ON THIS DAY

Leeds United beat Stoke City 3-1 in an FA Cup Third Round tie - the first match Leeds had won in the competition since they beat Bradford PA 2-0 in a Fourth Round tie in February 1952. 7 th March

Accrington Stanley resigned from the Football League. With debts approaching £60,000 and unable to find even £400 to pay the electricity, gas, water and telephone bills the Lancashire club sent a resignation letter to the Football League. They changed their mind several days later but by then it was too late and the 33 League matches they had played that season were void and for the next 44 years Accrington was without a Football League club.