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On this day in football history

1896 Heart of Midlothian signed Bobby Walker from Dalry Primrose. He was the greatest inside-forward in Scottish football in the period before the First War and was capped a then-record 29 times for Scotland between 1900 and 1913. That record stood until it was beaten by Alan Morton after the Second War when many more internationals were played. Walker played in the Hearts side which won the Scottish League in 1897 and the Scottish Cup in 1901 and 1906.

1903 Bury beat Derby County 6-0 in the FA Cup Final played at Crystal Palace and established a record which still stands for the biggest Cup Final victory.

1936 Morton centre-forward Jack Calder scored eight goals in his club's Scottish Second Division match against Raith Rovers. Remarkably he did not establish himself with Morton and the same was true when he had a short stay with Bolton Wanderers.

1954 Death of Liverpool manager George Kay after a long illness. He was 66. His playing career had started with Bolton Wanderers in 1910 but after only three games he moved to Distillery in Northern Ireland where he remained until the First War gaining a Belfast City Cup medal in 1913 and representing the Irish League on three occasions. Joined West Ham United during the War and when the club was elected to the Second Division in 1919 he effectively returned to League football. He captained the Hammers when they won promotion in 1923 and appeared in the first Wembley Cup Final in the same year when the London side lost 2-0 to Bolton Wanderers. Retired in 1926 after 240 League appearances to become coach at Luton Town and then manager in 1929. In 1931 he took over at Southampton and was appointed manager at Liverpool in 1936. They were League Champions under his guidance in 1947.

1987 Ray Clemence currently at Tottenham Hotspur beats Pat Jennings record of appearances in senior British football when he plays his 1099th match in a 1-0 win over Charlton at White Hart Lane.

1993 Arsenal win the Coca Cola Cup when they beat Sheffield United 2-1 at Wembley. The win is marred when young defender Steve Morrow breaks his arm in the celebrations after the match.

1995 British Steel sponsors of Middlesbrough FC withdraw from the deal after it is revealed that the new stadium will be built with steel from Germany.