ON THIS DAY

Scunthorpe had the misfortune of losing two goalkeepers with broken arms in their League 1 2-0 defeat against Bristol City at Glanford Park. First choice goalkeeper Sam Slocombe and substitute keeper Jamie Severn both suffered their injuries in the first half leaving outfielder Andy Boyce to take over between the posts.

Liverpool's Ryan Babel became the first footballer to be fined for comments made on Twitter. He was fined £10,000 for posting a doctored picture of referee Howard Webb wearing a Manchester United shirt with the tweet 'And they call him one of the best referees. That's a joke. ' As you will have guessed Babel believed that Webb had made a poor decision in a Liverpool v Manchester United match!

The highest attendance for a League match in England was recorded in the First Division match between Manchester United and Arsenal - 83,260. The match was played at Manchester City's Maine Road ground with Old Trafford still closed because of wartime damage. That wasn't the record attendance at Maine Road though - that was 84,569 for an FA Cup 6th Round tie between Manchester City and Stoke in 1934.

Goals were certainly in abundance on this day in 1931 in the First Round matches in the Scottish FA Cup. The 32 First Round ties that day saw a total of 198 goals being scored – an average of over 6 goals a match. Top scorers were Partick Thistle who were 16-0 winners over Royal Albert while Ayr United beat Clackmannan 11-2. Over in Dundee 27 goals were scored in two ties - Dundee United beat Nithsdale Wanderers 14-0 while a goal-kick away at Dens Park Dundee FC defeated Fraserburgh 10-1. Amazingly in the 75 Scottish Cup ties played in the 1930/31 season not one match ended in a 0-0 draw!