ON THIS DAY

Swansea get to the Capital One Cup final but all the headlines are about Chelsea’s Eden Hazard being sent off for kicking a ballboy.

A goal for Bournemouth against Cambridge United saw an 18-year-old Jermain Defoe set what was then a post war scoring record. The striker, on loan from West Ham United, had scored in 10 consecutive Football League matches.

Albert Shepherd moved from Bolton Wanderers to Newcastle in November 1908 – but he kept his links with his hometown of Bolton. He had the misfortune of making his home debut for the Magpies in ‘that’ amazing 9-1 defeat by Sunderland but his goals did much to see Newcastle finish the season as League champions in 1908/09. His best goalscoring achievement of the season came on 23rd January 1909 when he scored all 4 goals in Newcastle’s 4-0 victory at Notts County. After scoring the fourth goal he walked off the pitch before the final whistle to catch a train for a trip back to Bolton. And there were no subs in those days!