Now that's a fairy tail come true
Moderator: Zulus Thousand of em
Now that's a fairy tail come true
".... Durham non-League club West Auckland Town are to play Italian side Juventus in a friendly in Turin on 1 August.
The trip marks the 100-year anniversary of the club's 6-1 defeat of Juve to win the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, which was later dubbed 'the first World Cup'. ...
... The trophy is widely seen as the forerunner to the Jules Rimet Trophy, which was won by England in 1966. West Auckland, then a team mainly made up of coal miners, defeated German side Stuttgart in the inaugural competition in 1907 before beating Winterthur of Switzerland 2-0 in the final. Two years later, they retained the trophy - which became theirs to keep - by beating Zurich in the opening match and then trouncing Juventus. ...."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8127787.stm
What a dream come true for this Club and its players to be able celebrate the 100 year anniversary of this historic event in Italy!
The trip marks the 100-year anniversary of the club's 6-1 defeat of Juve to win the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, which was later dubbed 'the first World Cup'. ...
... The trophy is widely seen as the forerunner to the Jules Rimet Trophy, which was won by England in 1966. West Auckland, then a team mainly made up of coal miners, defeated German side Stuttgart in the inaugural competition in 1907 before beating Winterthur of Switzerland 2-0 in the final. Two years later, they retained the trophy - which became theirs to keep - by beating Zurich in the opening match and then trouncing Juventus. ...."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8127787.stm
What a dream come true for this Club and its players to be able celebrate the 100 year anniversary of this historic event in Italy!
Depression is just a state of mind, supporting Bolton is also a state of mind hence supporting Bolton must be depressing QED
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 74 guests