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On this day in football history

: 1909 The Football League ruled that goalkeepers should wear distinctive colours; scarlet, red, yellow or blue. Prior to this goalkeepers had usually worn the same colours as their outfield colleagues. Green was added to the list of acceptable colours in 1912.; 1925 The Jubilee of Athletic News which was introduced in the North of England and specialised in football reports. The first Athletic News Annual was published in 1886 and from 1946 it was put out by the Sunday Chronicle. In 1956 it was taken over by the Empire News and then the News of the World in 1961.; 1953 England met the United States at Yankee Stadium in New York. This was the final match of England's American tour and was the first match played by a British International side under floodlights. England won the match 6-3.; 1960 Scotland became the first British side to play a full international against Turkey and lost 4-2 in Ankara. Caldow and Young scored their goals.