A player who perhaps shouldn't have got away with the statement, 'I'm off to the match this afternoon, darling' was Southport's Billy Holmes. Bill was married in the morning of Saturday 30th October 1954, he honeymooned in the afternoon by playing for Southport against Carlisle United in a Division 3 North fixture - AND he scored a hat-trick in Southport's 4-1 victory and hopefully carried that luck into the marital home, following a shower and a couple of bevvies with the lads!
Same date in October 2002 When the Football Association replaced Graham Kelly with Adam Crozier, then 35 years old, as chief executive in January 2000, they hoped that the skills that had seen him become CEO of the advertising giant Saatchi and Saatchi, would help bring the FA into the 21st Century. He had no previous skills in football, on or off the pitch!
To be fair despite having no experience in football - and being Scottish! - he oversaw some major changes and achievements in the organisation running a considerable slice of English football.
During his tenure, The FA moved their HQ from Lancaster Gate to Soho Square, England controversially employed their first foreign manager (Sven-Goran Eriksson), the management structure was dramatically streamlined (from 55 staff to 32), with the FA becoming more commercially aware, the Wembley Stadium rebuild project went from a dream to reality....and England won 5-1 in Germany! He had his critics, but he achieved a lot in 2 years, including reducing the average age of the FA from 55 to 32! and reduced the numbers of the "Ruling Body" from 91 to 12! (The end of "jobs for the boys").As a result he occasionally was criticsed for acting without consultation! He was replaced by Mark Palios.
While at the FA, Crozier reportedly identified some members of the England national team as the "Golden Generation". Remember than lot? Didn't last long!
October 2002, in newspaper articles, Ken Bates said that Crozier was 'hopelessly out of control' and had 'exceeded his authority' and several days later - on October 31st 2002 - Adam Crozier resigned his £613,000 FA job. He later became CEO at Royal Mail and ITV and was replaced at the FA by Mark Palios.
In 2007, on the same date......have a look at the payslip, below, for Liverpool's John Arne Riise. This monthly pay slip became visible for anyone with an internet connection. A copy of one his monthly payslips mysteriously appeared on the net and proved interesting reading.
A monthly basic of £120,000, plus £4,000 appearance money, £250 points bonus and £15,384.62 for the Champions League making a total of £139,634.62.
Deductions totalled £57,220.95 - tax £55,508.28, NIC £1,611.67 and meals and tickets £101 leaving take-home of £82,413.67....for the month.
30th October 2012 ten years later, Arsenal were 4-0 down after just 37 minutes of a Capital One (League Cup) tie at Reading but the Arsenal fans weren't despondent and sang 'We're going to win 5-4'. But they were wrong - Arsenal won 7-5.
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