The 1883 FA Cup final was played between Blackburn Olympic F.C. and Old Etonians F.C. on 31 March 1883 at Kennington Oval in London. It was the 12th final of the FA Cup, the world's oldest football competition. Old Etonians had defeated Blackburn Rovers, in the 1882 final. Blackburn Olympic had not previously progressed beyond the first round of the competition. Old Etonians took the lead in the first half with a goal from Harry Goodhart, but Alfred Matthews scored an equaliser for Blackburn and, with the scores level, the game went into extra time. Blackburn's James Costley scored and Blackburn won the match 2–1. It was the first time that a working-class team had won the Cup; it had previously been won exclusively by wealthy amateurs. The victory intensified a debate over professionalism in football; following threats to break away by teams which wished to pay players, professionalism in football was legalised in 1885 and the dominance of amateurs quickly ended.
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1902:
In a ceremony at Westminster Abbey, Edward VII and Alexandra were crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor and Empress of India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_of_Denmark
1965:
The state of Singapore (flag pictured) was expelled from the Malaysian federation due to a heated ideological conflict between their ruling parties; the day is now celebrated as Singapore's National Day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_%28Singapore%29
2001:
Second Intifada: A suicide bomber attacked a pizza restaurant in Jerusalem, killing 15 people and wounding 130 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sbarro_restaurant_suicide_bombing
2006:
British police arrested 24 people for conspiring to detonate liquid explosives carried on board airliners travelling from the UK to the US and Canada. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_transatlantic_aircraft_plot
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Singaporean: 1. Of, pertaining to, or from Singapore, or its language or people. 2. A person from Singapore, or descended from such a person. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Singaporean
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Before games are played in common, no rules in the proper sense can come into existence. Regularities and ritualized schemas are already there, but these rites, being the work of the individual, cannot call forth that submission to something superior to the self which characterizes the appearance of any rule. --Jean Piaget https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean_Piaget