Popmaster/Sausage Sandwich Game winner! Erith & Belvedere FC club historian/statto - centenary history "A Century of Deres" out now! Left of centre Rejoiner.
Available now - the centenary history of @EBTheDeres . 100 years in the life of a football club and 100 people who shaped it. Β£12 from the author at Deres games or Β£14.99 incl p&p by sending your details to ACoDbook@gmail.com . Book launch event at Deres v Welling Town, 29 Aug.
14 June 1976 β Adriano Panatta of Italy wins the French Open menβs singles, beating Harold Solomon of the USA 6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6. Itβs his first major singles title. @50YearsAgoLiveyoutube.com/watch?v=2vMGNrWvβ¦
I was lucky enough to meet Roy Hattersley once, at a meeting to oppose the Fulham Park Rangers merger idea. Handed him a copy of @WSC_magazine and he reviewed it in Punch - the biggest publicity it had had to that point. RIP to a kind and utterly dedicated politician.
Curacao played a small part in the history of @EBTheDeres . Left-half Bob Vincent (62 apps 1933-35), finding his job in danger due to the Depression, emigrated on 9 March 1935 to work for the Curacao Mining Company. 13 months later he was killed in a motorcycle accident aged 27.
With production five weeks behind schedule, Fox gives βThe Star Warsβ crew four more weeks to complete the film before they pull the plug.
Producer George Lucas hastily hires three more camera crews.
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Great Britainβs Sue Barker wins the French Open womenβs singles, beating Renata Tomanova of Czechoslovakia 6-2, 0-6, 6-2. Itβs her first major singles title.
12 June 1926 β England and Australia begin the 1926 Ashes series at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. But the weather isnβt playing ball β England score 32 without loss before rain washes out the rest of the day, and looks likely to wash out the rest of the match. @100YearsAgoLive
12 June 1926 β Suzanne Lenglen is as dominant as ever in womenβs tennis. She beats Mary Kendall Browne of the US 6-1, 6-0 in the French Open womenβs singles final. @100YearsAgoLive
In winning the tournament Lenglen has dropped only four games in five matches β her 6-2, 6-1 win against Britainβs Joan Fry in the semi-final was her closest match. @100YearsAgoLive