World home of professional football

Astonishing that the birthplace of professional football is not represented in the BNA.

The birthplace of professional football

Darwen is the birthplace of professional football. The local newspapers would be a wonderful resource for charting its development.

See - The English Game, Julian Fellowes, Netflix

The Northern Daily Telegraph

The Darwen News was a very popular news paper for entering announcements of soldiers deaths WW1

Town of 40,000. Major industrial and sporting contribution. First club to employ professionals. Origin of “cup fever’ as team of millworkers took on the Old Etonians.

The most important industrial centre in the North West, and there's no coverage here. Please can we have this paper digitalised.

Major large industrial town late 19th, early 20th century. Population 40,000. Home of the first football club to employ professional.

Harwoodsearcher@btopenworld.com
Please can you publish this paper.