ON THIS DAY

Denis Law played his first match in the Football League for Huddersfield Town in 1956 and went on to score 16 goals in his 81 League appearances for the Terriers. Despite interest from Bill Shankly at Liverpool and Matt Busby at Manchester United the Scottish international hit the headlines when on 15th March 1960 he joined Manchester City. The £55,000 City paid for Law was then the record transfer fee paid by an English club. He spent little more than a year at Manchester City before moving to Torino for double the transfer fee City had paid. He then moved to Manchester United where he spent the most successful years of his career before ending his playing days back at Maine Road. His last game in the Football League was for Manchester City and would prove to be one of the most famous - and saddest - games of his career........ 16 th March

New Brighton manager Neil McBain had a few team selections problems for the Division 3 (North) match against Hartlepools on this day in 1947. The former centre-half had to play himself as goalkeeper for his one and only League appearance for the club – at the age of 51 years 4 months!