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Two Irishmen and the World cup final 1966

Latchy · 2009-09-06 12:34:32

Two Irishmen ' literally ' had a hand in the final score at the 1966 cup final at wembley .Read below :) http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/blogs/archive-blog/World-Cup-final-1966-The-incredible-story-of-the-Irish-tourists-who-ended-up-manning-the-Wembley-scoreboard-article145577.html

06-09-2009 12:34pm

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Two Irishmen ' literally ' had a hand in the final score at the 1966 cup final at wembley .Read below

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/blogs/archive-blog/World-Cup-final-1966-The-incredible-story-of-the-Irish-tourists-who-ended-up-manning-the-Wembley-scoreboard-article145577.html

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#2 06-09-2009 1:08pm

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Was told that story years ago with both of them being local.

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#3 06-09-2009 1:26pm

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Yes, heard that story before

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#4 06-09-2009 6:48pm

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Reading that story this morning brought a smile to my face .:)

Great story for the two men in question to hand down to their grandchildren/family .

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