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On This Day in Sport (12 May 2011):
1859: Mayonaise won the 1000 Guineas by 20 lengths - a
British record for a classic.
1870: The first rules of water polo were drawn up by
the London Swimming Association.
1945: Alan Ball was born. Ball was the youngest member
of England's World Cup-winning side in 1966 and was also a manager
with Portsmouth, Manchester City and Southampton. He died on April 25
this year aged 61.
2002: Birmingham beat Norwich on penalties to win the
First Division play-off final at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff
and secure a return to the top flight for the first time since 1986.
2004: Dennis Bergkamp signed a one-year contract
extension with Arsenal, seeing him through the 2004-05 season.
2005: Stuart Pearce was appointed manager of
Manchester City after a successful spell as caretaker boss.
2005: Malcolm Glazer moved to within touching distance
of completing his £790million buy-out of Manchester United after
capturing the key 28.9 per cent stake of Irish racing tycoons John
Magnier and JP McManus.
2010 Former Arsenal captain and Portsmouth boss Tony
Adams agrees a three-year contract to manage Azerbaijan side Gabala FC |
