tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51306543440796070342024-03-14T07:47:38.997+00:00The Boys in Black and WhiteFor lovers of teams who play in black and white stripes.Roy D Hacksawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582493596154005640noreply@blogger.comBlogger187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5130654344079607034.post-24574038144471710802011-01-12T00:45:00.004+00:002011-01-12T00:55:47.630+00:00The Boys In Black And White<b>EUROPE</b><br />
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<b>Albania</b><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGChRsFmBII/AAAAAAAABbM/79SEFo4NfDw/s1600/7935_160734178474_160709993474_3546053_7416097_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGChRsFmBII/AAAAAAAABbM/79SEFo4NfDw/s200/7935_160734178474_160709993474_3546053_7416097_n.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="color: red;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/05/kf-laci-albania.html">KF Laçi</a></div><br />
<b>Austria</b> <br />
<div style="color: red;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/lask-linz-austria.html">LASK Linz</a></div><br />
<b>Azerbaijan</b> <br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/06/neftci-baku-azerbaijan.html">Neftçi Baku</a><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHngLcpi-I/AAAAAAAABbc/4gLMnaveIdI/s1600/1988-89.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHngLcpi-I/AAAAAAAABbc/4gLMnaveIdI/s200/1988-89.jpg" width="200" /></a><b>Belgium</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/r-charleroi-sc-belgium.html">R Charleroi SC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/vc-eendracht-aalst-2002-belgium.html">VC Eendracht Aalst 2002</a><br />
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<b>Bulgaria</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/05/pfc-lokomotiv-plovdiv-bulgaria.html">PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv </a><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGChfed4DFI/AAAAAAAABbU/h-TcEQQqfwg/s1600/564x310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="110" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGChfed4DFI/AAAAAAAABbU/h-TcEQQqfwg/s200/564x310.jpg" width="200" /></a><b>Cyprus</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/frenaros-fc-2000-cyprus.html">Frenaros FC 2000</a><br />
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<b>Czech Republic</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/fc-hradec-kralove-czech-republic.html">FC Hradec Králové </a><br />
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Denmark</b><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHod_L8K_I/AAAAAAAABbk/Ae8lVwi9dl4/s1600/40485_145239418837217_134578619903297_321446_4166035_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHod_L8K_I/AAAAAAAABbk/Ae8lVwi9dl4/s200/40485_145239418837217_134578619903297_321446_4166035_n.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/kge-boldklub-denmark.html">Køge Boldklub</a><br />
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<b>England</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/ashington-afc-england.html">Ashington AFC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/askern-villa-fc-england.html">Askern Villa FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/atherton-collieries-afc-england.html">Atherton Collieries AFC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/04/bath-city-fc-england.html">Bath City FC</a><br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHorJtAMAI/AAAAAAAABbs/d240g3sjGic/s1600/Fdickkerrs2team1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="143" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHorJtAMAI/AAAAAAAABbs/d240g3sjGic/s200/Fdickkerrs2team1.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/brigg-town-england.html" style="color: red;">Brigg Town FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/chipping-norton-town-fc.html">Chipping Norton Town FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/chorley-fc-england.html">Chorley FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/cinderford-town-afc-england.html">Cinderford Town AFC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/coalville-town-fc-england.html">Coalville Town FC</a><br />
<div style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/colney-heath-fc-england.html">Colney Heath FC</a></div><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/congleton-town-fc-england.html">Congleton Town FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/corby-town-england.html">Corby Town FC</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1747548065" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="105" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHo0wk0mfI/AAAAAAAABb0/pvQDdB6Db_s/s200/0,,10417%7E6840928,00.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/dereham-town-england.html">Dereham Town FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/dick-kerrs-ladies-fc-england.html">Dick, Kerr's Ladies FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/dorchester-town-fc-england.html">Dorchester Town FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/10/eastwood-town-england.html"><span style="color: red;">Eastwood Town FC</span> </a><br />
<div style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/fisher-fc-england.html">Fisher FC</a></div><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/forest-green-rovers-fc-england.html">Forest Green Rovers FC </a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/glapwell-fc-england.html">Glapwell FC</a><br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHpAnrv6AI/AAAAAAAABb8/_S4-IV40W9s/s1600/Newcastle_United_Team_Photo_2009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="121" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHpAnrv6AI/AAAAAAAABb8/_S4-IV40W9s/s200/Newcastle_United_Team_Photo_2009.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/05/grimsby-town-england.html">Grimsby Town FC</a><br />
<div style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/hanwell-town-fc-england.html">Hanwell Town FC</a></div><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/hayling-united-fc-england.html">Hayling United FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/heybridge-swifts-england.html">Heybridge Swifts FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/kendal-town-fc-england.html">Kendal Town FC</a><br />
<div style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/ledbury-town-fc-england.html">Ledbury Town FC</a></div><div style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/long-melford-fc-england.html">Long Melford FC</a></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHpY8rvxII/AAAAAAAABcE/3ZcwNaKoTnI/s1600/rochdaletownfc01-thumb-763150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="136" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHpY8rvxII/AAAAAAAABcE/3ZcwNaKoTnI/s200/rochdaletownfc01-thumb-763150.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/maidenhead-united-england.html" style="color: red;">Maidenhead United FC</a><br />
