ON THIS DAY

A goal scored after 13 seconds is rare enough but a goal scored after 13 seconds by a goalkeeper takes some beating. But that happened on this day in 2013 in a Premier League encounter at the Britannia Stadium between Stoke City and Southampton. Stoke 'keeper Asmir Begovic got an early back pass and hoofed the ball upfield. Aided by a very strong wind the first bounce saw it fly over Southampton goalkeeper Artur Boruc and after the second bounce it was in the net. The official distance of the 'shot' was given as 97.5 yards. The remainder of the match saw just one more goal with the result being 1-1. 3 rd November

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini learnt a painful lesson in a Champions League match against Villarreal in Spain - don't get excited in a dugout that you are not familiar with. In a tense moment he jumped up to discover the problem - it had a low roof! He spent the rest of the match with an ice-pack on his head.

Abandoned League matches are rare nowadays but on Tuesday November 2nd 2010 three League matches were abandoned. In League 1 the Hartlepool v Notts County fixture lasted just 3 minutes and the Rochdale v Oldham game was called off after 6 minutes - both waterlogged pitches. In League 2 the Cheltenham v Southend match lasted 66 minutes before the floodlights failed.

Huddersfield Town were a top-flight side in the 1946/47 season but didn't have the best of luck in October losing the four First Division matches they played by 4-1 (twice), 5-0 and 6-1. But it was all-change in their first match the following month - November 2nd - when they beat Charlton, score 5-1.