Football suspension in 1947

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Football suspension in 1947

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An interesting article about football suspension back in 1947. Different circumstances to now of course but fascinating all the same...


https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... une-finish
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Interesting article. also shows Liverpool were a lucky lot even back then, winning the league at the final second of the final game
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Fascinating. Didn’t know about that. Like the pics of the games in the snow!
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Fascinating.
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ComeOnYouOs wrote: Mon Apr 13, 2020 8:08 pm Interesting article. also shows Liverpool were a lucky lot even back then, winning the league at the final second of the final game

They are only 25 points ahead of everyone else this year, not a lot of luck in that I'd have thought.
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