OTD E0316 — 12 Sep 1885: Dundee Harp beat Aberdeen Rovers 35–0 in the Scottish Cup — after their referee thought it was 37. Eighteen miles away, Arbroath beat Bon Accord 36–0. We trace the Scottish Cup’s birth, John Petrie’s 13 goals, Tom O’Kane’sboastful telegram and 18-mile run, the Bon Accord cricket-team myth, the clubs’ later fates and football’s other impossible scorelines.
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11 Sept 2026
The Kid Who Became Italy’s First Superstar
OTD E0315 — 11 Sep 1927: Seventeen-year-old Giuseppe Meazza makes his Inter first-team debut in Como’s Coppa Alessandro Volta and scores twice. We trace the Milan street kid rejected for being too small, Árpád Weisz, the birth of Serie A, two World Cups and Meazza’s enormous celebrity — plus the extraordinary same-day coincidence of Como’s physics congress, Niels Bohr, the Bohr family’s football past and quantum mechanics.
Ideas: otd@17lawsguy.com (mailto:otd@17lawsguy.com)
10 Sept 2026
Jock Stein’s Last Match
OTD E0314 — 10 Sep 1985: Wales and Scotland meet at Ninian Park with Mexico 1986 hanging on one result. Mark Hughes scores, Jim Leighton loses a contact lens, Jock Stein makes one final inspired substitution and Davie Cooper equalizes from the spot. Then, moments before full-time, Stein collapses. We trace Wales’ years of qualifying heartbreak, Stein’s journey from the coal mines to Lisbon, Alex Ferguson’s inheritance, and a night when Scotland’s World Cup lifeline became national mourning.
Ideas: otd@17lawsguy.com (mailto:otd@17lawsguy.com)
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