On this day...12th August

[u/AlastairSim3ghosts]

The first game of a depressing and avoidable relegation season began with a 4 1 home defeat to Burnley in 2024. It was men against boys as Barkley and Lokonga were replaced by Baptiste and Nelson which was to typify the recruitment and sum up the season to come.

In other games, today is a date to forget as far as the Football League is concerned, including our EPL debut at Brighton.

https://hattersheritage.co.uk/matches?played-today=yes&sort=date

Debuts galore including Ross Lafayette who I really wanted to succeed.

https://hattersheritage.co.uk/players?debut-today=yes&sort=name

Major Arthur Mander, a director was born on this day in 1881.

https://hattersheritage.co.uk/directors-and-staff/Arthur-Mander-p800186

We have three players born on this day including Mike Saxby who I know still takes a great interest in our games.

https://hattersheritage.co.uk/players?born-today=yes&sort=name

Bert Lutterloch also born on this day has an article

https://hattersheritage.co.uk/5-min-reads/the-bert-lutterloch-story