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On this day in football history

: 1895 Frederick Wall appointed secretary of the Football Association. He was knighted in the New year's honours 1930 and retired from the post in 1934. He died in 1944.; 1930 The first World Cup Finals get under way in Uruguay. France beat Mexico 4-1 and the USA beat Belgium 3-0. The matches kicked off at the same time and Frenchman Lucien Laurent scored the first ever Finals goal after 19 minutes.; 1966 On the day after the opening ceremonies of the 8th World Cup Finals, the first matches were played in the remaining qualifying groups. In Group 2 played in the Midlands, West Germany beat Switzerland 5-0 at Hillsborough Sheffield before a crowd of 36,000. This heavy defeat is explained to some extent by the fact that the Swiss left out two of their best players for disciplinary reasons after they had reported back to their hotel after "curfew" the previous evening. In Group 3, Brazil, the holders, beat Bulgaria 2-0 before 47,308 at Goodison Park and in Group 4 Russia beat North Korea 3-0 at Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough where 23,006 attended.; 1972 UEFA announce a new president, Sandor Barcs of Hungary, to replace Gustav Wiederkehr from Switzerland who had recently died.; 1984 The great Franz Beckenbaur suceeds Jupp Dervall as coacjh of West Germany.