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: 1928 By scoring all three of Everton's goals in their 3-3 draw with Arsenal at Goodison Billy Dean raised his tally of League goals for the season to 60. This beat George Camsell's (Middlesbrough) 59 scored the previous season and is still a Football League record. With 3 goals in the FA Cup, 5 for England, 8 in international trials and 6 in Inter-League matches his full total was 82. In the previous season Camsell had scored 79 altogether but 12 of these were in the North Eastern League which was not a first class competition. The best aggregate since the War is 57 by Jimmy Greaves, Chelsea and England, in 1960-61.; 1930 West Bromwich Albion signed Ernie Sandford on professional forms. He remained at the Hawthorns for nine years and was a great favourite. He was inside-left in the side which beat Birmingham in the 1931 Cup Final and which lost to Sheffield Wednesday in 1935. His one England cap was against Wales in 1933. Moved to Sheffield United in March 1939 but only made six appearances before the outbreak of the First War ended his career. Altogether he made 291 League appearances and scored 69 goals.; 1951 For the first time in the history of the peacetime Football League a father and son played in the same side. Alex and David Herd were both in Stockport County's forward line against Hartlepools United in Division Three.; 1965 Peter Swan, former Sheffield Wednesday and England centre-half, was suspended for life by the Football Association for his part in a syndicate betting on fixed matches. At the trial of ten players in January 1965 he was sentenced to four months in prison. Made his League debut for Wednesday in 1956 and played 257 League matches for the club. Won 19 England caps between 1959 and 1962.; 1973 Sunderland became the first Second Division side to win the FA Cup for 42 years when they beat Leeds United 1-0.; 1976 Willie Ormond resigned as Scotland's team manager.