 WESSEX SOCCER CLUBS
WESSEX TOURIST BOARD
List of
Interesting Sites
Aldershot Town
League Division 2
Aldershot Town
Football Club was founded in the
spring of 1992 just after the closure
of debt ridden fourth division club
Aldershot F.C., who had been founded
in 1925 and had been league members
since 1932. Like the old club, the new
Aldershot football club played its
home games at the Recreation Ground in
Aldershot town centre.They joined the
Ryman (Diadora) League Division Three
for the 1992-93 season, and at the end
of 1997-98 won promotion to the
Premier Division of the league. Two
years later they finished runners-up
in the Premier Division and just
missed out on a place in the
Nationwide Conference, but achieved
this success at Ryman Premier Division
champions at the end of the 2002-03
season. In 2003-04 Aldershot Town
qualified for the Conference National
promotion playoffs but lost on
penalties to Shrewsbury Town in the
final. The following year they lost in
the semi-final to Carlisle United.
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The Recreation
Ground, High Street,
Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 1TW
ALDERSHOT
TOWN CLICK
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Tel:
01252
320211
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 Bristol City Football
Club - The Robins
Championship
1894:
Bristol
South End Football Club
are formed and play
their games at St.
John's Lane, Bedminster
1897:
The
club is renamed Bristol
City Football Club and
made into a limited
company after a famous
meeting in the Albert
Hall, Bedminster. A
decision was made to
employ a manager, so
contact was made with
Sam Hollis at Woolwich
Arsenal. One of his
first assignments at
Bristol City was to
assemble a squad of
players to take part in
the Southern League - he
was given a trans
fer
fund of £40!
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Bristol City Football
Club
Ashton Gate Stadium
Ashton Road
Bristol
BS3 2EJ
BRISTOL
CITY
FOOTBALL CLUB CLICK
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Tel:
0117 963 0630
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 Bristol
Rovers Football Club - The Pirates
League Division 1
The
Memorial
Stadium has been owned by
Bristol Rovers since 1998,
when it was purchased from
the old Bristol Rugby Club,
who were in administration
at the time. Founded in 1998
they have been members of
the Football League since
1920, having won the
Southern League in 1904/05.
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Bristol Rovers
Football Club
The Memorial Stadium
Filton Avenue, Horfield
Bristol, BS7 0BF
BRISTOL
ROVERS CLICK
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tel:
0117 9096648
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 AFC Bournemouth - The
Cherries
League Division1
The present football club can
trace its roots as far back as 1890 when
Boscombe St. Johns Institute Football Club
were playing in local football. They
disbanded in 1899 and from the remains of
that club, Boscombe FC were formed at a
meeting under the streetlights in
Gladstone Road, Boscombe. The Club
competed in the Bournemouth and District
Junior League playing at a ground in
Castlemain Avenue, Pokesdown. They moved
to Kings Park, adjacent to the current
stadium in 1902 and were soon emerging as
the top team in the town. After enjoying
many local successes, they joined the
Hampshire League and were attracting large
crowds. In 1910 they moved to their own
ground, named Dean Court the club
continued to thrive and dominated the
local football scene. The club signed
their first professional player in 1910,
B.Penton, who signed from Southampton for
a £10 fee. The club then moved in to the
South Eastern League but this proved to be
a big leap and the side finished bottom of
the table. With the outbreak of war in
1914, the progress of the club was halted
and they returned to the Hampshire league
in 1919. The club was ambitious and when
the Third Division was formed in 1920,
they moved up to the highly competitive
Southern League as many clubs in that
league went on to form the Third Division.
After three years in the Southern League,
the club applied for membership of the
Football League. The application was
accepted and Boscombe would be playing in
the Third Division (South) in the 1923-24
season.
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Fitness
First Stadium,Dean Court Road,
Bournmouth, Dorset. B9 4NH
AFC
BOURNEMOUTH CLICK
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Tel:
01202 726357 |
 Cheltenham
Town
- The Robins
League Division 2
Until very recently it was
thought that Cheltenham Town Football Club
was founded in 1892. However, recent
evidence points to the origins being five
years earlier when Mr Albert Close White
returned to his native Cheltenham from
college in London to take up a teaching
post. While away on his studies Mr White
discovered the game of association
football and he is now credited with being
the first person to introduce the sport to
the town of Cheltenham. Trials were held
at the East Glos Cricket Ground in 1887
and the club was born.
