SEPTEMBER 26th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9CLiDqYfLc 

On this day in 1998, Sheffield Wednesday beat Arsenal 1-0 in the league at Hillsborough. Paulo di Canio, of Wednesday, lost the plot following a decision by the ref and was sent off by referee Paul Alcock. Di Canio objected to this and pushed the ref as shown above, the referee fell dramatically. Di Canio was fined £10,000 and banned for 11 weeks.

In 1960, the 26th of September was a Monday and for historians, the first matches in the new Football League Cup were played with some shocks; Bristol Rovers winning 2 v 1 Fulham (Fulham's Maurice Cook scored the first goal in the history of the competition). West Ham scored 3 v Charlton who could manage only one. 

 

West Ham lost their next round game 2-3 at Darlington and Rovers lost at Rotherham United 2-0.

Rotherham marched on to the two legged League Cup Final winning the first leg 2-0 v Aston Villa, but losing at Villa 3-0 in the second leg.

The first European Cup match was played in England at Maine Road, when Manchester United took on Anderlecht from Belgium. 40,000 fans saw United take the lead after 9 minutes with a wonder goal from Tommy Taylor. United went on to win 10,000, making their winning aggregate 12-0.