1888: - The first matches of the newly-formed Football League were played, with Derby County producing the best result as they beat Bolton Wanderers 6-3.
1919: - Matt Bell made his League debut for Hull City against Stoke. He went on to give the club 12 years of service appearing in 394 games, before he moved to Nottingham Forest in 1931.
1923: - Only one home side in the 9 matches played in the Scottish First Division won. 3 home teams failed to score and the other six only managed one goal. Three away teams managed two goals and none of the teams scored as many as three goals.
1941: - Croatia played their first game as a FIFA associate. The game ended 1-1 against Slovakia in Bratislava.
1949: - Newcastle United transferred George Lowrie to Bristol City. His move came just 18 months after his move from Coventry City for £18,000. However in the 18 months he only played in 12 games and scored 7 goals for the Geordies as his campaign was plagued by injury.
1959: - Willie Thornton was appointed as the manager of Partick Thistle in succession to David Meiklejohn.
1979: - Andy Gray transferred to Wolverhampton Wanderers from Aston Villa for a then British record £1.5million.
1990: - York City striker David Longhurst aged 24 collapsed and died from a heart attack during a Fourth Division fixture at Bootham Crescent.
1998: - Aston Villa paid Middlesbrough £6.75million for Paul Merson.
2005: - The FA charged Chelsea, and fined them £40,000, with misconduct in respect of “the independent private drug testing the club conducted on some of its players” in July 2004.
2006: - Liverpool FC gained permission from Liverpool city council to build a new 60,000 all-seater stadium in nearby Stanley Park.
2006: - The German Football Association announced the formation of the 3rd Liga. It had been anticipated that the league would be called 3rd Bundesliga but the DFB chose 3rd Liga instead which reflected the fact that the league would be directly administered by the DFB not by the DFL.
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