic’s brilliant Scottish international goalkeeper died aged 22. He died after diving at the feet of Sam English who played for Rangers, and he sustained a fractured skull. He died in hospital later.

1936: - Chesterfield’s centre-forward W.T. Ponting shot what appeared to be a certain goal against Burnley but the ball deflated in flight and never reached the net. Chesterfield won the Second Division match 4-1.

1961: - Aston Villa became the first club to win the Football League Cup. After losing the first leg to Rotherham United 2-0 at Milmoor, Aston Villa won the second leg 3-0. A. O’Neill, Harry Burrows and Peter McParland scored the goals for Aston Villa. In winning the trophy Aston Villa became the first club to win all three domestic trophies.

1982: - The Venezuelan club Atlético Club Mineros de Guayana won the Segunda División Venezolana and were promoted to the Primera División Venezolana for the first time.

1993: - Columbia hammered Argentina 5-0 in Buenos Aires to clinch a place in the 1994 FIFA World Cup and condemned their opponents to a play-off against Australia.

1998: - Alan Shearer scored after just 75 seconds, but England still crashed to a 2-1 defeat against Sweden in their opening Euro 2000 qualifier.

1998: - Christian Gross was sacked as manager of Tottenham Hotspur after just nine months in charge.

2000: - Manchester United thrashed Bradford City 6-0 at Old Trafford through goals from Andy Cole, Quinton Fortune (2), Teddy Sheringham (2) and David Beckham.

2003: - Italy’s under-21 team humiliated Wales’ youngster by beating them 8-1 in the Under-21 European Championship qualifiers.

2005: - The G-14 clubs decided to take FIFA to court over paying players for internationals after the Belgium club Charleroi lost Abdelmajid Oulmers for eight months when he was injured playing for Morocco.