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1924 Tom Tait, a useful centre forward made the last of his many moves when he was transferred from Bournemouth & Boscombe United to Reading. Entered League football with Southport in 1927 and in turn served Manchester City 1928, Bolton Wanderers 1931, Luton Town 1932 and Bournemouth 1934 close season. Continued until the outbreak of War in 1939 when he had scored 183 goals in 326 matches; his best season was 1929-30 when he scored 27 times for Manchester City.
1955 Stan Mortensen, Blackpool inside forward and one of the best players of the immediate post-war years, transferred to Hull City. Joined the Lancashire club just before the War but did not appear in the League side. Served in th R.A.F. and survived a bomber crash during the war years and also made his international debut, as a substitute for Wales in September 1943, during those days. He did, however appear for England in two unofficial war-time internationals in 1945. After the war he played in 327 League games and 3 FA Cup Finals with the Sea-siders and scored 197 League and 29 Cup goals. Between 1946 and 1954 he was capped 25 times and scored 23 goals in international football. Had a season and a half with Hull and one with Southport and when he retired from League football in 1958 he had appeared in 395 matches and scored 222 goals.
1982 Larry Lloyd of Liverpool was the first player to appear before an FA diciplinary tribunal.
2000 The first ever top flight meeting of two London based clubs in the Football League took place when Chelsea met Woolwich Arsenal at Stamford Bridge in the First Division.