THOSE WERE THE DAYS
ON THIS DATE IN SPORTING HISTORY
1871: Football Association secretary Charles Alcock first suggested the idea of the FA Cup.
1885: The FA legalised professionalism in football.
2003: Ben Curtis of the US was a surprise winner of The Open at Royal St George’s, Sandwich.
2005: Peter Crouch joined Liverpool from Southampton for £7m.
2006: Zinedine Zidane, who had already retired, was suspended for three matches and fined £3,260 for his headbutt on Marco Materazzi in the World Cup final. Materazzi was banned for two matches and fined £2,170.
2009: England won the second Ashes Test at Lord’s, beating Australia by 115 runs. They went on to win the series 2-1.
2012: Alex Ferguson confirmed Manchester United had made a bid for Arsenal’s Robin van Persie. The Red Devils eventually signed the Dutchman, whose goals played a key role in United winning the
2012-13 Premier League crown.
2014: Rory McIlroy won The Open at Royal Liverpool by two strokes.
2015: Zach Johnson beat Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman in a play-off in The Open after Jordan Spieth failed to keep his grand slam dream alive at St Andrews.
2018: Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas signed a one-year extension with an option for a further year.