30 January 1937 - A Good Day To Stay At Home

On 30 January 1937, the home sides either won or drew all 35 FA Cup and Football League matches.

Of the 16 FA Cup matches that day, only one involved two top-ten First Division clubs, as 6th place Derby County rolled to a comfortable 3-0 win over 3rd place Brentford in the FA Cup. Other First Division match-ups in the Cup included 15th place Preston North End hammering 14th place Stoke City 5-1, 10th place Everton beating 19th place Sheffield Wednesday 3-0, and 1st place Arsenal crushing 22nd place Manchester United, 5-0. Both Sheffield Wednesday and Manchester United would end the season in the two relegation spots.

Arsenal's margin of victory was the largest in the Cup that day, but was both matched and exceeded in Division Two, where Blackburn beat Newcastle 6-1 and, in the day's most lopsided result, Blackpool rode over Bradford Park Avenue, 6-0.

Meanwhile, Luton Town provided the Cup's shock of the day, as the Third Division South side held reigning League champions Sunderland to a 2-2 draw. Two other Third Division South teams provided upsets, as Millwall defeated First Division Chelsea 3-0 and Exeter City beat Second Division Leicester City 3-1. Exeter's victory looked even more impressive at the end of the season, as Leicester won the Second Division, while Exeter finished 21st in the Third Division South.

Four Cup matches went to replays, including York City's scoreless draw at Swansea. It was part of a pattern for York, who had earned home replays in the two previous rounds. But the pattern broke with Swansea, who won at York, 1-3. In fact, the visiting teams won three of the four replays for that round, with the only exception being Sunderland's 3-1 victory over Luton. Sunderland (pictured) proceeded to win the FA Cup that year, beating Preston North End in the Final.

10 October 2009 - Now That's Getting His Head In The Game

On 10 October 2009, Huddersfield Town defeated Exeter City 4-0 with a record performance from striker Jordan Rhodes (pictured). Rhodes scored a header-only hat-trick in a span of 8 minutes, 23 seconds - the fastest time anyone has accomplished that feat in an English match.

Playing before a home crowd of 13,438 at Galpharm Stadium, the Terriers went up 1-0 when forward Lee Novak scored in the 17th minute. The visitors squandered a couple of opportunities for an equalizer when Rhodes doubled the lead with a near-post header in the 44th minute. After the break, he picked up where he had left off, scoring another header in the 49th minute, then another in the 52nd--three goals in a span of just over 8 minutes.

He was denied another goal only by Huddersfield manager Lee Clark, who replaced him in the 64th minute with forward Theo Robinson.

21 July 1914 - Brazil's Humble Beginnings

On 21 July 1914, the best players from clubs in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo united to play a match against visiting English side Exeter City, thus forming the Brazilian national team.

Exeter City had traveled to South America at the behest of Argentinian footballers, who had sent a request to the FA for a team to play against their local clubs. The FA chose Exeter City, then positioned in mid-table of the Southern League, as a representative English team.

After their matches in Argentina, Exeter City scheduled three matches in Brazil before returning home. They won their first match 3-0 against a group of English expatriates, then beat a select Rio side 5-3. For the final match of the tour, Rio suppressed local rivalries to seek help from São Paulo's best players.

An estimated overflow crowd of 10,000 people watched the combined all-star team play Exeter at Rio's Laranjeiras Stadium. After the Brazilians took a 1-0 lead with a goal from Oswaldo Gomes, the visitors became chippy, reportedly challenging Brazilian striker Artur Friedenreich so hard that he lost two teeth. The Brazilians got their revenge with a second goal, this time from Osman, to win the match 2-0.

Since that match, the Brazilian national team has become one of the world's most successful teams, with a record five World Cup titles.