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On this day in football history

1875 Blackburn Rovers were formed. One of the first Clubs to embrace professionalism they became the first officially paid team to win the FA Cup in 1886. They had won the trophy in the two seasons previous, the only team perform the hat-trick of wins. They also won the Cup in 1890, 1891 and 1928. They were one of the founding members of the Football League winning the Championship in 1912 and 1914 and were relegated for the first time at the end of the 1935-1936 season.

1910 Ted Vizard made his debut for Bolton Wanderers on the left wing against Gainsborough Trinity in the Football Leagues Second Division. He spent 23 years at the Club, 21 years as a player and was one of the finest wingers playing in the 1920's. He formed a formidable partnership with Joe Smith, with these two providing Bolton with one of the finest left hand sides the game had ever known. He won two FA Cup medals in 1923 and 1926. He bacame manager of Swindon Town in 1933,in later years he managed QPR and Wolverhampton Wanderers before retiring in 1948. In his career he played in 467 League matches and scored 65 goals. He also won 22 Welsh caps, the last being in 1926.

1921 John Doran, Brighton & Hove Albion centre forward scored 5 goals against Northampton Town in the Third Division. He had began his career a Coventry City prior to the Great War, during which he won the Military Medal.In 1919 he played for Norwich City in the Southern League scoring 28 goals in 25 matches before moving to Brighton. He had two full seasons with the club on their entry to the Football League Third Division in 1920 scoring 45 goals in 71 matches. He was transferred to Manchester City in 1922 but after only 3 matches moved to Crewe Alexandria, later moving to play for Shelbourne in Ireland.

1932 Willie Cook, Celtics Irish international right back was transferred to Everton. He had joined Celtic in 1929 from Port Glasgow Juniors. He played 77 league matches for the senior side before his transfer to the English Club. At Everton he won an FA Cup winners medal in 1933 and a League Championship medal in 1939, appearing in 224 matches before the outbreak of the War in 1939. He had also played in 15 international matches for Ireland between 1933 and 1939. He remains one of a select band of players to win FA Cup medals both sides of the border, with Celtic in 1931 and Everton in 1933.

1963 Manchester City signed Wolverhampton Wanderers prolific centre forward Jim Murray. Wolves had been his first club making his debut in 1955, and won two Championship medals in 1958 and 1959, and an FA Cup medal in 1960.

1963 Graham Moore, the brilliant Welsh inside forward was transferred from Chelsea to Manchester United. He managed to play 18 matches for United until the end of the 1963-1964 season but then had to endure two seasons in the reserves as the trio of Law, Charlton and Herd dominated the first team. He moved to Northampton Town mid wat through the 1965-1966 season. He had began his career at Cardiff City where he had made his league and international debut in 1959 at the age of 18.

1999 Six months after British Sky Broadcasting had failed in their bid to buy Manchester United for £623million, BSkyB bought a 9.9% share of Manchester City for £5.5 million. It meant that City, then in the second tier, were valued at £54million.