January
2 1971 The second Ibrox disaster 2 1951 Kenny Hibbitt born 5 1965 Vinnie Jones born 7 1950 Malcolm ‘Supermac’ Macdonald born 9 1900 SS Lazio founded 11 1941 Gerson born 17 1948 83,260 watch Manchester United vs Arsenal 1948 Eddie Gray born 18 1964 Best, Charlton and Law together for the first time 20 1874 Steve Bloomer born – 1974 First Football League match played on a Sunday 22 1907 Dixie Dean born 25 1997 Trevor Sinclair scores the goal of the season 26 1919 Bill Nicholson born 28 1961 Dennis Law scores six and loses 29 1986 Danny Wallace and Peter Beardsley make England debuts 30 1981 Peter Crouch born -
February
1 1958 The Busby Babes play their final match on Bristish soil 10 1929 The Spanish La Liga starts 15 1992 Arsenal score six in 18 minutes 17 1940 The Arsenal Stadium Mystery is released 18 1933 Bobby Robson born 24 1940 Denis Law born 26 1983 Pat Jennings plays 1000th game 27 1900 Bayern Munich founded 1999 First Football League pay-per-view match -
March
1 1952 Martin O’Neill born 2 2002 Dennis Bergkamp scores Goal of the Season 3 1953 Zico born 10 1981 Samuel Eto’o born 11 1963 Third round of the FA Cup finally completed 17 2007 Rooney scores 2006-07 Goal of the Season -
September
2 1893 Liverpool Play First League Match – 1913 Bill Shankly is Born 4 1935 Manchester City Legend Tony Book is Born 5 1961 Aston Villa Win First League Cup 6 2003 Wayne Rooney Scores His First England Goal 7 1977 Ian Callaghan Returns to the England Team after a record gap of 11 years and 49 days 8 1888: Gershom Cox Scores First League Goal 10 1960: First English League match to be televised live – Blackpool 0 Bolton 1 11 1945 Franz Beckenbauer born 12 1956: First English club competes in Europe – Anderlecht 0 Manchester United 2 14 1891: First penalty in a Football League match scored by John Heath of Wolverhampton Wanderers 15 1951: Johan Neeskens born 17 1946: Billy ‘Bonzo’ Bonds born. 18 1949 Peter Shilton born. 20 1950 England Win Charity Shield 22 1976: Brazil’s Ronaldo Born 27 1976: Francesco Totti born 29 1939: Jim Baxter born 30 1944 Jimmy Johnstone born
October
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- 1995: Cantona returns from ban
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- 1950: Charlie George born
- 1966: Tony Adams born
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- 1924: Huddersfield’s Billy Smith scores first goal direct from a corner kick.
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- 1935: Don Howe born.
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- 1931: French playmaker Raymond Kopa born.
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- 1968: Matthew Le Tissier born.
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- 1933: Francisco Gento born.
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- 1929: Lev Yashin born.
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- 1940: Pele born.
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- 1957: Glenn Hoddle born.
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- 1943: Norman Hunter born.
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November
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- 1963: John Barnes born.
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- 1943: Martin Peters born.
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- 1969: Pele scores his 1000th goal.
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- 1971: Ted MacDougall scores nine.
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- 1948: Frank Worthington born.
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- 1951: The Busby Babes are born.
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- 1908: Five goals in eight minutes
- 1931: A game without a corner
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- 1977: Liverpool 6 Hamburg SV 0
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