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Brixworth, Brixworth All Saints, Dufty, Froxhill Crescent, Milton, Nick Ling, Northants Combination, Ryan Dufty, St David's Playing Fields
Wednesday 7th May 2014 ko 18.30
Northants Combination Premier Division
BRIXWORTH ALL SAINTS 1 (Ling 52) Dufty sent off 90 (2nd booking)
MILTON 0
Att 27
Entry FREE
No Programme
Brixworth lies to the north of Northampton, a stone’s throw from the M1/M6 interchange at Catthorpe immortalised in a million traffic reports. The team takes its slightly unusual name from the huge parish church of All Saints. Its one of the oldest, largest and most complete Anglo-Saxon churches in the country. It was founded circa 680 AD and was called “The finest Saxon church north of the Alps.”
The village church is mentioned in the Peterborough Chronicles, being a monastery founded when Sexwulf became Bishop of Lichfield before the death of King Wulfhere in 675AD. Many elements from the original building remain visible, although there are later additions, notably the tower. The club is to be found on Froxhill Crescent, the mid-point of a modern estate and in the middle of it all is the wide expanse of the St David’s Playing Fields. Continue reading
