1987–88 in English football The "Today" newspaper cancels its sponsorship of the Football League after just one year, and less than two weeks before the new season is due to begin. 6 August 1987 – Peter Beardsley becomes the most expensive player to move between British clubs when he joins Liverpool in a £1.9 million deal from Newcastle United. Britain's first million-pound player, Trevor Francis, returns to Britain when Graeme Souness signs him for Rangers in a £70,000 deal from Atalanta of Italy. 7 August 1987 – Portsmouth midfielder Mick Kennedy is fined £5,000 for claiming in a national newspaper that he was "the
Louise Pound Ladies’ Western Tennis Championship held in Chicago, Illinois she was defeated playing a three-time U.S. Open singles champion, Juliette Atkinson. Louise not only played tennis but also showed interest in golf, winning the state golf championship in 1916. Pound was an all-around athlete showing interest in figure skating, earning a 100 mile cycling medal in 1906, introducing skiing to Lincoln as well as being captain of her school’s basketball team. She played center in their first women’s basketball game in 1898 and continued to be involved with basketball by managing the university women’s basketball team. Pound is also the only