Darwen News
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Anonymous commented
World home of professional football
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Anonymous commented
Astonishing that the birthplace of professional football is not represented in the BNA.
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Anonymous commented
The birthplace of professional football
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Anonymous commented
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
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Anonymous commented
The Northern Daily Telegraph
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Anonymous commented
The Darwen News was a very popular news paper for entering announcements of soldiers deaths WW1
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Anonymous commented
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.
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Anonymous commented
The most important industrial centre in the North West, and there's no coverage here. Please can we have this paper digitalised.
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Anonymous commented
Major large industrial town late 19th, early 20th century. Population 40,000. Home of the first football club to employ professional.
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Anonymous commented
Harwoodsearcher@btopenworld.com
Please can you publish this paper.