Until recently, the own goal scored by Cox after 30 minutes was assumed to be the first goal scored in the Football League. An advert in the Midland Evening News however showed that the game was scheduled to start at 3.30, so the goal was not scored until 4.00, by which time Dewhurst had scored in the Preston game, and Davenport in the Bolton game. It cost 6d to enter the ground and another 6d to sit in the Pavilion. The average wage at the time for a coal miner was £1 a week.