<div style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/newcastle-united-england.html">Newcastle United FC</a></div><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/notts-county-fc-england.html">Notts County FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/norton-united-fc-england.html">Norton United FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/penzance-afc-england.html">Penzance AFC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/retford-united-fc-england.html">Retford United FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/rochdale-town-fc-england.html">Rochdale Town FC</a><br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHpgwDVJ0I/AAAAAAAABcM/n2mCe_k7lIg/s1600/stoneoldalleynians01-gallery-1065284.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="146" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHpgwDVJ0I/AAAAAAAABcM/n2mCe_k7lIg/s200/stoneoldalleynians01-gallery-1065284.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/shepshed-dynamo-england.html">Shepshed Dynamo FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/sherborne-town-england.html">Sherborne Town FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/spennymoor-town-england.html">Spennymoor Town FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/stafford-rangers-fc-england.html">Stafford Rangers FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/stone-old-alleynians-england.html">Stone Old Alleynians FC </a><br />
<div style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/swaffham-town-fc-england.html">Swaffham Town FC</a></div><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/tipton-town-fc-england.html">Tipton Town FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/tooting-and-mitcham-fc-england.html">Tooting and Mitcham FC</a><br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHpwkMbPkI/AAAAAAAABcU/svb-TQ9Lxv4/s1600/n1378865909_256380_4918.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHpwkMbPkI/AAAAAAAABcU/svb-TQ9Lxv4/s200/n1378865909_256380_4918.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/tow-law-town-england.html">Tow Law Town FC</a><br />
<div style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/warlingham-fc-england.html">Warlingham FC</a></div><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/whickham-fc-england.html">Whickham FC</a><br />
<div style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/woodbridge-town-england.html">Woodbridge Town FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/09/zebra-fc-england.html">Zebra FC</a></div><br />
<b>Estonia</b><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHp-3G3raI/AAAAAAAABcc/e6PSWsUXzBk/s1600/jengi_port.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="126" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHp-3G3raI/AAAAAAAABcc/e6PSWsUXzBk/s200/jengi_port.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/06/fc-warrior-valga-estonia.html">FC Warrior Valga</a><br />
<b><br />
Faeroe Islands</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/05/tvroyrar-boltfelag-faeroe-islands.html">Tvøroyrar Bóltfelag</a><br />
<b><br />
Finland</b><br />
<div style="color: red;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/fc-jyvaskyla-blackbird-finland.html">FC Jyväskylä Blackbird</a></div><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/turun-palloseura-finland.html">Turun Palloseura</a><br />
<div style="color: red;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/vaasan-palloseura-finland.html">Vaasan Palloseura</a></div><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHqHa_tf5I/AAAAAAAABck/kcusdwS42T8/s1600/PAOK-1661_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="131" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHqHa_tf5I/AAAAAAAABck/kcusdwS42T8/s200/PAOK-1661_s.jpg" width="200" /></a><b>France</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/angers-sporting-club-de-louest-france.html">Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest</a><br />
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<b>Germany</b><br />
<div style="color: red;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/sc-charlottenburg-berlin-germany.html">SC Charlottenburg Berlin</a></div><br />
<b>Greece</b><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHqbcEJK8I/AAAAAAAABcs/vYqI-aY5NcE/s1600/JuventusAlIttihad01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="118" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHqbcEJK8I/AAAAAAAABcs/vYqI-aY5NcE/s200/JuventusAlIttihad01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/06/paok-fc-greece.html">PAOK FC</a><br />
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<b>Iceland</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/knattspyrnufelag-reykjavikur-iceland.html">Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur</a><br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHqjcBNWHI/AAAAAAAABc0/MVavWCEuejs/s1600/Seniors_12feb10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHqjcBNWHI/AAAAAAAABc0/MVavWCEuejs/s200/Seniors_12feb10.jpg" width="200" /></a><b>Italy</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/ascoli-calcio-1898-italy.html">Ascoli Calcio 1898</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/asd-battipagliese-italy.html">ASD Battipagliese</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/as-biellese-1902-italy.html">AS Biellese 1902</a><br />
<div style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/juventus-fc-italy.html">Juventus</a></div><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/us-massese-1919-italy.html">US Massese 1919</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/05/ac-siena-italy.html">AC Siena</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/udinese-calcio-italy.html">Udinese Calcio</a><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHqrnxRTDI/AAAAAAAABc8/QYDyRCU_vgI/s1600/rvgkdg80hyu5kstrenc9luht9bipkg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHqrnxRTDI/AAAAAAAABc8/QYDyRCU_vgI/s200/rvgkdg80hyu5kstrenc9luht9bipkg.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<b>Ireland</b><br />
<div style="color: red;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/midleton-fc-ireland.html">Midleton FC</a></div><br />
<b>Isle of Man</b><br />
<div style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/colby-afc-isle-of-man.html">Colby AFC</a></div><br />
