ON THIS DAY

Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand served the first day of his 8 month ban for missing a drugs test. He said he forgot about it as he was moving house and had to go shopping. His forgetfulness also cost him a £50,000 fine.

Two weeks after the first Sunday matches in the FA Cup twelve grounds hosted Football League matches for the first time on a Sunday. The first of those was at the Den when Millwall hosted Fulham in a morning Second Division fixture. The 15,143 crowd was Millwall's best of the season to date and with the other 11 clubs all recording better than average attendances it looked like Sunday football might just catch on!