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On this day in football history

: 1891 Penalty kicks regularised by the FA Council.; 1908 In their first Football League game Tottenham Hotspur beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 at White Hart Lane. Vivian Woodward scored their first League goal.; 1928 Hugh Ferguson scored 5 of Cardiff City's 7 goals against Burnley in a First Division match at Ninian Park. One of the heaviest goal scorers produced by Scottish football he began with Motherwell in 1916 and in ten seasons scored 283 times in League matches. In 1920-21 his total was 43, the first time a player had hit over 40 goals in a season. Joined Cardiff 1925 and won a FA Cup winners' medal two years later. Moved to Dundee 1929 and died in tragic circumstances in that club's dressing rooms in 1930. Full record 363 goals in 423 matches. Never capped by Scotland.; 1934 Arsenal destroy Liverpool 8-1 in a match which marked the 21st anniversary of the opening of Highbury.; 1940 Willie Maley, Celtic manager, retired after 52 years service with the club. Was a player originally and appeared in 2 internationals for Scotland in 1893. Regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time he died during the summer of 1958.