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Whaddon Road, Cheltenham.
GL52 5NA
ctfc Whaddon Road
Cheltenham GL52 5NA
m CHELTENHAM
TOWN
CLICK |
Tel:
01242 573558. |
Exeter
Town
League Division 1
Formed in 1904, The
Grecians moved to St Jamess Park in
1906, where they still play to this day.
They have had a host of players playing
for them, who have moved on to play at
the highest level including Lee Sharpe,
Cliff Bastin and Dick Pym, who all got
caps for England.They were also in the
news in 2002-03 when Uri Geller became
Honrary Co-Chairman. He went on to
appoint Music King Michael Jackson and
Star Wars Legend David Prowse as
honorary Directors. Since this however
the running of the club has been taken
over by a supporters trust. Their biggest game of
recent times was against Manchester
United in Dec 2004, and they caused a
huge surprise by holding United to a 0-0
draw.
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St
James Park,
St James Road
Exeter Devon EX4 6PX
EXETER
TOWN
FC
CLICK
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tel::
01392 411 243
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Forest Green
Rovers Football Club
Conference
Forest Green
Rovers were Founder members of the
Gloucestershire County League in 1968-69
season, where the enjoyed 7 years of
football, before joining the Hellenic
League Premier Division. They went on to
become champions of this league in 1981,
getting promoted to the Southern League
Midland Division and also doing the double
by winning the FA Vase also. In 1989, the
club changed its name to Stroud, however
this was short lived and was changed back
to Forest Green Rovers in 1992. In 1995,
Rovers switched to play in the Southern
Division, and won the league in the 96/97
season in turn winning promotion to the
Premier Division. Rovers didnt stop there
and went on to win the Southern League
Premier Division in the debut season,
earning promotion to the Conference
league. They have since come runners up in
the FA Trophy in 1999 losing narrowly to
Kingstonian 1-0 in the final. Also came
runners up in 2001 again losing 1-0 but
this time to Canvey Island.
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The
Lawn, Nympsfield Road,
Forest Green, Nailsworth,
Gloucestershire, GL6 0ET
FOREST
GREEN
FC CLICK |
Tel:
01453 834860
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Oxford United- The U's
League Division 2
Along with many other clubs who
eventually achieved league status, we
started in 1893 as an amateur club, called
Headington United, a village team known
locally as "the boys from up the hill".After
the Second World War we were still a tiny
set up playing in the Spartan League. But in
1949 the club was elected to the Southern
League and became a professional unit.By
1953 the side had won the first of its
Southern League Championships and in 1954
reached the Fourth Round of the FA Cup
beating League clubs Millwall and Stockport
County before losing 4-2 to Bolton
Wanderers.
The appointment of the former Birmingham
City manager Arthur Turner as manager in
1959 was another turning point in the club's
history. And in 1960, to increase appeal to
the whole city and increase national
recognition, the club name was changed to
Oxford United.Turner guided United to two
more Southern League titles and when
Accrington Stanley folded in 1962, Oxford
United was elected to the Fourth Division of
the Football League.
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Kassam
Stadium,
Grenoble Rd, Oxford. OX4 4XP
OXFORD UNITED
FC CLICK
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Tel:
01865 337533, |
 Plymouth
Argyle - The Pilgrims
League Division 1
AT the turn of the last century
of the old millennium, F Howard Grose and
W Pethybridge, both former pupils of
Dunheved College in Launceston, Cornwall,
shared rooms in the newly-built Argyll
Terrace (sometimes known as Argyle
Terrace) while working in Plymouth.The two
men wanted to pursue their interest in
football and it was suggested that it
might be possible to form a new club by
inviting old boys from local public
schools to form a team. In those days,
public schools and the services were the
spawning-grounds of footballers The name Argyll itself derives
from the Gaelic Earraghaidheal meaning
"the boundary of the Gaels".
