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Mountsorrel Town Football Club

In 1922 the Mountsorrel Town Football Club found it increasingly difficult to find the necessary funds to continue fielding a team in the local leagues so they came up with the idea of contacting a famous team of the day to come and play at Mountsorrel in a charity match. Accordingly on Saturday November 11th 1922 at 3 o’clock the match took place.

The result? Rumour has it that ‘Town won 1 – 0. Do you know better?

Mountsorrel Town Football Programme
Copy of Saturday November 11th 1922 Footbal Match between Mountsorrel Town and Aston Villa to raise funds to keep the Mountsorrel Football Team solvent and avoid disbanding. (by kind permission of Mrs Edith Braybrooke)

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