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Blackburn, Blackburn United, Conference C, East of Scotland League, Football, New Murrayfield Park, Non League, Preston Athletic, Scotland, Susan Boyle, Tam Dalyell, West Lothian Question
Saturday 30th March 2019 ko 17.15
East of Scotland League Conference C
BLACKBURN UNITED 4 (Downie 1p 4 65 Browne 81)
PRESTON ATHLETIC 1 (McFarlane 77)
Att 328
Entry £6
Programme £2
I smiled when I heard the groundhoppers’ joke, yes Blackburn vs Preston could so easily be an English Championship game in Lancashire rather than a Scottish non-league fixture in West Lothian. That Lancs/Lothians connection wasn’t lost on former MP Tam Dalyell who in 1977 used the two towns to illustrate a situation after Scottish devolution where Scottish MPs could vote on English affairs, but not vice versa. Continue reading