ON THIS DAY

Leicester fans had an unusual decision to make during half-time in the match against Wimbledon on Saturday 22nd February 2003 - the name of their club! Until 1919 the club had been known as Leicester Fosse and they were considering reverting to that name. But the fans were given the final say - each was given a card showing a C for City on one side and an F for Fosse on the other. In a show of cards at half-time the Cs won by a mile...and Leicester City they remained. 23 rd February

’King Kenny’ abdicated at Anfield. Kenny Dalglish resigning at Liverpool was the shock news of the day – if not the season. He had first joined Liverpool in 1977 when Bob Paisley paid a British reco rd transfer fee of £440,000 to Celtic for him and had become player-manager in 1985, just before the Heysel tragedy. During his career at Liverpool the club had won practically everything many times over but it seems that the stress of the job finally took its toll on the Scot.

Floodlights started appearing at Football League grounds in the early 1950s but opposition from the FA and Football League at that time prevented competitive matches being played under lights. It wasn’t until November 1955 that two Football League clubs played an FA Cup tie under floodlights and at the Football League AGM in June 1955 the rules were changed to allow League matches to go ahead under lights. The first Football league match to be played under floodlights was at Fratton Park on Wednesday 22nd February 1956 when Portsmouth entertained Newcastle United in a First Division fixture that kicked off at 7pm. Goals from Bill Curry and Vic Keeble saw Newcastle record a 2-0 win in front of 15,831 fans. Where would we be without them now?