<b>Luxembourg </b><br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHq1YTbEdI/AAAAAAAABdE/rsUwSLGtSg0/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-04-29+at+13.46.40.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHq1YTbEdI/AAAAAAAABdE/rsUwSLGtSg0/s200/Screen+shot+2010-04-29+at+13.46.40.png" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/04/jeunesse-esch-luxembourg.html">Jeunesse Esch</a><br />
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<b>Malta</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/hibernians-fc-malta.html">Hibernians FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/04/rabat-ajax-fc-malta.html">Rabat Ajax FC</a><br />
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<b>The Netherlands</b><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHrISiaYEI/AAAAAAAABdM/VjUwkwGIqOM/s1600/seiersjubel.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="117" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHrISiaYEI/AAAAAAAABdM/VjUwkwGIqOM/s200/seiersjubel.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/04/heracles-almelo-netherlands.html">Heracles Almelo</a><br />
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<b>Northern Ireland</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/wakehurst-fc-northern-ireland.html">Wakehurst FC</a><br />
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<b>Norway</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/melhus-il-norway.html">Melhus IL</a> <br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/10/nymark-idrettslag-norway.html" style="color: red;">Nymark IL</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/10/randaberg-idrettslag-norway.html" style="color: red;">Randaberg IL</a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/09/valestrand-hjellvik-fk-norway.html"><br />
Valestrand Hjellvik FK</a><b> </b><br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHrWvbWr2I/AAAAAAAABdU/_jt4FxArc6s/s1600/45%2B92%2B93%2B1%2B%284%29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="117" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHrWvbWr2I/AAAAAAAABdU/_jt4FxArc6s/s200/45%2B92%2B93%2B1%2B%284%29.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<b>Portugal</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/05/cd-nacional-portugal.html">CD Nacional</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/portimonense-sc-portugal.html">Portimonense SC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/sporting-clube-de-espinho-portugal.html">Sporting Clube de Espinho </a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/varzim-sc-portugal.html">Varzim SC</a><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHrjp7d2RI/AAAAAAAABdc/SvfjmFfLZ3Q/s1600/ST+MIRREN+TEAM+PICTURE+2008+009+001+jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHrjp7d2RI/AAAAAAAABdc/SvfjmFfLZ3Q/s200/ST+MIRREN+TEAM+PICTURE+2008+009+001+jpg.jpg" width="200" /></a><b><br />
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<b>Romania</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/fc-astra-ploiesti-romania.html">FC Astra Ploiesti</a><br />
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<b>Scotland</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/10/arbroath-victoria-fc-scotland.html"><span style="color: red;">Arbroath Victoria FC</span> </a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/09/ardrossan-winton-rovers-scotland.html">Ardrossan Winton Rovers</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/10/beith-juniors-scotland.html"><span style="color: red;">Beith Juniors</span> </a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/dunbar-united-scotland.html">Dunbar United FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/elgin-city-scotland.html">Elgin City FC</a><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHrr30UEzI/AAAAAAAABdk/PNsaFqXaYxU/s1600/2h2koys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="125" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHrr30UEzI/AAAAAAAABdk/PNsaFqXaYxU/s200/2h2koys.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/dunfermline-athletic-fc-scotland.html">Dunfermline Athletic FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/fraserburgh-fc-scotland.html">Fraserburgh FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/pollok-fc-scotland.html">Pollok FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/05/st-mirren-scotland.html">St Mirren FC </a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/wick-academy-fc-scotland.html">Wick Academy FC </a><br />
<br />
<b>Serbia</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/fk-csk-pivara-serbia.html">FK CSK Pivara</a><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHr8VDKTrI/AAAAAAAABd0/JFWlrc2nocQ/s1600/plantilla2008-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="129" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHr8VDKTrI/AAAAAAAABd0/JFWlrc2nocQ/s200/plantilla2008-01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/fk-palic-koming-serbia.html">FK Palic Koming</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/04/fk-partizan-belgrade-serbia.html">FK Partizan Belgrade</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/fk-sinelic-nis-serbia.html">FK Sindelic Niš</a><br />
<b><br />
</b><br />
<b>Slovenia</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/nd-mura-05-slovenia.html">ND Mura 05</a><br />
<br />
<b>Spain</b><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHsGD-jS_I/AAAAAAAABd8/VPkHNLpUmfE/s1600/DSCN9262.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHsGD-jS_I/AAAAAAAABd8/VPkHNLpUmfE/s200/DSCN9262.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/ce-alaior-spain.html">CE Alaior</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/cf-amposta-spain.html">CF Amposta</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/cd-badajoz-spain.html">CD Badajoz</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/ud-badajoz-spain.html">UD Badajoz</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/05/fc-cartagena-spain.html">Cartagena FC </a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/05/fc-cartagena-spain.html">FC Cartagena</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/cd-castellon-spain.html">CD Castellón</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/um-escobedo-spain.html">UM Escobedo</a><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHsOFO-pKI/AAAAAAAABeE/yjmb8l7mmJg/s1600/alag_trupp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="103" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHsOFO-pKI/AAAAAAAABeE/yjmb8l7mmJg/s200/alag_trupp.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/haro-deportivo-spain.html">Haro Deportivo</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/union-deportiva-vecindario-spain.html">Unión Deportiva Vecindario</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/cd-victoria-spain.html">CD Victoria</a><br />
<b><br />
</b><br />
