What Happened On This Day In History?

Welcome to our history page! The beautiful game has been going now for centuries! This means football has an extensive and interesting history dating back many years. Every day there are amazing facts and details about interesting pieces of footballing history.

The best place to find out about what happened in football on this day in history is the 'Association of Football Statisticians'. We previously had a feed here that had details of what happened on this day in football history, however the providers have stopped providing it. We apologise for those who used our service regularly.

On This Day!

2004: Second gold for Kelly Holmes (May 17, 2005 11:25)
British athlete Kelly Holmes secures a place in Olympic history by winning the 1500m gold in Athens.

2003: Blair gives evidence to Hutton (Aug 13, 2004 15:56)
The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, appears before the Hutton inquiry and speaks of the "raging storm" w..

1963: King's dream for racial harmony (Jan 14, 2003 11:37)
The fight for racial equality moves a step closer to victory as Dr Martin Luther King tells thousand..

1972: Prince William killed in plane crash (Dec 2, 2002 16:38)
Prince William of Gloucester is killed after his light aircraft crashed and burst into flames.

1985: East Germans charged with espionage (Dec 2, 2002 16:33)
An East German couple appear before Horseferry Road magistrates court in London charged under the Of..

1994: Sunday trading legalised (Dec 2, 2002 16:26)
Thousands of shops in England and Wales open legally for the first time following a change in the Su..