On this day in 1995, a Premier League inquiry found Arsenal manager, George Graham guilty of accepting an illegal payment from Norwegian agent, Rune Hauge. The dodgey brown envelope in question featured a pile of "fivers" equalling £425,000 from the transfers of Pal Lydersen and John Jensen. It was enough to see Graham immediately given the "boot" from Highbury and a "World wide year long ban from the game".
Rune Hauge (born 23 April 1954). Hauge represented Joihn Jensen and Pal Lydersen during their transfers to Arsenal in the early 1990s. This would lead to Arsenal manager George Graham becoming embroiled in allegations that Hauge paid him a £425,000 "bung" to sign the players. Graham was later found guilty by the FA after admitting receiving an "unsolicited gift" and was suspended for a year. Before this, Hauge was involved in the signings of Andrei Kenchelskis and Peter Schmeichel for Manchester United.
Hauge was banned from operating as an agent for life by FIFA in 1995, but this was later reduced to two years' suspension of his licence. After he regained his licence, he went on to represent several Norwegian players including Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Steffen Iversen and Eirik Bakke. He was also involved in the transfer of Rio Ferdinand from West Ham United to Leeds United.
In 2005, he was involved in the transfer dispute between Manchester Utd and Chelsea over Mikel Jon Obi, claiming (along with others) that he had the right to represent Mikel.
On this day, 1991, Liverpool and Everton played out an historic Merseyside derby when their Fifth Round FA Cup tie ended up in extra time as 4-4 thriller. Everton came from behind four times and ended up beating their rivals 1-0 in a replay at Anfield.
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