31 August

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Events

1907: Secretary Stanley Baxter produced a match programme for the first time, it was of 4 pages.

1943: Outside Left A. Smith required by Everton.

1959: It was agreed to play the match at Falkirk under floodlights.

1989: The Scottish League turned down a request by Accies to have the match versus St Johnstone at Perth on Tuesday 5th September to be re-arranged to allow Allan Ferguson, Accie’s goalkeeper, to travel to Brod in Yugoslavia where the Scotland Under 21 side were playing that same night.

1989: Accies are to receive £7600 from Skol as a reward for their Skol Cup exploits, they reached the Quarter Final in which they were beaten 3-0 by Rangers at Douglas Park, including a bonus of £2,00 for being the First Division club who advanced furthest in the competition.

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