It's been an historic day as Southampton FC found themselves top of the Premier League for the first time since 1988, following a 2-0 win over Newcastle;..in those days, Alan Shearer was a Saint; 32 years waiting. Clubs that have been never at the top of the PL or a long time since being top; Brighton never....others.................
On this day, in 2015, Bournemouth the most southerly PL club lost to the most northerly PL club, Newcastle Utd 0-1. And, as if it had been planned by a gegraphy teacher, Norwich City (the most easterly PL club) beat, yes you guessed it, Swansea City 1-0, the most westerly PL club.
In 1987 (on this day) Division 2 club Huddersfield Town met rivals Manchester City at Maine Road and lost 10-1.
On November 7th 1931, Rochdale, at home, beat New Brighton (a Lancashire coastal club) in a League Division 3 North match 3-2 and didn't win another game. They lost 26, including an FA Cup tie and drew with New Brighton 1-1 away in March. On December 25th Rochdale lost to Tranmere Rovers away 1-9 and the next day, improved at home, losing just 3-6. They gathered 8 points by Oct 3rd, at the beginning of the campaign and managed 11 pts by the end of the season.
Fellow Div 3 North club, Wigan Borough, resigned from the division and therefore the Football League on October 26th, due to financial issues. They had not played Rochdale, who were "re-elected" to the League.
Two clubs were not elected to join the league; Rhyl and Wigan Athletic! At the end of this season Mansfield Town moved from Div 3 South to Div 3 North. The Stags' new manager, appointed this week, of course, is Nigel Clough.
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