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The Longest Mile

05 Thursday Feb 2015

Posted by laurencereade in M

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Birmingham, Keith Downing, Keith Lycett, Littleton, Midland Combination, Midland League, Mile Oak, Mile Oak Rovers, Mile Oak Rovers and Youth

Saturday 8th May 2010 ko 15.00

Midland Combination Division One
MILE OAK ROVERS & YOUTH 0
LITTLETON 3 (Baird 57 McKeon 81 Harris 90)

Att 4

Entry FREE
Prog NO
Raffle £1

When you delve into football’s lower reaches, and you take the time to understand a club and what it stands for, the vast majority of the time it boils down to local pride, often against all good logic. Sometimes you see a club on the up, some are on the way down, but only once have I ever seen a club playing its last ever game. That horrible experience I witnessed at Mile Oak Rovers and Youth.

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