Football firsts
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Football firsts
As it says on the tin simply post a first in football.
I'll start you off so people get the idea.
1st official international match was between Scotland and England in 1872.
1st Wembley FA Cup Final was in 1923.
Burnley's 1st PL goal was scored by Robbie Blake.
I'll start you off so people get the idea.
1st official international match was between Scotland and England in 1872.
1st Wembley FA Cup Final was in 1923.
Burnley's 1st PL goal was scored by Robbie Blake.
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Peacock ,first English substitute.
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Brian Deane, first Premier League goalscorer.
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First penalty awarded was scuppered by a ball boy nicking the ball and running off ( this may need checking because it's sonething I vaguely remember reading)
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Brett Angell….first player to score in a Burnley match in the new millennium (for Notts County)
Andy Payton, first Burnley player to score in the new Millennium v Chesterfield.
Andy Payton, first Burnley player to score in the new Millennium v Chesterfield.
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Kevin Moran - first red card recipient in an FA Cup final
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First player to get sent off in the PL was Niall Quinn
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Kompany - First foreign manager?
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Alan Mullery first England sending off. v Yugoslavia, 1968.
Geoff Hurst. First World Cup final hattrick.
Geoff Hurst. First World Cup final hattrick.
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The first Premier League team to a have betting company appear on their shirt was Fulham in 2002 when Betfair sponsored them
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Owen Coyle?
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Burnleys first home Prem goal scorer ……. Robbie Blake
The one not as many people know though is that our first prem away goal scorer was also Robbie Blake vs Ba$tards.
The one not as many people know though is that our first prem away goal scorer was also Robbie Blake vs Ba$tards.
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Liverpool v Arsenal first game to be shown on Match of the Day in 1964.
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I meant non British
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Dave Beasant - First keeper to save a penalty in an FA Cup Final 1988.
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1914 - first time the reigning monarch presents the trophy at the FA Cup Final
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First match I saw was BURNLEY V ARSENAL 0-1 IN 1951
First play off final i saw Burnley win was in 2009
First League win I saw clinched the League Division 1 title was in 1960
First play off final i saw Burnley win was in 2009
First League win I saw clinched the League Division 1 title was in 1960
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Alfred Pious Charles (11 July 1909 – 1977), Burnley Football Clubs first black player (not Les Lawrence ).But Alfy Charles who signed after playing cricket for Trinadad and Tobago in 1933. He played only one league game… by then he’d gone via Nelson to Southampton. After retirement he returned to Nelson where he died in 1977.
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Chelsea v Leeds. First Wembley FA cup final to go to a replay.
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Last football league hattrick of the previous millennium … Andy Payton, Burnley vs Oxford
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Albert Johansson (LeedsUtd), 1st black player to play in the FA Cup final
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First league cup final was Villa v Rotherham (2 legs). Interestingly the second final was Norwich v Rochdale.
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30 December 1952
Burnley play in the first 90 minute match played under floodlights on the island of Ireland when they meet a Distillery XI at Grosvener Park …
Burnley play in the first 90 minute match played under floodlights on the island of Ireland when they meet a Distillery XI at Grosvener Park …
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* Grosvenor
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29th November 1995
Kurt Nogan scores the first (and only?) golden goal in an English competition, against Crewe in the Auto Windscreens Shield
Kurt Nogan scores the first (and only?) golden goal in an English competition, against Crewe in the Auto Windscreens Shield
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Coventry city
The first club to have played in the premier league, the old division 1, the three other tiers of the football league and Third Division North and South
Although they played in Division 4 they just need a season in League 2 to have played in every possible league
The first club to have played in the premier league, the old division 1, the three other tiers of the football league and Third Division North and South
Although they played in Division 4 they just need a season in League 2 to have played in every possible league
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First £1m player - Trevor Francis 1979
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In March 2022 Port Vale became the first club to have beaten all other 91 clubs in the top four divisions.
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According to Wikipedia:
15th September 1888 - William Tait becomes the first player to score a hat trick in league football.
Tait was playing for Burnley against Bolton.
15th September 1888 - William Tait becomes the first player to score a hat trick in league football.
Tait was playing for Burnley against Bolton.
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Tottenham 0 Sheffield United 0, 1964. The first professional football match I voluntarily attended (I apparently attended one at Gillingham in 1953 but I hadn't been born yet!).
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Boxing Day 1999 - Chelsea put out the first starting XI without a single English player in it.
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Can't remember the date in The 60's but first ref to run into the fence - Mr Fussey.
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They were promoted from League 2 in 2018Down_Rover wrote: ↑Thu Feb 02, 2023 9:40 amCoventry city
The first club to have played in the premier league, the old division 1, the three other tiers of the football league and Third Division North and South
Although they played in Division 4 they just need a season in League 2 to have played in every possible league
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Well spotted
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Paul Lambert became the first British player to win the Champions League/European Cup while playing for a non British team in 1997 with Dortmund
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Uruguay the 1st nation to host a World Cup in 1930.
Hungary the 1st non British/Irish country to defeat England at Wembley.
Walter Winterbottom England's 1st regular manager, prior to his appointment the side was selected by an FA panel.
Kelechi Iheanacho the 1st player in English football to have a goal allowed under VAR.
Marseille the first team to win the Champions League, though huge question marks remain over their triumph.
Jimmy Robson the 1st Burnley player to score in Europe.
Celtic the 1st British club to win a European trophy.
Wanderers the 1st ever FA Cup winners.
Hungary the 1st non British/Irish country to defeat England at Wembley.
Walter Winterbottom England's 1st regular manager, prior to his appointment the side was selected by an FA panel.
Kelechi Iheanacho the 1st player in English football to have a goal allowed under VAR.
Marseille the first team to win the Champions League, though huge question marks remain over their triumph.
Jimmy Robson the 1st Burnley player to score in Europe.
Celtic the 1st British club to win a European trophy.
Wanderers the 1st ever FA Cup winners.