7 September

1893: - Genoa Football & Cricket Club was as originally a cricket and athletics club. At first a private club with which Italians weren’t allowed to be members held activities in the Campasso area at the Piazzi d’Armi. The men who founded the initial cricket and athletics club were: - Charles De Grave Sells, Daniel G. Fawcus, S. Blake, G. Green, W. Riley, Sandys, E. De Thierry, Jonathan Summerhill Snr, Jonathan Summerhill Jnr and Sir Charles Alfred Payton.

1895: - Thames Ironworks FC played their first ever fixture against Royal Ordnance reserves. The game ended 0-0. The Ironworks would later become West Ham United.

1895: - The Sheffield Independent issued a special Saturday night football paper, The Football World. This was the first issue of its kind in England, but was 11 years after the Glasgow Evening News had introduced their first ‘Saturday Football Special’.

1912: - Swansea City drew 1-1 with Cardiff City at the Vetch Field, in Swansea City’s first professional match.

1934: - The Charlton Athletic goalkeeper Alex Wright died from spinal injuries which he sustained when he dived into shallow water at Torquay. Two days earlier he had played for Charlton Athletic against Torquay United. After joining the London club in 1932 from Irvine Meadow he played in 65 League games for them.

1935: - Swansea Town’s left-back Wilf Milne scored his first League goal for the club after more than 500 matches. His goal came in a Second Division match against Norwich City. He scored second in the last minute of the game from a 40-yard free-kick to give Swansea Town a 4-3 victory.

1946: - Chelsea paid Heart of Midlothian £6000 for the forward Tommy Walker after he had guested for Chelsea on a number of occasions during the Second World War. He made 103 appearances and scored 24 goals during his two and a half years at Chelsea.

1956: - Pele made his debut for Santos FC in a friendly match against Corinthians. The striker who had the time was 16 years old came on with only twenty minutes remaining but still scored a goal in his side’s 7-1 victory.

1990: - FIFA approved the idea of covered grounds in the USA for the FIFA World Cup in 1994.

1999: - Bobby Robson took charge of his first Newcastle United training session after he had succeeded Ruud Gullit as the manager of the St James’ Park club.

2007: - Leeds United revealed that they had not yet regained their FA membership as KPMG had not settled all outstanding non-footballing debts but this would not stop the club from appearing in FA competitions.