1976
Stan Bowles scores a brilliant third goal for Queens Park Rangers in their 3-0 home win over FC Cologne in the UEFA Cup. It is his tenth goal in European football this season - a new record for an English League player.
Sadly, Rangers lose the second leg 3-0 and go out on penalties but Stan ends the tournament with 11 goals to become the highest-ever scorer in the competition.
Stan, whose wonderful skills and showmanship helped make the mid-1970s such a golden era in Rangers’ history was voted all-time cult hero by the club’s fans in 2004.
Former Rangers star Don Givens described Stan as ‘the most talented player I ever played with or saw in action’. Certainly few footballers have had a single released bearing his name, in this case the October 2004 release by the The Others!
1974
PFA Chairman Derek Dougan calls for Freedom of Contract.
1987
Star players from the past including John Charles, Neil Franklin, Nat Lofthouse and Raich Carter attend a lunch in Manchester to celebrate the centenary of the Football League. Bobby Charlton says of them: “You couldn’t put a figure on what these lads would be worth now.”
1934
Yeovil and Petters (now Yeovil Town) of the Southern and Western League, with just 12 professionals, on their books defeat Crystal Palace 3-0 in an FA Cup First Round upset.
1966
Leyton Orient drop the ‘Leyton’ from their name because it is only a postal district, the old borough having merged with Waltham Forest. The club eventually revert to Leyton Orient in 1987 following a supporters campaign in the Leyton Orientear fanzine to restore the old name.
1999
Adrian Heath resigns as manager of Sheffield United after just five months in charge following a 3-1 defeat to Port Vale at Bramall Lane.
