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English Other News :: Durham club side will play Juventus

Posted on 2009-07-01 by Gooner

Durham non-League club West Auckland Town are to play Italian side Juventus in a friendly in Turin on 1 August 2009 to mark an anniversary.

The trip marks the 100-year anniversary of the club's 6-1 win over Juve to win the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, which was later dubbed 'the first World Cup.'

A £10,000 donation from the Football Association has enabled the Northern League outfit to make the journey.

"We are delighted to support West Auckland FC's return to Turin," said FA chairman Lord Triesman. "This is a wonderful story and it's only right that they will be in Italy to commemorate the remarkable achievement of winning the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy."

In 1907 West Auckland, a team mainly made up of coal miners, defeated German side Stuttgart in the inaugural competition before beating Winterthur of Switzerland 2-0 in the final.

Two years later in 1909, West Auckland retained the trophy - which became theirs to keep - by beating Zurich in the opening match and then trouncing Juventus.

Sourced From : BBC Sport

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