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Home
Park. Plymouth, Devon. PL2 3DQ
PLYMOUTH
ARGYLE FC CLICK
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Tel:
0845
338 7232 |
Portsmouth- Pompey
Championship
Here
you
will
see Championship Football and hear the
famous Pompey Chimes. Twice champions in
the 1940's they are now back in the big
time
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Fratton Park,
Frogmore Road,
Portsmouth, Hants, PO4 8RA
PORTSMOUTH
FOOTBALL
CLUB
CLICK
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Tel
023 9273 1204
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 Reading -
The Royals
Championship
Reading Football Club
was formed in 1871, when the inaugural
meeting of the club was held at the Bridge
Street Rooms under the chairmanship of Mr
JE Sydenham, who later became the first
Honorary Secretary of the club. The early matches were
played at Reading Recreation Ground, and
the club later fulfilled its fixtures at
Reading Cricket Ground, Coley Park and
Caversham Cricket Ground before moving to
Elm Park on 5th September 1896 and then to
the Madejski Stadium in 1998.
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Bennet Road, Reading,
Berkshire. RG2 0FL
READING
FOOTBALL
CLUB CLICK |
Tel:
0870 999 1871 |
 Southampton- The
Saints
League Division 1
In
2001
the move from the Dell to the
new Friends Provident St Marys
Stadium was something of a
spiritual homecoming for
Southampton Football Club. The
team that play in red and white
today can trace their roots back
to the club formed in 1885 by
members of St. Mary's Church
Young Men's association who
played their football on the
banks of the Itchen for 13 years
before moving on. Unfortunately
the team they were relegated to
the Championship in 2005.
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Southampton FC,
Friends Provident St. Mary's Stadium,
Britannia Road,
Southampton,
SO14 5FP
SOUTHAMPTON
FOOTBALL
CLUB CLICK
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Tel
0870-2200 000
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Swindon Town - The Robins
League Division
1
In
1894 Swindon
Town football
Club, founded
by Rev.
Williams Pitt,
took on
professionals
and became a
founder member
of the
Southern
League
Division One..
Swindon
Town moved
into the
Football
League Div 3
(S) in 1920
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County Ground
Swindon SN1 2ED
SWINDON
TOWN
FOOTBALL CLUB CLICK
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Tel:
0870 443 1969
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 Torquay
United - The Gulls
League Division 2
The history
of Torquay United doesn't begin with just
one club; it begins with three: Torquay
United, Ellacombe and Babbacombe. The
merging of these three clubs is covered in
The History Of Plainmoor elsewhere on this
site, and it is a great story - a great
story indeed. As Torquay
Town, the club shared Plainmoor with their
local rivals Babbacombe, and for the
seasons running up to the beginning of the
First World War, both clubs played in the
Plymouth and District League
Pressure
began
to mount in favour of Torquay Town and
Babbacombe coming together.Torquay Town
and Babbacombe finally became Torquay
United in 1921, and the new club joined
the Western League .United played
four seasons in the Western League
(finishing in sixth,
fourth, fifteenth and sixth
places respectively). In 1927,
after being crowned champions at the end
of their fifth season in the Western
League, the club decided to try for
Football League status a second time. They
were elected to Division Three (South) of
the Football League, taking the place of
Welsh club Aberdare.
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Plainmoor,
Torquay, Devon. TQ1 6PS
TORQUAY
UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB CLICK |
Tel:
01803 328666 |
 Yeovil
Town- The Glovers
League Division 1
Looking
back
at
Yeovil's past is like delving into the
annals of FA Cup giant-killing.When the
cult football game 'subbuteo' launched
their one-and-only non-league team, it
was Yeovil they chose.Certainly the
magnificent Huish Park Stadium, opened
ten years ago, is a far cry from the
club's beginning back in 1895.Formed as
the Yeovil Casuals, it was another
twenty-five years before a merger took
place with Petters United and the
'new'club moved to Huish.Season
2002/2003 has seen the club finally
achieve it's ambitions of League
football when they swept to the
Conference Championship by a record 17
points.Season 2004-2005 The
Glovers were crowned Champions for the
second time in three seasons.
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Huish
Park.Lufton Way,
Yeovil, Somerset. BA22 8YF
YEOVIL TOWN FC
CLICK |
Tel:
01935
423662
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The Premier
League
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Arsenal
F.C.
Manager:
Arsene Wenger
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The Gunners |
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60,000 |
Arsenal
-
Emirates Stadium,
Ashburton Grove, ,London. N5 1BU
Telephone
No: 0207 619 5003
Fax No: 0207 704 4001
Ticket Office: 0207 619
5000
24 Hour Ticket Info: 0207 704 4242
Stadium Tours: 0207 619
5000
Fixture
List 2008/9
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www.arsenal
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Aston
Villa F.C.