<b>Sweden</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/05/landskrona-bois-sweden.html">Landskrona BoIS</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/if-sylvia-sweden.html">IF Sylvia</a><br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHsVgzu5WI/AAAAAAAABeM/hUIrwB-BoPs/s1600/besiktas_2008-2009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="127" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHsVgzu5WI/AAAAAAAABeM/hUIrwB-BoPs/s200/besiktas_2008-2009.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
<br />
<b>Switzerland</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/05/sc-young-fellows-juventus-switzerland.html">SC Young Fellows Juventus</a><br />
<br />
<b>Turkey</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/altay-sk-turkey.html">Altay SK</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/aydnspor-turkey.html">Aydinspor</a><br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHseujG4VI/AAAAAAAABeU/rmkINGT5yLQ/s1600/Tim2il2005-06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="90" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHseujG4VI/AAAAAAAABeU/rmkINGT5yLQ/s200/Tim2il2005-06.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/04/besiktas-jk-turkey.html">Besiktas JK</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/nazilli-belediyespor-turkey.html">Nazilli Belediyespor</a><br />
<br />
<b>Wales</b><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/10/ammanford-afc-wales.html" style="color: red;"><br />
Ammanford AFC</a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/04/elements-cefn-druids-afc-wales.html"><br />
Elements Cefn Druids AFC</a><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHspcJGTBI/AAAAAAAABec/7-wSDTag8og/s1600/09Fecune01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHspcJGTBI/AAAAAAAABec/7-wSDTag8og/s200/09Fecune01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/flint-town-united-fc-wales.html">Flint Town United FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/llandudno-fc-wales.html">Llandudno FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/llanfairpwll-fc-wales.html">Llanfairpwll FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/09/afc-llwydcoed-wales.html">AFC Llwydcoed</a><br />
<div style="color: red;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/10/risca-united-wales.html">Risca United</a> </div><br />
<b>SOUTH AMERICA</b><br />
<br />
<b>Argentina</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/club-atletico-chaco-for-ever-argentina.html">Club Atlético Chaco For Ever</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/club-cipolletti-argentina.html">Club Cipolletti</a><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHswgyl-3I/AAAAAAAABek/9VpHUsgCeLk/s1600/PORVE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHswgyl-3I/AAAAAAAABek/9VpHUsgCeLk/s200/PORVE.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/club-atletico-claypole-argentina.html">Club Atlético Claypole</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/club-atletico-central-cordoba-argentina.html">Club Atlético Central Córdoba</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/gimnasia-y-esgrima-de-mendoza-argentina.html">Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/05/club-atletico-estudiantes-argentina.html">Club Atlético Estudiantes</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/club-atletico-fenix-argentina.html">Club Atlético Fénix</a><br />
<div style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/club-el-porvenir-argentina.html">Club El Porvenir</a></div><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/club-social-y-deportivo-la-emilia.html">Club Social y Deportivo La Emilia</a><br />
<br />
<b>Bolivia</b><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHs44vYMzI/AAAAAAAABes/rPjEwlIWlGE/s1600/atletico-mg71.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="142" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHs44vYMzI/AAAAAAAABes/rPjEwlIWlGE/s200/atletico-mg71.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/06/oruro-royal-bolivia.html">Oruro Royal</a><br />
<br />
<b>Brazil</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/abc-fc-brazil.html">ABC FC</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/09/agremiacao-sportiva-arapiraquense.html">Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/10/amapa-clube-brazil.html" style="color: red;">Amapá Clube</a> <br />
<div style="color: red;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/10/associacao-desportiva-senador-guiomard.html">Associação Desportiva Senador Guiomard</a></div><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/04/botafogo-de-futebol-e-regatas-brazil.html">Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/ceara-sporting-club-brazil.html">Ceará Sporting Club</a> <br />
<div style="color: red;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2011/01/ceilandia-esporte-clube-brazil.html">Ceilândia Esporte Clube</a></div><div style="color: red;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2011/01/clube-atletico-colatinense-brazil.html">Clube Atlético Colatinense</a> </div><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/sc-corinthians-paranaense-brazil.html">SC Corinthians Paranaense</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/sc-corinthians-paulista-brazil.html">SC Corinthians Paulista</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2011/01/estrela-do-norte-futebol-clube-brazil.html" style="color: red;">Estrela do Norte Futebol Clube</a> <br />
<div style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHtOCOUZ2I/AAAAAAAABe8/mpFSVTe9xHo/s1600/miramar%2Bmisiones.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHtOCOUZ2I/AAAAAAAABe8/mpFSVTe9xHo/s200/miramar%2Bmisiones.png" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/figueirense-futebol-clube-brazil.html">Figueirense Futebol Clube</a></div><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/clube-atletico-mineiro-brazil.html">Clube Atlético Mineiro</a><br />
<br />
<b>Paraguay</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/club-libertad-paraguay.html">Club Libertad</a><br />
<br />
<b>Uruguay</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/club-sportivo-miramar-misiones-uruguay.html">Club Sportivo Miramar Misiones</a><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHth0TcEiI/AAAAAAAABfM/6OO6VGj_eRI/s1600/19666_230972926285_109435711285_3734408_833143_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHth0TcEiI/AAAAAAAABfM/6OO6VGj_eRI/s200/19666_230972926285_109435711285_3734408_833143_n.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/05/montevideo-wanderers-uruguay.html">Montevideo Wanderers</a><br />
<br />
<b>Venezuela</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/06/zamora-futbol-club-venezuela.html">Zamora Fútbol Club</a><br />
<br />
<b>CONCACAF</b><br />
<br />
