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Jun
Club trip & new president
Boys’ Club trip to European Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final and new president for the Boys’ club. Wallsend Boys’ Club had strong links with their nearest big professional football club, Newcastle United. This first reached a peak in a particularly memorable way in June 1969 when Dave Beardall drove a bus of boys’ club members all the way to Budapest in Hungary to watch their heroes from United beat Ujpest Dozsa in the European Inter City Fairs’ Cup Final. This journey was no mean feat at the time. The Cold War was still going strong and the group set out on... Read More