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First record of football being played in Whitburn

  • Post author:WVHS
  • Post published:31/12/2023
  • Post category:Football/Sport

The first account of a form of football being played at Whitburn appeared in the North and South Shields Gazette and Northumberland and Durham Advertiser on the 5th April 1850.…

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