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1971: Essex's Keith Boyce set a John Player Sunday League record when he took eight Lancashire wickets for 26 runs.

1996: England's footballers returned from a tour of Hong Kong amid tales of a drunken binge which started in a club and continued on the flight home. The airline, Cathay Pacific, reported £5,000 of damage to their plane.

Welsh wing wizard Ryan Giggs

1999: Manchester City scored twice in the dying seconds to force extra time in their play-off final against Gillingham at Wembley and went on to win a penalty shoot-out which secured their promotion to Division One.

2002: Former Great Britain international Karl Harrison took over as coach at Super League Salford on the same day the City Reds suspended Bobbie Goulding over an alleged training ground bust-up. Harrison was sacked last week.

2005: West Ham were promoted to Premiership after a 1-0 win over Preston in the Championship play-off final at the Millennium Stadium.

2006: Theo Walcott became England's youngest international at 17 years and 75 days in a 3-1 friendly victory over Hungary at Old Trafford.

2007: Wales captain Ryan Giggs confirmed his decision to retire from international football.