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DONINGTON SCHOOL AND THE FIRST F.A. CUP COMPETITION 1872 - CENTENARY ISSUE

DONINGTON SCHOOL AND THE FIRST F.A. CUP COMPETITION 1872 - CENTENARY ISSUE

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The story of the school's entry into the inaugural FA Cup when they were drawn away against Queens Park, Glasgow, which proved a trip they could not make, this booklet being part of a fundraising campaign to send a team one hundred years later.

19.5 x 13cm. 10pp. Paperback. Very good condition.

Date
1972
Publisher
Donington: Cowley's Secondary School
Author
D.J. WELBOURNE

£24.00 (Code: 83549)

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