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PU PREVIEW 12: MANSFIELD TOWN
29/07/2014 10:00
The present-day Mansfield Town was not the first football club to bear that name. A team called Mansfield Town played in the Midland Counties League as early as 1892-93, merging with a local works team Mansfield Greenhalgh in 1894 to become Mansfield FC. This team disbanded around 1900. The...
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PU PREVIEW 11: LUTON TOWN
28/07/2014 08:58
Luton Town was founded in April 1885 as a result of a merger between Luton Town Wanderers and Excelsior. The new club became the first in southern England to be fully professional in 1891. Luton was a founder member of the Southern Football League in 1894-95 and joined the Football League in...
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PU PREVIEW 10: HARTLEPOOL UNITED
27/07/2014 09:14
Hartlepool United was founded in 1908 as Hartlepools United Football Athletic Company, after the demise of West Hartlepool Rugby Club which left their stadium, the Victoria Ground, vacant. Some players from West Hartlepool FC, that had won the FA Amateur Cup in 1905, joined the new club in the...
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PU PREVIEW 9: EXETER CITY
26/07/2014 09:31
Exeter City came into being in 1904 when, after a game between Exeter United and local rivals St Sidwell's United (won 3-1 by St Sidwell's), an agreement was made to amalgamate the two clubs. The new club continued to play at Exeter United's ground, St James Park, which is still the club's home to...
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PU PREVIEW 8: DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE
25/07/2014 10:04
Dagenham & Redbridge FC was formed in 1992 after a merger between Redbridge Forest (founded 1979) and Dagenham (founded 1949), although the club can trace its ancestry back to 1881. Redbridge Forest was an amalgamation of three famous amateur clubs, Ilford (founded 1881), Leytonstone (founded...
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PU PREVIEW 7: CHELTENHAM TOWN
24/07/2014 09:16
Cheltenham Town FC was founded in 1887 by a local teacher. It spent its first three decades in local football, turning professional in the early 1930s and joining the Birmingham Combination. The club joined the Southern League in 1935 and entered the Football Conference for the second time in...
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PU PREVIEW 6: CARLISLE UNITED
23/07/2014 09:33
Carlisle United was formed in 1904 and joined the Lancashire Combination in 1905, although they had to pay all visiting teams' travel expenses for two years. When that league reorganised four years later, Carlisle joined the North Eastern League of which their reserve team had been a founding...
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PU PREVIEW 5: CAMBRIDGE UNITED
22/07/2014 09:35
Cambridge United was founded in 1912 as Abbey United, named after the Abbey district of Cambridge (there was a club in Cambridge called Cambridge United from 1909, but this is not linked to the present club). Abbey United played in local amateur leagues for many years, moving from ground to ground...
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PU PREVIEW 4: BURY
21/07/2014 14:59
Bury FC was formed in 1885 after a meeting between the Bury Wesleyans and Bury Unitarians football clubs. They joined the Football League Second Division in 1894 and won it at the first attempt. Their membership of the Football League is the third longest after Preston North End and Notts County....
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PU PREVIEW 3: BURTON ALBION
20/07/2014 10:03
Burton Albion are not the first Football League club from the Staffordshire town. Burton Swifts and Burton Wanderers both played in the Football League in the 1890s before merging to become Burton United. The merged side played in the Football League between 1901 and 1907. Burton Albion FC was...
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