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The traditional Royal Shrovetide Football Match, a "medieval football"

The traditional Royal Shrovetide Football Match, a "medieval football" game played annually on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday in the town of Ashbourne in Derbyshire.
Guest of honour Sir Stanley Matthews is carried shoulder high by villagers through the main street toward the start point of the game.
22nd February 1966

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Patrick Kevin Francis Michael "Pat" Nevin (born 6 September 1963 in Glasgow

Patrick Kevin Francis Michael "Pat" Nevin (born 6 September 1963 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a retired Scottish footballer. In a 20-year career, he played for Clyde, Chelsea, Everton, Tranmere Rovers, Kilmarnock and Motherwell as a winger. Nevin was a fans favourite at Chelsea during the 1980s. He also won 28 caps for Scotland, scattered across a 10 year international career, and he was selected for the UEFA Euro 1992 finals squad. Since retiring as a player, Nevin has worked as a chief executive of Motherwell and as a football writer and broadcaster.
(Picture) Pat Nevin sitting on a park bench.
26th February 1985

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Whitley Abbey pupils (left to right) Moria Mumford, Julie Loakes

Whitley Abbey pupils (left to right) Moria Mumford, Julie Loakes, Karl Smith and Brian McCauley with their their car Jenny. Pupils at a Coventry School hope that turning the clock back will help them win a Car of the Future competition. 26th September 1986

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1980s, 20th Century, Cars, Education, Four People, Home Built, Schoolchildren, Secondary School, Students, Teenagers, Transport