Manager: Martin O'Neil
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The Villans |
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43,000 |
Aston
Villa
- Villa Park
Trinity Road Birmingham. B6 6HE
Main Telephone No:
0121 327 2299
Main Fax No: 0121 322 2107
Ticket Office: 0800 612 0970
Ticket Office Fax: 0800
612 0977
Stadium Tours: 0800 612
0970
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List
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www.avfc
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Blackburn
Rovers
F.C.
Manager:
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Rovers |
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31,367 |
Blackburn
Rovers
- Ewood Park
,
Blackburn, Lancashire. BB2 4JF
Main Telephone
No: 0871
702 1875
Fax No: 01254 671 042
Ticket Office: 0871 222 1444
Fixture
List 2008/9
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www.rovers.
co.uk |
Bolton
Wanderers
Manager: Gary Megson
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The Trotters |
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28,000 |
Bolton
Wanderers
- Reebok Stadium
Burnden Way,
Lostock, Bolton, Lancashire. SE7 8BL
Main
Telephone
No: 01204 673 673
Main Fax No: 01204 673 773
Ticket Office: 0871 871
2932
Ticket Office Fax: 0871
871 8183
Stadium Tours: 01204 673
650
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List
2008/9
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www.bwfc.
co.uk |
Chelsea
F.C.
Manager: Carlo Ancellotti
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The Blues |
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42,440 |
Chelsea
-
Stamford Bridge
Fulham Road, London. SW16 1HS
Main Telephone No:
0871
984 1955
Fax
No: 020 7381 4831
Ticket Office:
0871
984 1905
(Outside UK: 00 44 207
915 2900)
Stadium Tours: 0871 984
1955
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List
2008/9
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www.chelseafc.
co.uk |
Everton
F.C.
Manager: David Moyes
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The Toffees |
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40,170 |
Everton
-
Goodison Park
Goodison Road, Liverpool. L4 4EL
Main Telephone No:
0870 442 1878
Fax No: 0151 286 9112
Ticket Office: 0870 442
1878
Ground Tours: 0151 330 2305
Fixture
List 2008/9
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www.evertonfc.tv
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Fulham
F.C.
Manager: Roy Hodgson
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The Cottagers |
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19,250 |
Fulham
-
Craven Cottage
Stevenage
Road, Fulham, London. SW6 6HH
Main Telephone
No: 0870 442
1222
Fax No: 0207 384 4715
Ticket Office: 0870 442 1234
Ticket Office Fax No: 0207
384
4810
Fixture
List
2008/9
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www.fulhamfc.com
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Hull City
Manager: Phil Brown
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The Tigers |
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25,504
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Hull
City
- Kingston Community Stadium
The Circle, Walton St, Hull,
HU3 6HU
Main Telephone
No: 0870 837 0003
Fax No: 01482 304 882
Ticket Office: 0870 837
0004
Ticket Office Fax: 01482 304 923
Fixture List 2008/9
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www.hullcityafc.net |
Liverpool
F.C.
Manager: Rafael Benitez
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The Reds |
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45,400 |
Liverpool
-
Anfield
Anfield Road, Anfield, Liverpool. L4 0TH
Main
Telephone
No: 0151-263-2361
Main Fax No: 0151-260-8813
Ticket Office: 0870-220-2345
Ticket Office Fax:
0151-261-1416
Ground Tours: 0151-260-6677
Fixture
List 2008/9
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www.liverpoolfc.tv
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Manchester
City
F.C.
Manager: Mark Hughes
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Blues |
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48,500 |
Manchester
City
- City of Manchester Stadium
SportCity,
Manchester. M11 3FF
Main
Telephone
No: 0870 062
1894
Main Fax No: 0161
438 7999
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List
2008/9
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www.mcfc.co.uk
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Manchester
United
F.C.
Manager: Sir Alec Ferguson
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The Red Devils |
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67,500 |
Manchester
Utd
- Old Trafford
Sir Matt Busby
Way, Old Trafford, Manchester. M16 0RA
Main
Telephone
No: 0870-442-1994
Fax No: 0161-868-8804
Ticket Office (Sales):
0870-442-1999
Ticket Office (Enquiries):
0870-442-1994
Stadium Tours: 0870-442-1994
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List 2008/9
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www.manutd.com
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Middlesborough
Manager :Gordon Strachan
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Boro or Ironsiders |
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35,100 |
Middlesbrough
-
Riverside Stadium
Middlesbrough,
Cleveland. TS3 6RS
Telephone No:
0844 499 6789
Main Fax No: 01642 757
690
Ticket Office: 0844 499 1234
Ticket Office Fax: 01642 757 693
Stadium Tours: 0844 499 6789
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List
2008/9
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www.mfc.co.uk
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FOR
SALE!
