Weeks before resigning from his managerial post at Reading, Steve Coppell had succeeded in joining up with an elite band of coaches in the English game thanks to his team's 1-0 away win at Doncaster.
Coppell is now in the same group with Alex Ferguson (Manchester United), Neill Warnock (Crystal Palace), Joe Royle (Oldham) and Harry Redknapp (Tottenham) as managers to chalk up a remarkable milestone of a 1,000 career matches in football management.
Alex Ferguson: Born December 31, 1941. Managed at East Stirlingshire, St Mirren, Aberdeen and Manchester United.
Steve Coppell: (left Reading). Born July 9, 1955. Managed at Crystal Palace (first of four spells at Selhurst Park), Manchester City, Brentford, Brighton and Reading.
Harry Redknapp: Born March 2, 1947. Managed at Bournemouth (twice), West Ham, Portsmouth, Southampton and Tottenham.
Joe Royle: (left Oldham). Born April 8, 1949. Managed at Oldham, Everton, Manchester City, Ipswich and Oldham (again).
Neill Warnock: Born December 1, 1948. Managed at Gainsborough, Burton, Scarborough, Notts County, Huddersfield, Plymouth, Oldham, Bury, Sheffield United and Crystal Palace.
Other records for past season read:
Chelsea claim a top-flight record of 11 straight away wins at Bolton (2-0), surpassing the feat set by Tottenham in 1960.
Spaniard Rafa Benitez, of Liverpool, creates a club record of 40 wins in Europe after the 3-1 triumph away to PSV Eindhoven, breaking the previous mark of 39 that was established by Bob Paisley.
In a survey for the Barclays 2008 Global Fan Report, Alex Ferguson was placed top of both current and all-time favourite managers. Fernando Torres, of Liverpool, garners 38% of the votes, being followed by team-mate Steven Gerrard and Cristiano Ronaldo as the most popular players for the 2008/09 season.
St Mirren play their last home match at Love Street, a 0-0 draw against Motherwell in the Premier League, after a 114-year stay at the once-famous ground. The Buddies played in front of over 10,000 fans − once a miserable turnout − but not these days.
Manchester United become the first English club to win the world crown in its current format, defeating Ecuador's Liga De Quito 1-0.
Ashley Young, of Aston Villa, becomes the first player to win the monthly player award for the third time in a year.
Hull City capture Jimmy Bullard, midfielder from Fulham for a club record fee of £5m.
Uganda-born German striker Savio Nesereko leaves Brescia to join West Ham for a club record sum of £8m.
After the 5-0 hammering of West Brom at the Hawthorns, Manchester United create a Premier League record of 11 consecutive clean sheets.
Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar stretches his run of 12 successive Premier League matches without conceding a goal. The Dutchman also breaks the league record of 1,104 minutes without picking the ball from his net, set by Reading's Steve Death in 1979, after Manchester United's 1-0 win over Everton at Old Trafford.
England's U-21 side lose their incredible record run of 28 games without defeat, going down 2-3 (Johnson, Campbell) to Ecuador after they were leading 2-0, at neutral Malaga.
David Beckham earns his 108th cap to match Bobby Moore's record for an outfield player.
David James, 38, chalks up his 536th Premier League appearance in the home 2-0 win over Manchester City to surpass Gary Speed's (now at Sheffield United) record of 535.
After Liverpool's famous win (1-0) at Real Madrid in the Champions League they become only the second English side, after Arsenal in 2006, to win at this venue. This famous victory sent the Reds to the top of UEFA ranking for the first time since 1985.
In Liverpool's 4-0 humiliation of Real Madrid at Anfield, the Spaniards suffer their biggest defeat since the reforming of the competition in 1993. Reds' captain Steven Gerrard makes his 100th European appearance for the club.
The 4-1 trimming of Manchester United by Liverpool at Old Trafford is the Reds' biggest win over their rivals at their own patch since 1936.
The 2-0 victory of Fulham over Manchester United in the league is the Londoners' first over their rivals at home in 45 years.
At Windsor Park, Northern Ireland create history, chalking up their fourth straight World Cup qualification match win after their 1-0 victory over Slovenia.
Bye bye Hatters
Luton Town lose their Football League status after a 0-0 home draw against Chesterfield. The Hatters have been in the league for 89 years.
English clubs claim a European record, reaching the last four of the Champions League for the third season running − Chelsea (Liverpool 7-5 on aggregate), Arsenal (Villarreal 4-1) and Manchester United (Porto 3-2).
After 99 years of football at Ninian Park, Cardiff City will move across the road to the Leckwith Stadium to start a new era for Welsh football next season.
Manchester United's Ryan Giggs claims his record 800th appearance for his club in the 1-0 win over Arsenal in the first leg semi-final of the Champions League.
Steven Gerrard becomes the 11th Liverpool player in history to win the Football Writers Footballer of the Year. Gerrard turns out to be the first player to lift the prize when he was not involved in the winning of the championship or the final of the FA Cup.
As all their predecessors did in the Champions League, Manchester United failed in their bid to retain the title, going down to Barcelona 0-2 in Rome.
The goal by Louis Saha for Everton after 25 seconds in the 1-2 loss to Chelsea in the FA Cup final at Wembley, is the fastest goal in final history. Ashley Cole, of Chelsea, becomes the first player since the 19th century to collect five winners medals.
Rangers claim a record 17th League and Scottish Cup double, defeating Falkirk 1-0 at Hampden Park.
Attendances in the Football League top 16 million for the fifth successive season.
The Premier League revenues soar by 26 per cent for 2007-08 to nearly £2 billion.
At Wembley, England crush Andorra 6-0 to register a record seventh World Cup qualifying win under the guidance of the Italian Fabio Capello.