Ketsbaia Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Unfortunately its being played in Turin Juventus vs Auckland Town http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8127787.stm Durham non-League club West Auckland Town are to play Italian side Juventus in a friendly in Turin on 1 August. The trip marks the 100-year anniversary of the club's 6-1 defeat of 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. "It's so important they are able to celebrate the 100th anniversary of their famous match with Juventus. "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." The trophy is widely seen as the forerunner to the Jules Rimet Trophy, which was won by England in 1966. West Auckland, then a team mainly made up of coal miners, defeated German side Stuttgart in the inaugural competition in 1907 before beating Winterthur of Switzerland 2-0 in the final. Two years later, they retained the trophy - which became theirs to keep - by beating Zurich in the opening match and then trouncing Juventus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Was hoping they'd get something. Good on them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 I heard it was Juve B. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 http://www.vecchiasignora.com/index.php?showtopic=101154 Just looking at a Juventus forum, and it looks like they're looking forward to beating the World Cup champions and gaining revenge. :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
womblemaster Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 thats gonna be a tad one sided! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest helios_centric Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Is Dennis Waterman playing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobby_solano Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Is Dennis Waterman playing? no idea, but he'll probably want to write the theme tune, sing the theme tune... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Juve will probably cheat. ...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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