AUGUST 10th

The 10th of August 1974, The Charity Shield was played out between Leeds United and Liverpool at Wembley, the first time the match had been played there. The game was decided by penalties, the first time this method was called into action, and it is more famous for a punch up between Kevin Keegan and Billy Bremner!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej81zIkM9uY

Three years later, on the same day, Kevin Keegan at Liverpool FC was replaced by Kenny Dalglish who signed on from Celtic for £440,000.

Keegan had humble beginnings at Scunthorpe United, signing on for Liverpool in 1971. He then left to play in Hamburg SV for three years. He  went to Southampton, Newcastle and Blacktown City in NSW, Australia, before taking on management. He is now 67 years old!

On the 10th August 2003 Manchester City played for the first time at the City of Manchester Stadium known as Eastlands, now known as the Etihad. They beat Barcelona 2-1 with both goals coming from Anelka. The stadium had been used in 2002 for the Commonwealth Games. My son, Matthew, was one of the last to put a foot on the "stadium centre" before it was converted to football, when he was part of the post Games celebration, having been a "steward" for the period of the games.