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: Many die as bombs destroy Madrid trains (Feb 18, 2005 11:40)
At least 170 people are killed after powerful explosions tear through three Madrid train stations du..

1977: Roman Polanski charged with rape (Feb 15, 2005 10:12)
French film director Roman Polanski is charged with raping a 13-year- old girl in Hollywood.

1974: 'Anti-IRA spies' break out of jail (Feb 26, 2003 10:45)
Two self-proclaimed British Government spies have escaped from a top-security prison in Ireland wher..

2001: Big rise in new cases of foot-and-mouth (Dec 3, 2002 13:38)
It is the worst day for new foot-and-mouth cases since the disease was first diagnosed two weeks ago

1985: Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader (Dec 3, 2002 11:13)
There is a new man in charge at the Kremlin - Mikhail Gorbachev takes over following the death of Ko..

1955: Farewell to scientist who discovered penicillin (Dec 3, 2002 10:21)
Sir Alexander Fleming - the man who first discovered the life-saving drug penicillin - dies of a hea..