<b>Bermuda</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/phc-zebras-bermuda.html">PHC Zebras</a><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHtpkPROEI/AAAAAAAABfU/8rBWA_OgbHs/s1600/Pie%2Bde%2Bfoto%2BAlbinegros%2Bderrota%2B2-0%2Ba%2BRayaditos%2Bde%2BMonterrey%2Ben%2Bexcelente%2Bjuego%2Bcolectivo%2B%281%29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHtpkPROEI/AAAAAAAABfU/8rBWA_OgbHs/s200/Pie%2Bde%2Bfoto%2BAlbinegros%2Bderrota%2B2-0%2Ba%2BRayaditos%2Bde%2BMonterrey%2Ben%2Bexcelente%2Bjuego%2Bcolectivo%2B%281%29.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
<br />
<b>Canada</b><br />
<div style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/abbotsford-mariners-canada.html">Abbotsford Mariners</a></div><br />
<b>Dominican Republic</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/05/escuela-de-jorge-bauger-dominican.html">Escuela de Jorge Bauger</a><br />
<br />
<b>Mexico</b><br />
<div style="color: red;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/06/albinegros-de-orizaba-mexico.html">Albinegros de Orizaba</a></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHtxRpWmtI/AAAAAAAABfc/eJxFuhOpuDU/s1600/img_sub19.jpg.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="110" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHtxRpWmtI/AAAAAAAABfc/eJxFuhOpuDU/s200/img_sub19.jpg.jpeg" width="200" /></a><br />
<br />
<b>Nicaragua</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/05/diriangen-fc-nicaragua.html">Diriangén FC</a><br />
<br />
<b>Panama</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/05/tauro-fc-panama.html">Tauro FC</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHt8_zczyI/AAAAAAAABfk/Ubj6rp21x2Q/s1600/1768582402.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="169" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHt8_zczyI/AAAAAAAABfk/Ubj6rp21x2Q/s200/1768582402.jpg" width="200" /></a><b>USA</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/05/rochester-rhinos-usa.html">Rochester Rhinos</a><br />
<br />
<b>AFRICA</b><br />
<br />
<b>Algeria</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/es-setif-algeria.html">ES Sétif</a><br />
<br />
<b>Angola</b><br />
<div style="color: red;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/santos-futebol-clube-de-angola-angola.html">Santos Futebol Clube de Angola</a></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHuFzC_bPI/AAAAAAAABfs/DiBiwbPZ7QE/s1600/4628_1167848597490_1266183626_30465508_1152096_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHuFzC_bPI/AAAAAAAABfs/DiBiwbPZ7QE/s200/4628_1167848597490_1266183626_30465508_1152096_n.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
<br />
<b>Botswana</b><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHuOD2XExI/AAAAAAAABf0/kb8SolYwmpk/s1600/TP-Mazembe1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="130" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHuOD2XExI/AAAAAAAABf0/kb8SolYwmpk/s200/TP-Mazembe1.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/mochudi-centre-chiefs-botswana.html">Mochudi Centre Chiefs</a><br />
<br />
<b>Cameroon</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/tonnerre-kalara-club-de-yaounde.html">Tonnerre Kalara Club de Yaoundé</a><br />
<br />
<b>Cape Verde</b><br />
<div style="color: red;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/botafogo-cape-verde.html">Botafogo</a></div><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHuYNCCgdI/AAAAAAAABf8/wZXIIWFJvmI/s1600/madina.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHuYNCCgdI/AAAAAAAABf8/wZXIIWFJvmI/s200/madina.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
<b>DR Congo</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/06/tp-mazembe-dr-congo.html">TP Mazembe</a><br />
<br />
<b>Guinea</b><br />
<div style="color: red;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/hafia-football-club-guinea.html">Hafia Football Club</a></div><br />
<b>Libya</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/al-madina-libya.html">Al Madina</a><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHusCevQjI/AAAAAAAABgE/sKDLBOrdCTw/s1600/Le+Widad+de+F%C3%A8s+a+battu+le+Fus,+dimanche,+sigant+ainsi+sa+premi%C3%A8re+victoire+en+D1.DR.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHusCevQjI/AAAAAAAABgE/sKDLBOrdCTw/s200/Le+Widad+de+F%C3%A8s+a+battu+le+Fus,+dimanche,+sigant+ainsi+sa+premi%C3%A8re+victoire+en+D1.DR.jpeg" width="200" /></a><br />
<br />
<b>Mali</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/as-real-bamako-mali.html">AS Real Bamako</a><br />
<br />
<b>Morocco</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/wydad-fez-morocco.html">Wydad Fez</a><br />
<br />
<b>Rwanda</b><br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHu4Rpv3NI/AAAAAAAABgM/tZBntruxdJc/s1600/12042009061.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHu4Rpv3NI/AAAAAAAABgM/tZBntruxdJc/s200/12042009061.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/04/armee-patriotique-rwandaise-fc-rwanda.html">Armee Patriotique Rwandaise FC</a><br />
<br />
<b>Tunisia</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/04/club-sportif-sfaxien-tunisia.html">Club Sportif Sfaxien</a><br />
<br />
<b>Zimbabwe</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/05/highlanders-fc-zimbabwe.html">Highlanders FC</a><br />
<br />
<b>ASIA</b><br />
<br />
<b>Bangladesh</b><br />
<div style="color: red;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2011/01/mohammedan-sporting-club-dhaka.html" style="color: red;">Mohammedan Sporting Club Dhaka</a></div><br />
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<b>Indonesia</b><br />
<div style="color: red;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/persidafon-dafonsoro-indonesia.html">Persidafon Dafonsoro</a></div><br />
<b>Iran</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/04/saba-qom-fc-iran.html">Saba Qom FC</a><br />
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<b>Japan</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/09/tonan-maebashu-japan.html">Tonan Maebashi SC</a> <br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/vissel-kobe-japan.html">Vissel Kobe</a><br />
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<b>Singapore</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/singapore-magpies-singapore.html">Singapore Magpies</a><br />
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<b>South Korea</b><br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHwr3rFWcI/AAAAAAAABgs/hb8BzXIMuwc/s1600/Tilford+Zebras+%28Division+3+v+South+Hobart%29+%5BSaturday,+22+April+2006%5D+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHwr3rFWcI/AAAAAAAABgs/hb8BzXIMuwc/s200/Tilford+Zebras+%28Division+3+v+South+Hobart%29+%5BSaturday,+22+April+2006%5D+004.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/04/seoul-united-south-korea.html">Seoul United</a><br />
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<b>OCEANIA</b><br />