Newcastle United
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The Magpies |
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52,219 |
Newcastle
Utd
- St James' Park
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. NE1 4ST
Main Telephone
No: 0191-201-8400
Fax No: 0191-201-8600
Ticket Office: 0191-261-1571
Fixture
List 2008/9
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www.nufc.co.uk
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Portsmouth
F.C.
Manager: Paul Hart
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Pompey |
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19,400 |
Frogmore Road,
Southsea, Hampshire. PO4 8RA
Main
Telephone
No: 02392 731204
Main Fax No: 02392 734129
Ticket Office: 0844 847 1898
Ticket Office Fax: 0871 230 1899
Fixture
List
2008/9
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www.pompeyfc.co.uk
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Stoke City
Manager: Tony Pullis
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The Potters
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28,383
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Stoke
City
- The Britannia Stadium
Stanley Matthews Way, Stoke On Trent,
ST44EG
Main Telephone No:
01782-592-222
Main Fax No: 01782-592-221
Ticket Office: 0871-663-2007
Ticket Office Fax: 01782-592-201
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Sunderland
Manager: Steve Bruce
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The Black Cats |
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49,000 |
, Sunderland, SR5 1SU
Main Telephone Number:
0871 911 1200
Main Fax No: 0191
551 5123
Ticket Office: 0871 911 1973
Ticket Office Fax No:
0191 551 5150
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www.safc.com |
Tottenham
Hotspur
Manager: Juande Ramos |
The Spurs |
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36,200 |
Tottenham
Hotspur
- White Hart Lane
Bill Nicholson
Way, 748 High Road, London, Middlesex.
N17 0AP
Main Telephone No:
0844 499
5000
Main Fax
No: 020 8365 5005
Ticket Office:
0844 844 0102
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www.spurs.co.uk |
West Bromwich Albion
Manager: Roberto Di Matteo
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The
Baggies |
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28,003
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Halfords
Lane, West Bromwich, West
Midlands, B71 4LF
Main Telephone No: 0871
271 1100
Main Fax No: 0871 271 9861
Ticket
Office: 0871 271
9780
Ticket
Office Fax No: 0871 271
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www.wba.co.uk |
West
Ham United
Manager: Jean Franco Zola
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The Hammers |
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30,056 |
West
Ham
Utd - Upton Park
, Green
Street, London. E13 9AZ
Main
Telephone
No: 020 8548 2748
Fax No: 020 8548 2758
Ticket Office: 0870 112
2700
Fixture
List 2008/9
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www.whufc.co.uk
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Wigan
Athletic
F.C.
Manager: Martinez
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Latics |
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25,000 |
Wigan
Athletic
- JJB Stadium
Loire Drive,
Robin Park, Wigan, Lancashire. WN5 0UZ
Main Telephone
No: 01942 774 000
Fax No: 01942 770 477
Ticket Office: 0871 663
3552
Fixtures
2008/9
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www.wiganlatics.co.uk
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THE SID BATHGATE
APPRECIATION SOCIETY
This page has been prepared by
the Sid Bathgate Appreciation Society. In
memory of a real footballer. Sidney Bathgate
was born on 20th December 1919 in Aberdeen.
Served in the RAF during the Second World War.
Career History - Chelsea Football Club,
Hamilton Academicals, Parkvale, Huntly, Keith,
Elgin City, and Deveronvale. Married with 3
sons & 2 daughters. Retired from
Football 1958. Passed Away: Age 43 in 1963. He
played 147 games for Chelsea between
1946-53. A hard tackling fullback who
epitomises all those journeyman footballers
who graced the game. When we started
this column we were contacted by his
grandaughter who was delighted that her
grandpop was thus remembered as our man to
represent football.
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From: Aymee Jo
Charlton
Just found out my great
great uncle was Sid Bathgate and played for
Chelsea FC. Will be showing this page to my
Grandad as he will find it very interesting.
thanks.
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