Long live the King....Wayne, that is
and long live our Queen, Elizabeth of course. Her reign and Wayne's
have both overtaken the people's favourites this week. Wayne pushed
Bobby in second place on Tuesday at Wembley and our Queen nipped past
Victoria today. Bless her.
Elizabeth's long reign began on the 6th
February 1952 but her first FA Cup Final was not until
Blackpool-Bolton in 1953.
Victoria's first footballing experience
would have been during the close season (20th June 1837)
had there been any official football played at that time. Northwich
Victoria, founded in 1874, was named after the great lady, so I guess
she has had some influence on her national sport.
When Victoria died on the 22nd
January 1901, the following Saturday's FA Cup Ties were postponed as
mark of respect, but this did not stop Tottenham from marching on to
win the trophy as a Southern league side and later in the year
Liverpool took the First Division title.
Teams in the top division that year
included Notts County, Bury and The Wednesday.
In the Second Division, won by Grimsby
Town, and I am doing this for my loyal readers, the following teams
were part of the structure:
Small Heath and Newton Heath (who did
they eventually become?), Glossop (not with a North End because of
Preston's prowess), Woolwich Arsenal (the Gunners), Burslem Port Vale
(there is no place called Port Vale), Leicester Fosse, Gainsborough
Trinity, Burton Swifts and for Jerry-Chesterfield were in the league
then! Stockport County played their first season and Blackpool were
reinstated at the expense of Loughborough and Luton Town, who were not
re-elected.
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