ON THIS DAY

North West Counties League side Cheadle Town had their moment of fame on this day in 2014. Being warm-up opposition for the Russian Under-19 side who were preparing for a European Championship qualifying tournament in Northern Ireland was impressive enough but what got Twitter in a frenzy was the result. Cheadle lost 22-0.

Robbie Fowler made his senior debut for Liverpool in September 1993 scoring at Craven Cottage in the first leg of a League Cup tie against Fulham. A couple of weeks later, on 5th October 1993, the second leg at Anfield saw Fowler make the headlines his own scoring all 5 goals in Liverpool's 5-0 victory. It was only the fifth time that a Liverpool player had scored five in a competitive match. That 5-0 victory over Fulham was impressive but not as impressive as the scoreline when the Cottages had previously played at Anfield in that competition. That was in 1986 when Liverpool beat Fulham 10-0, only the second time that a double-figure scoreline had been recorded in the League Cup.

After a £13,000 move from Bradford Park Avenue to Newcastle United Len Shackleton made his debut for the Magpies in a Division 2 match against Newport County on 5th October 1946 in front of a St James' Park crowd of 52,137. Newcastle proceeded to equal the highest score in Football League history with a 13-0 victory with new-boy Shackleton scoring six of them. A perfect debut or what!