ON THIS DAY

Former Brazilian World Cup captain Sócrates made an unusual debut for his only English club side. He was 50, had been retired for 15 years and the club he played for was Garforth Town of the Northern Counties East Football League! His one game for the Yorkshire club saw him come on as a sub with 12 minutes remaining of the 2-2 draw with Tadcaster Albion. Garforth's boss explained why that was his only match for them - 'I decided not to play him in the next game because his warm-up had consisted of drinking two bottles of Budweiser and three cigarettes which we had in the changing rooms. I didn't think it was a good idea for him to carry on playing too much more though he was keen to."

Ted MacDougall set a new goalscoring record for the FA Cup competition proper (first round onwards) when he scored 9 goals for Bournemouth in their 11-0 thumping of Southern League Premier Division side Margate in a First Round tie. He later said ' I was disappointed as I thought I should have got 11.'

Tony Read scored his first League hat-trick when helping Luton Town to a 5-1 Fourth Division defeat of Notts County at Kenilworth Road. Not bad....for a goalkeeper! When he signed for the Hatters from Peterborough an injury prevented him playing between the posts so he moved to the outfield instead where he started scoring goals in the reserves and progressed to the first team. He played in 33 of Luton's 46 League matches in 1965/66 with only the last six being in his favoured position of 'keeper while in the other 27 matches as a forward he scored 12 times including that hat-trick. Not a bad ratio for a goalkeeper!