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Post by graystar on Apr 27, 2009 15:30:57 GMT
Not only is he a great skipper, and a great player, he is also a goal scorer when it matters (scored one and made the other yesterday), He also took the time to talk to Lew and me after the match. He is a brilliant role model for all the kidz and even some of us big kids too! Top Man!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2009 7:45:12 GMT
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Post by Dave on Apr 28, 2009 17:59:40 GMT
Look I know my memory is not always the best( who is merse?) but I thought Burton had never been a league club before, or have I got that wrong?
I only ask as it states in the HE that Burton regained their place back in the league
BURTON Albion earned their place back in the Football League despite this defeat at the hands of the Gulls, whose victory secured their place in the play-offs.
So if I'm right its a bit of sloppy reporting by the HE.
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Post by merse on Apr 28, 2009 18:50:01 GMT
BURTON Albion earned their place back in the Football League despite this defeat at the hands of the Gulls, whose victory secured their place in the play-offs.So if I'm right its a bit of sloppy reporting by the HE.  Nothing unusual in the HE being sloppy and this is no exception Dave. Burton Albion were only formed in 1950 and began life in the Birmingham League, and have also played in the Southern League, Northern Premier league as well as the Conference of course. It was Burton Swifts who played in the Football League from 1892 until 1910, merging with Burton Wanderers to become Burton United in 1901. Their old ground at Peel Croft is now the town's rugby ground. |
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Post by aussie on Apr 28, 2009 19:03:40 GMT
All this info, I take it this will go in the History Thread, is quickly amounting to something huge, a diverse and enormous amount of football history going on here within these boards, I can almost feel in the not to distant future a book being published. Maybe!  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2009 20:31:45 GMT
It was Burton Swifts who played in the Football League from 1892 until 1910, merging with Burton Wanderers to become Burton United in 1901. Their old ground at Peel Croft is now the town's rugby ground. And here's how R C Churchill's 1958 book 60 Seasons of League Football - complete with quotes from Keats and Shakespeare - recorded those early Burton clubs. Looks like they both enjoyed a few tidy victories. Newcastle losing 9-0 at Burton? Well....  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2009 21:09:06 GMT
Visitors to Burton in 1893/94. I bet the silk scarf would have been a long one. Give us a m....  |
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