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: 1931 Tom Keetley, Notts County centre forward, scored a hat-trick in his 3rd successive away match. He had hit three goals against Plymouth Argyle, Manchester United and Chesterfield all in League Division 2 matches. He had joined Bradford in 1919 and moved to Doncaster Rovers in 1923. He spent six seasons there, with these being the first seasons for Doncaster in the League and topped their scoring charts in each season with 20, 22, 23, 35,36 and 40 goals. His record for the club reads 229 appearances scoring 176 goals. He moved to Notts County where he played for four seasons, appearing in 104 matches and scoring 94 goals. He ended his illustrious playing career at Lincoln City. His career record reads 358 League appearances scoring 275 goals.; 1931 After beating New Brighton 3-2 at home, Rochdale did not win another match for the rest of the season, and did not manage to win another League point until the following March. Ironically this was against New Brighton in the return fixture with New Brighton which ended 1-1. In all the losing streak lasted 17 matches. Their seasons record reads, played 40 matches, won 4, drew 3, lost 33, scoring 48, conceding 135 with a final total of 11 points.; 1952 Norman Uprichard, Irish international goalkeeper transferred from Swindon Town to Portsmouth. He had been signed by Arsenal from Distillery in 1948, but had not been given an opportunity of first team football at Highbury and moved to Swindon in 1950. He won his first Irish cap in the following season, going on to win a total of 18 full Irish caps. He left Portsmouth in 1959 for Southend United finally leaving League Football in 1960.; 1953 Pat Jones, Plymouth Argyle full back, missed his first League match since April 1947. He had played in 279 consecutive matches.; 1982 Antonio Cabrini became the first player to miss a penalty in the World Cup Final. The penalty was awarded against West Germany in the 25th minute, but the Italian hit the ball wide. Italy went on to win the trophy despite the miss 3-1.