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BLACKPOOL LOST LEAD TWICE A GOAL FIVE MINUTES FROM TIME BY LEN SHACKLETON SNATCHED A POINT FOR SUNDERLAND AT BLACKPOOL IN THIS SEE-SAW GAME. After being outplayed and losing two goals in the first half hour, Sunderland’s fast forwards three times in the second half cut through a hesitating Blackpool defence to win a point.
Oh, those boys! before the Barnsley cuptie there had been the mascots, ‘Atomic Boys.’ This is assuredly the craziest gang in football. This duck made his first appearance at Blackpool on Christmas Day when it waddled about in front of the Blackpool team as it took the field.
For Barnsley its tail feathers had been dyed tangerine, and every time it rose from the grass after taking a rest there was an orange beneath it - as if it had laid a tangerine egg! Everybody seemed to think this was a riot - including the duck, which at this rate will soon rivalling Mr. Walt Disneys Donald as a national celebrity.
The Green - 75 years of BFC history -
Tangerines.co.uk - Blackpool vs Sunderland - Match report and related features
BLACKPOOL LOST LEAD TWICE A GOAL FIVE MINUTES FROM TIME BY LEN SHACKLETON SNATCHED A POINT FOR SUNDERLAND AT BLACKPOOL IN THIS SEE-SAW GAME. After being outplayed and losing two goals in the first half hour, Sunderland’s fast forwards three times in the second half cut through a hesitating Blackpool defence to win a point.
Oh, those boys! before the Barnsley cuptie there had been the mascots, ‘Atomic Boys.’ This is assuredly the craziest gang in football. This duck made his first appearance at Blackpool on Christmas Day when it waddled about in front of the Blackpool team as it took the field.
For Barnsley its tail feathers had been dyed tangerine, and every time it rose from the grass after taking a rest there was an orange beneath it - as if it had laid a tangerine egg! Everybody seemed to think this was a riot - including the duck, which at this rate will soon rivalling Mr. Walt Disneys Donald as a national celebrity.
The Green - 75 years of BFC history -
Tangerines.co.uk - Blackpool vs Sunderland - Match report and related features- Blackpool FC match reports and features from the 1948-49 season - 75 years after being published in "The Green"
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