1973: Bobby Moore bowed out of international football after making his 108th appearance for England against Italy at Wembley in a 1-0 defeat.

1989: Former Manchester United assistant manager Jimmy Murphy died at the age of 79.

2000: Manchester United had six players nominated for the European Footballer of the Year award – Fabien Barthez, Roy Keane, Ryan Giggs, Jaap Stam, Paul Scholes and David Beckham. Portugal star Luis Figo pipped them all to the award. Beckham was 10th.

2003: Manchester United plc shareholders were assured by chief executive David Gill that the club did not need, nor would welcome, a takeover, at the club's annual general meeting. Malcolm Glazer bought a controlling stake in the club in May 2005.

2006: England batsman Marcus Trescothick returned from the Ashes tour of Australia, before the first Test, because of a recurrence of his stress-related illness. Trescothick had left the tour to India with a similar problem earlier in the year.

2006: Yorkshire announced Chris Adams had decided to stay at Sussex, despite having signed a four-year contract as captain and director of cricket at Headingley a fortnight earlier.