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
One million pound challenge One million pound challenge The One Million Pound Challenge (OMPC) during Earth Week was created by Advanced Technology Recycling (ATR) to raise awareness to the importance of recycling. The goal was to keep more than one million pounds of electronics out of landfills by properly disposing of them. The primary objective of the One Million Pound Challenge (OMPC) is to bring out Awareness for Earth Day. The event was created to include Earth Day and spans an entire week, where corporate sponsors encourage their employees to help collect e-Waste. ATR broke the Guinness Book of World Records for the Most