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<b>Australia</b><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/05/adelaide-city-australia.html">Adelaide City</a><br />
<div style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/brunswick-zebras-australia.html">Brunswick Zebras</a></div><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/fremantle-united-australia.html">Fremantle United</a><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHveqtx0PI/AAAAAAAABgk/rqnwwz8rMk8/s1600/northerndiv1_04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="100" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGHveqtx0PI/AAAAAAAABgk/rqnwwz8rMk8/s200/northerndiv1_04.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/hobart-zebras-australia.html">Hobart Zebras</a><br />
<a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/whittlesea-zebras-fc-australia.html">Whittlesea Zebras FC</a><br />
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<b>New Zealand</b><br />
<div style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/08/northern-afc-new-zealand.html">Northern AFC</a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLhol-oonMI/AAAAAAAABpI/4VCUgPljbOA/s1600/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLhol-oonMI/AAAAAAAABpI/4VCUgPljbOA/s1600/12.jpg" /></a></div>They chose the name part to promote the city's name across the rest of the state - and indeed the wider country if they subsequently did well - but also to pay tribute to an older, now defunct local team of the same name (and hopefully pick up a few of their old fans along the way). Not short of ambition, they took on their state champions <a href="http://alvianil.blogspot.com/" style="color: red;">Vitória FC</a> in their first friendly game, and beat them by a rather resounding 4-1 (although it's not known if Vitória played a full-strength squad that day - but we don't want to wee on CAC's fireworks). They subsequently went on to become second division champs in their first season, and have been plucky mid-table battlers ever since. <br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLhotMs_2JI/AAAAAAAABpM/ledRKGu4-zM/s1600/201007230818310.capa_preta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLhotMs_2JI/AAAAAAAABpM/ledRKGu4-zM/s320/201007230818310.capa_preta.jpg" width="320" /></a>They play in the Estadio Justiniano de Mello e Silva, on the muddy banks of the fast flowing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doce_River" style="color: red;">Rio Doce</a> and overlooked by crumbly tree-lined mountains It's not stated how many it holds, but it's one of those grounds that has a massive sloping stand down the one side of the pitch and nothing much else, so by the looks of it around 10-12,000. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLcdZmwmanI/AAAAAAAABo0/zq104M6-gXU/s1600/FOTO+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="204" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLcdZmwmanI/AAAAAAAABo0/zq104M6-gXU/s320/FOTO+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>But despite their longevity they've never quite made it to the top of the state tree, having been runners up on five occasions - with four of these in consecutive years in between 2003 and 2006. Strangely after all these efforts they were relegated in 2007, but have climbed their way back up to the top flight, and are still hoping on that debut league win.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLceaVnbXFI/AAAAAAAABpA/avaDQLkkMWw/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLceaVnbXFI/AAAAAAAABpA/avaDQLkkMWw/s1600/images.jpg" /></a></div>They've been no slouches in other trophies though, having won the Copa Espitito Santo three times, the State Second Division twice, and the old pre-professional league, the Campeonato Sulino Capixaba six times in the fifties and sixties. Their fans, the <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fpt.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FEstrela_do_Norte_Futebol_Clube" style="color: red;">Torcida Estrelense</a>, are noted as being among the most happily rabid in the country, and the relative cosiness of their ricketty ground, 12,000 capacity <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Est%C3%A1dio_Sumar%C3%A9" style="color: red;" title="Estádio Sumaré">Estádio Sumaré</a> is more than made up for by the pure racket their punters make. They are currently ranked at 134th in the Brazilian football league system by the local FA, but you try telling the fans that they're only the 134th best team in Brazil! <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLcSpVzLXrI/AAAAAAAABoo/WHI-q8H6Od0/s1600/01-+Ceil%C3%A2ndia.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLcSpVzLXrI/AAAAAAAABoo/WHI-q8H6Od0/s320/01-+Ceil%C3%A2ndia.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The team were founded out of the ashes of the Don Bosco Sports Clube, an outfit formed in 1963 which was based in what was then a shanty village (or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favella" style="color: red;">Favella</a>) on the outskirts of the country's new capital. But in 1971 the Governor of the Distrito Federal started to get a bit nervy about all these undisirables flocking to the rims of his nice new city, so he set up a spartan new town for these migrants - mostly from the North Eastern part of the country, and called it Ceilândia - the Cei standing for <span lang="pt" xml:lang="pt">Centro de Erradicação de Invasões or Squatters Eradication Centre! </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLcStf7saZI/AAAAAAAABos/N9xj3kb-SgY/s1600/araguaina1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLcStf7saZI/AAAAAAAABos/N9xj3kb-SgY/s1600/araguaina1.jpg" /></a></div><span lang="pt" xml:lang="pt">What sounded a little like nothing more than a refugee camp soon built itself up into a town bigger than </span>Brasília itself, and it was to here that Don Bosco moved - gradually becoming the best team in the city. When professional football came to the District in 1977, it was clear that the club would have to go full time. But up to that point they existed on the pitch only as a raggle taggle confederation of players, rather than an official club with directors, rules and a constitution. So they kept their black and white strip, but changed their name to the rather more cumbersome Dom Bosco Esporte Clube para Ceilândia Esporte Clube - which in time became shortened to CEC.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLYq2UwwlCI/AAAAAAAABoc/GALFTgHX90I/s1600/Mohammedan1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLYq2UwwlCI/AAAAAAAABoc/GALFTgHX90I/s320/Mohammedan1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>They had a solid but quiet league career until 1947, when after the partition of India, Calcutta Mohammedan star player Mohammad Shahjahan took charge of the side, reorganising them into a side of some style and skill. By the early sixties they had become regular league winners, finally overcoming their arch rivals Dhaka Wanderers Club, and eventually going on to win the Dhaka League 15 times, and filling the runners up slot on a further dozen occasions before the new <a href="http://www.bffonline.com/" style="color: red;">B League</a> became the top flight of the national game, where they still play to this day. