Why this North East football team never made it big in the FA Cup
PEOPLE gathered at Stanley Village Hall on Saturday, May 14, for the launch of a book by Mike Amos called Prairie Stories which tells the story of…
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Ron Fryer: a Two Blues hero from the golden age
RON FRYER, who passed away recently, was a hero in the golden age of amateur footballer: he played in two FA Amateur Cup finals at Wembley for…
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The day West went to Wembley
"WEST AUCKLAND?" said the lady from the Castle Players, "Didn't they win the World Cup?" People know that West won the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, which is regarded as the first World Cup, in 1909 and 1911, but that really is a piece of fantasy, something for the film-makers. If the amateur actress had said to me: “West Auckland? Didn't they once play in a final at Wembley in front of a 45,000 crowd?" she would have been bang on the money, because West’s triumph in front of their largest ever crowd at the home of football exactly 60 years ago this weekend is very much the real thing.
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