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PORTSMOUTH UNITED - CLASSIC BLOGS #1
18/03/2021 20:05
BLOG 2: FOXY TO THE RESCUE
The foxy one was relaxing with her mid-evening cuppa when the call came.
Someone had apparently been on our Facebook page, using the ‘c’ word.
Our new website had launched literally hours before.
This clearly needed investigating.
Upon perusal of the evidence, all became...
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PU PREVIEW 64: IPSWICH TOWN
21/12/2019 11:55
Ipswich Town Football Club (also known as Ipswich, The Blues, Town, or The Tractor Boys) is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football...
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PU PREVIEW 63: ALTRINCHAM
30/11/2019 10:22
Altrincham was established by a Sunday school around 1891 as Rigby Memorial Club. They soon merged with another local team, Grapplers, to form Broadheath Football Club, and were founder members of the Manchester League in 1893. Their first match in the league on...
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PU PREVIEW 62: HARROGATE TOWN
11/11/2019 12:47
Harrogate Town AFC was founded in 1914 as Harrogate AFC. The club entered the Northern League, but fixtures were postponed due to the outbreak of the First World War. After the war ended, the club entered the West Riding League. In the 1920-21 season, Harrogate became a founding member of the...
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PU PREVIEW 61: LINCOLN CITY
23/10/2019 16:09
Overall, a good stay and would be happy to return.
Football in the city of Lincoln had been prominent since the 1860s, although not strictly connected to the modern-day club. After the disbanding of Lincoln Rovers (formerly Lincoln Recreation) in 1884, Lincoln City FC was formed as an amateur...
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PU PREVIEW 60: BOLTON WANDERERS
28/09/2019 10:48
Bolton Wanderers FC was formed as Christ Church Football Club in 1874, adopting its current name in 1877, and was a founder member of the Football League in 1888. Bolton have spent more seasons than any other club in the top flight without winning the title. They finished...
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PU PREVIEW 59: SOUTHAMPTON
24/09/2019 09:56
OUR NEAREST, AND NOT SO DEAREST, RIVALS
Our nearest, and not so dearest, rivals in English football, Southampton FC was founded in November 1885 at St Mary's Church by the church's Young Men's Association. Having been known as St Mary's Young Men's Association FC, St Mary's FC (from 1887) and...
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PU PREVIEW 58: BIRMINGHAM CITY
06/08/2019 11:56
Birmingham City FC was founded as Small Heath Alliance in 1875 and turned professional in 1885. In 1888, they became the first football club to become a limited company with a board of directors, under the name of Small Heath F.C. Ltd. They joined the Football League Second Division in 1892 and...
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PU PREVIEW 57: QPR
26/01/2019 10:16
Queens Park Rangers Football Club was founded in 1886 after the merger of St Jude's (formed 1882) and Christchurch Rangers (formed 1884). The club became professional in 1889 and played in nearly 20 different stadia before settling at current home Loftus Road in 1917. QPR spent two short spells...
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PU PREVIEW 56: NORWICH CITY
05/01/2019 11:17
Norwich City FC was formed in June 1902 after a meeting at a cafe. They were elected to the Southern League in 1905. The club was first known as 'The Citizens' but this changed in 1907 to 'The Canaries' due to the chairman being a keen breeder of the birds. The city also had a history of the birds...
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