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On this day in football history

1924 Folowing a proposal from Scotland the International Board agreed that a goal could be scored directly from a corner kick. The first recorded incident in the League was when Huddersfield outside-left Billy Smith did so against Arsenal in September 1924. Perhaps the most famous of all goals scored in this manner was the one by which Scotland beat England 1-0 at Hampden Park in 1929. That goal, by Alec Cheyne, came in the very last minute of the match.

1947 Liverpool beat Wolverhampton 2-1 at Molineux. This was the last game of a season prolonged by bad weather and the Championship went to whoever won. Dunn scored for Wolves but goals from Balmer and Stubbins clinched the title for Liverpool. This was also the last appearance for Wolves centre-half and captain Stan Cullis. He had joined them in 1934 as a forward and made his debut the following year. He became the club's youngest captain in 1939 and led the side to be runners-up in both the League and the Cup. He was first capped for England in 1938 and was a regular until he went to Italy on service during the War. At the time of his retirement he had played in 152 League matches, 12 full internationals and 15 wartime ones. Became assistant manager at the club and then manager in 1948 guiding the side to three League Championships and two FA Cup triumphs before his shock sacking in September 1964.

1950 The FA Touring XI beat Manchester United 2-1 in Toronto in front of a crowd of 24,800; the largest gate for any sporting event in Canada except racing.

1970 Bobby Charlton earned an international record 106th cap when he played against West Germany in the World Cup quarter-final in Mexico.

1973 Italy recorded their first ever win against England when they beat them 2-0 in a friendly played in Turin.