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLYq8h0urOI/AAAAAAAABog/YYSXPH0yHBA/s1600/bns-cricket-worldcup-opener-bangladesh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLYq8h0urOI/AAAAAAAABog/YYSXPH0yHBA/s320/bns-cricket-worldcup-opener-bangladesh.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>They play at the the country's former test cricket ground - hence its rather unusual roundness. They share the hefty 36,000 capacity <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangabandhu_National_Stadium" style="color: red;">Bangabandhu National Stadium</a> in Dhaka with no less than eight other teams in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Professional_Football_League" style="color: red;">B League</a> - indeed, that's all of the top flight except the three clubs who play in either <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittagong" style="color: red;">Chittagong</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feni_District" style="color: red;">Feni</a>, which must make drawing up a fixture list something of a bureaucratic<i></i> nightmare. <br />
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risca_United_F.C.Roy D Hacksawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582493596154005640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5130654344079607034.post-70629393380926264112010-10-12T00:48:00.005+01:002010-10-13T22:00:33.181+01:00Randaberg Idrettslag (Norway)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLMoOs1DXtI/AAAAAAAABnM/hTwBy-lIWjk/s1600/Randaberg_IL-logo-F700BFF0D7-seeklogo.com.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLMoOs1DXtI/AAAAAAAABnM/hTwBy-lIWjk/s1600/Randaberg_IL-logo-F700BFF0D7-seeklogo.com.gif" /></a></div><a href="http://www.randaberg-fotball.no/" style="color: red;">Randaberg IL</a> are a Norweigian second division team (which, slightly confusingly is the third tier of their national league system) from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randaberg" style="color: red;">Randaberg</a>, a town of about 10,000 people just to the North of Stavanger in the very south west of the country. They were formed back in 1925 as Fotballklubben Ørn (or The Eagles FC), a fine name that they kept until 1933, when they joined the Norwegian FA, and changed it to Randaberg Fotballklubb, which they thought would make them be taken a little more seriously. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLMSfNE-c_I/AAAAAAAABm0/IjdCug_aiCA/s1600/etfc_team.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLMSfNE-c_I/AAAAAAAABm0/IjdCug_aiCA/s320/etfc_team.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Like many fellow stripes, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastwood,_Nottinghamshire" style="color: red;">Eastwood</a> hail from a former coal- mining town, and is perhaps most famous as being the birthplace of the writer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._H._Lawrence" style="color: red;">DH Lawrence</a>, with many of its houses and hostelries cropping up frequently in his stories. It's also one fo the few places where the rare dialect <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Midlands_English" style="color: red;">East Midlands English</a> is still spoken. So don't be surprised if you have only half an idea of what anyone is saying to you if ever you pay a visit up that way. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLMSlfCpV0I/AAAAAAAABm4/maPcJbIlSpU/s1600/0,,10430%7E4635515,00.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLMSlfCpV0I/AAAAAAAABm4/maPcJbIlSpU/s1600/0,,10430%7E4635515,00.jpg" /></a></div>The Badgers, as the club like to be known, have recently worked their way up from the Northern Premier League currently play in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conference_North" style="color: red;">Conference North</a>, the sixth tier of English football, and the first to be regionalised. They play at the 2500 capacity Coronation Park, just off the main Nottingham Road. Famous old boys include Arsenal and Forest star Tony Woodcock, who was born in the town, the much travelled Alan Buckley and former Bradford and Middlesbrough defender Richard Liburd. Their traditional rivals haver always been the nearby <a href="http://ilsonfootball.co.uk/" style="color: red;">Ilkestone Town</a>, although as The Robins have recently been wound up, they may have to go further afield for their derbies. <br />
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However, perhaps their biggest moment came in the 2008/09 FA Cup, where they reached the third round, taking the scalps of Wrexham and Wycome Wanderers along the way, before being deprived of a major payday when they were drawn to Kettering, who rather impolitely beat them 2-1 in a tense match.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLMOGCOsuyI/AAAAAAAABmo/HnIfCv8Jo88/s1600/ade_vs_riobranco.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLMOGCOsuyI/AAAAAAAABmo/HnIfCv8Jo88/s1600/ade_vs_riobranco.jpg" /></a></div>They are a relatively young team, having first kicked a ball in anger as recently as 1982. However despite their youth they have won the state league - the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campeonato_Acriano" style="color: red;">Campeonato Acriano</a> - the once, having taken both stages convincingly in 2006. Remember, Brazil is a country where the season is split into two distinct halfs, with the overall annual winner being the team with the best average record of the two, so to take both in one year is quite an achievement. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLMOK24oTlI/AAAAAAAABms/6V3G7FLtkJA/s1600/Estadio.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLMOK24oTlI/AAAAAAAABms/6V3G7FLtkJA/s1600/Estadio.JPG" /></a></div>They play in the 2000 capacity Estádio Naborzão, and go by the nickname of Quinari's Lions - although I've yet to discover excatly who, or indeed what, Quniari is. They also play in variation of the classic black and white stripes in that their kit is predominantly white, with a thick black pin stripe. But it still counts, and they're more than welcome into the family of black and white stripes! <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLMIAMqt3-I/AAAAAAAABmc/LSiNFhcUO68/s1600/Amap%C3%A1+Clube.ok.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLMIAMqt3-I/AAAAAAAABmc/LSiNFhcUO68/s320/Amap%C3%A1+Clube.ok.