ON THIS DAY

The day that Wayne Rooney became England's record goalscorer. His penalty in the 2-0 defeat of Switzerland in a Euro qualifier at Wembley was his 50th England goal, one more than Bobby Charlton...and the own-goals figure. But in the next days' papers his record hardly got any column inches compared with the main record breaker of that day - Her Maj had become the longest serving monarch in British history. 9 th September

Sandwiched between weekend fixtures in League 1 Notts County played a friendly on Thursday 8th September 2011. It was away.....in Italy.....against one of Europe's top teams, Juventus. Third tier Notts had been invited to Turin to play the first match at Juventus's new ground - the Juventus Stadium. History provided the reason. The historical link between the two clubs dates back to 1903 when Juventus decided to change the shirt colour they had been playing in since they were founded - pink! They asked an English team member, John Savage, for help and he in turn contacted a friend in Nottingham to send out a set of shirts to Turin. As a Notts County supporter the shirts he sent were inevitably black and white stripes and black and white remain the colours of Juventus to this day. And the result - a 1-1 draw. Well done Notts County.

Tragedy at Bootham Crescent when York City's David Longhurst died when playing for York against Lincoln City in a Fourth Division fixture. The 25-year-old collapsed shortly before half-time and was pronounced dead when he arrived at the local hospital. He had only played 6 times in the League for York having previously made League appearances for Halifax, Northampton and Peterborough. In his memory a new stand at the Shipton Street end of York City's ground was named after him, the official opening of the David Longhurst Stand being marked with a friendly against Leeds United in October 1991.

17-year-old Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore made his debut for West Ham United, a 3-2 First Division victory over Manchester United at Upton Park. Bobby Moore went on to make 544 League appearances for the Hammers before moving to Fulham in 1974 as well as playing 108 times for England which included that special match in 1966!