JANUARY 6th MORE!

Sorry for date confusion; there's been a significant birthday in the family and I'm a bit confused.

January 6th 1934 Halifax Town goalkeeper, Stanley Milton, made his debut against Stockport County in a Division 3 (North) match, he was on the wrong end of a 13-0 defeat, a record scoreline in a Football League match!

6th January 1954 Bill Shankly took another step on his managerial path to Liverpool when he was appointed boss of Workington, then in Division 3 North of the Football League. Life was very different at Borough Park than he would later find at Anfield. At Workington he was expected to do his share of answering the phone and doing the banking but his biggest shock came on his first day at the club when he discovered there was no electricity at the Workington ground. In those pre-internet, pre-floodlight days all the lighting and heating at Borough Park was gas-powered!

6th January 1974
A war in the Middle East, meant a three-day working week in this country which led to the first senior Sunday matches being played in England. Four FA Cup Third Round ties were played on Sunday 6th January 1974, the first that kicked off was between Cambridge United and Oldham Athletic. Two weeks later Football League matches were played for the first time on a Sunday and football on the Sabbath was here to stay.