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RAYNES PARK VALE                                                                                                                                     UP THE VALE






       FOOTBALL ON
       THIS DAY                                         Wednesday beating United 4-0
                                                        at Hillsborough in front of a Third
                                                        Division record crowd – still – of
                                                        49,309.
                                                        On this day - 1999
                                                        There was a time when a ‘foreign’
                                                        player in the League was from
                                                        Scotland, Ireland or Wales but
        26TH DECEMBER                                   on Boxing Day 1999 Chelsea
                                                        fielded the first team in the      With over 25 years experience in all aspects of
        Over the years there have   munitions factory in the First   League to consist entirely of non-
        certainly been some ‘hang-over   World War, played St Helens   British players. They won 2-1   domestic and commercial glazing you are in safe
        results’ on Boxing Day. A look   Ladies in front of a capacity   at Southampton in the Premier
        back at Christmas 1934 saw   53,000 crowd at Goodison Park   League with a starting line-up   hanDS.
        Everton dominant enough to   with over 10,000 locked out. The   of - Ed de Goey (Netherlands),
        beat Sunderland 6-2 at Goodison   men-only Football Association   Albert Ferrer (Spain), Celestine
        on Christmas Day. A day later   were not too happy…..  Babayaro (Nigeria), Emerson
        on Boxing Day the two clubs                     Thome (Brazil), Franck Leboeuf     - composite doors
        played the reverse fixture at   On this day - 1927  (France), Dan Petrescu (Romania),     bi fold doors
        Roker Park with Sunderland                      Didier Deschamps (France),            Our services should inc:
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                                whistle blows. Syd Reid had                                   Bi-fold Doors
        you a month later the same two                  Ambrosetti (Italy), Gus Poyet
                                scored 4 goals to help Luton                                  PVC French Doors
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                                Town to a 5-1 half-time lead in                               PVC residential- Front and Back doors
        the FA Cup with Everton winning                 (Norway). Their manager was           PVC Patio Sliding doors
                                the Third Division (South) match                             pvc patio sliding doors
        that one 6-4.  A few more of the                Gianluca Vialli of Italy but at least   Timber Doors
                                at the County Ground against
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        1930 –                                          Day Premier League fixture
                                A record number of goals were
        Hull City 10  Halifax Town 0                    Tigers manager Phil Brown
                                scored in one day in the top
        (Division 3 North)      division – 66 goals in 10 matches   was not chuffed. He likened
        1935 –                  in the old First Division. That   Hull’s efforts as a ‘Sunday
        Tranmere Rovers 13  Oldham   figure included 11 at Craven   League performance’ and with
        Athletic 4  (Division 3 North)  Cottage – Fulham 10 Ipswich   his Christmas spirit absent he   trained and skilled in repairing replacing all types
        1962 -                  Town 1 – which was the last time   refused to allow his players to
        Oldham Athletic 11      a club scored double-figures in a   return to the dressing room   of Windows and doors. All our fitters are fully
        Southport 0  (Division 4)  top flight match.    during the half-time break.                      qualified and FENSA registered.
        1963 -                                          Instead he sat them on the pitch
        Fulham 10  Ipswich Town 1    On this day - 1979  in front of the 5500 travelling
                                                        fans and gave the players a
        (Division 1)            For the first time the two
                                                        bollocking! Hull lost the match
                                Sheffield clubs found
        On this day - 1920      themselves playing each other   5-1 but hey, that meant they had
                                                        drawn the second half 1-1!
                                in the Third Division. Boxing Day
        The Dick Kerr’s Ladies Football
                                saw the first of those matches,
        team, formed in a Preston
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