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1950 Middlesbrough who had had only three centre-forwards in over 40 years (George Elliott, George Camsell and Mickey Fenton) completed the transfer of Neil Mochan from Morton. He stayed for only two disappointing seasons before returning to Scotland and joining Celtic where he won every honour in Scottish football and three caps for Scotland in 1953-54. Moved to Dundee United in 1961 and ended his career there in 1964. From 1948 to 1964 he played in 344 Scottish League matches and scored 171 goals but only appeared in 38 matches for Middlesbrough scoring 14 goals.
1955 FIFA sanction the first ever European Cup Competition.
1957 J K Mudie of Blackpool became the first Scotland player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup Qualifying match. Scotland beat Spain 4-2 at Hampden Park.
1963 English referee Jim Finney abandoned the Scotland v Austria international after 80 minutes for persistent foul play. He had already dismissed Hof and Nemec of Austria. Scotland were leading 4-1 at the time and the result was allowed to stand.
1963 When George Eastham played for England against Brazil at Wembley he became the first son of a former England player to be capped by England. His father, also George, played against Holland in 1935. Whereas that was George senior's only cap, George junior went on to win almost 20 and was a member of England's 1966 World Cup squad.
1971 Arsenal completed the "double" by beating Liverpool 2-1 in the FA Cup Final after extra time. The match was poised at 0-0 after 90 minutes.
1971 Arsenal beat Liverpool 2-1 in the FA Cup Final with Eddie Kelly and Charlie George scoring for the Gunners.
2000 Referee Andy D'Urso set a new Premiership record of nine yellow cards and three red cards in the match between Leeds United and Everton at Elland Road. This easily beat the previous record set by Rob Harris (9 yellows, 1 red) in the Aston Villa v Liverpool match on 2nd October 1999.