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Including substitutions Walter Boyd of Swansea was sent off in the fastest time in football history. Boyd came on to the pitch just as Swansea were about to take a free-kick. But before the kick was taken and the game resumed, he became involved with a scuffle on the edge of the box and punched one of his opponents. He was therefore shown the red card before the game restarted and was officially sent off after 0 seconds. In 1891 the maximum wage for a football player was legally set at £4 a month in England with the signing on fee being a flat £10. In 1960/61, the maximum wage restriction was removed and Johnny Haynes of Fulham became the first British footballer to earn £100 a week. The biggest transfer fee in English football history is £30m, when Manchester united signed England defender Rio Ferdinand from Leeds United in July 2002. The most expensive player in the World is France's Zinedine Zidane, who cost Real Madrid £47.9m when they purchased him from Juventus in 2001. Liverpool holds the record for the most league title wins, with eighteen. Manchester United have won the F.A. Cup a record breaking 10 times. Tottenham became the only non-league side to win the F.A. Cup, when they were victorious in 1901. Mike Flanagan and Derek Hales were both sent off for fighting in a match in 1989. The problem was, that this reduced Charlton Athletic to nine men, as both players were on the same side. |
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Domestic Football Records