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The football team, usually known more simply as Amapá , was formed in 1944, and play in their local state league, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campeonato_Amapaense" style="color: red;">Campeonato Amapaense</a>, which they have won on a respectable ten occasions, making them the second most successful team in that league ever, after their city rivals <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esporte_Clube_Macap%C3%A1" style="color: red;">Esporte Clube Macapá</a><span style="color: red;"> </span>who have notched up a massive 17 titles. However Amapá last won their league back in 1990, and Macapá's last victory came a year later, and it is the young upstarts of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ypiranga_Clube" style="color: red;">Ypiranga</a>, also from Macapá who are currently the leading lights of Amapaense football. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLMIMA5tQPI/AAAAAAAABmg/s0j6lrz4uZs/s1600/Macapa1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="209" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLMIMA5tQPI/AAAAAAAABmg/s0j6lrz4uZs/s320/Macapa1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>However, there is one thing that makes Amapá Clube especially unique. Their pitch, the 5000 capacity <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zer%C3%A3o" style="color: red;">Estádio Milton Corrêa</a> straddles the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equator" style="color: red;">equator</a>, with the halfway line of the ground running exactly down the line of zero latitude. This means if you win the toss you can choose to defend a whole hemisphere rather than the usual mundane half. This curious geographical positioning also means that you get to see some quite outrageous shooting, with goal attempts from the attacking side's own half a regularity, as the players attempt to make a name for themselves as having kicked the ball in one hemisphere and hit the net in the next. Understandably the ground is more commonly known by its nickname Zerão - the big zero! <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLOg3BWIAUI/AAAAAAAABoA/lVbQ94JcRX8/s1600/81733_DSC01874.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="140" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLOg3BWIAUI/AAAAAAAABoA/lVbQ94JcRX8/s320/81733_DSC01874.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>After a few years playing in a collection of small local leagues, they started to outgrow their bowl and in 1949 were elected to the Welsh League - helped in part by the goodwill afforded to their illustrious Corinthian cousins. By the sixties, however, there were a number of Welsh clubs playing under the Betws banner, and so the Welsh FA asked them if they could change their name, which they did to the aformentioned Ammanford Town. They would change it once more, when things began to get financially tough in the 1980s, and by 1992, they merged with Ammanford Athletic to form the AFC that they are still known as today. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLOg7WmnIMI/AAAAAAAABoE/Pfx_lG6RPVM/s1600/Web+pic+9+Reserves+v+Ammanford+13_10_07.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TLOg7WmnIMI/AAAAAAAABoE/Pfx_lG6RPVM/s320/Web+pic+9+Reserves+v+Ammanford+13_10_07.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>These days they play in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Football_League_Division_Two" style="color: red;">Welsh League Division Two</a>, the third level of Welsh Football. They call the Manor Ground Home, which Betws bought with considerable foresight back in the early days of their foundation. Perhaps their most famous son is the former Everton, Wrexham and Wales international keeper <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dai_Davies_%28footballer%29" style="color: red;">Dai Davies</a>, widely accepted to be one of the best Welsh keepers of all time, who played for the club when he was just 15. He was discovered by the former Liverpool and Swansea wing-half <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Saunders" style="color: red;">Roy Saunders</a>, who managed them during the club's most successful days in the mid-60s. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIJMMCHMDWI/AAAAAAAABjs/BoBhw6ISwXQ/s1600/pic27_tonan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIJMMCHMDWI/AAAAAAAABjs/BoBhw6ISwXQ/s320/pic27_tonan.jpg" /></a></div>They were founded in 1982 as Tonan SC Gunma, and joined the Gunma Prefecture League soon after. They were successful pretty quickly, and soon worked their way through the local divisions, and by the turn of the century they found themselves in the rather complicated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Japan_Regional_Football_Promotion_League_Series" style="color: red;">All Japan Regional Promotion League Series</a>, where all the Regional League winners, the top four runners up, plus a scattering of other cup winners, university teams and FA defined wild cards all take part in a tournament to establish who gets promoted to the National League. This, however, isn't always the team who wins the tournament, and the number of promotees can years from year to year between on and four clubs. As yet, Tonan haven't been successful at this stage, although their time will surely come!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIJMVL3E1YI/AAAAAAAABj0/GZnKvpsoFbU/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIJMVL3E1YI/AAAAAAAABj0/GZnKvpsoFbU/s320/images.jpg" /></a></div>They changed their name to Tonan Maebashi in 2008, as their original home town of Ogo was absorbed, along with a few other nearby towns and villages, into Maebashu a couple of years before - so they thought they'd better change their name accordingly. At least that's what I think happened - Japanese is notoriously difficult to translate via the internet, so if I have got all this magnificently wrong and you know anything more about the club than I do, then please do put me right!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIPpa6b3UJI/AAAAAAAABk8/ieQYN_kfB78/s1600/1268752000_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIPpa6b3UJI/AAAAAAAABk8/ieQYN_kfB78/s320/1268752000_1.jpg" /></a></div>They started their footballing journey in the Aberdare Valley League, winning it twice in the fifties. They eventually moved on to the South Wales Amateur League, where they played until 1991, when they became founder members of the South Wales Senior League. These days they play in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Football_League_Division_Two" style="color: red;">Division 2</a> of the Welsh Football League - the third tier in the Welsh National system. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIPpmMk-IMI/AAAAAAAABlE/WarE3cGLP0Y/s1600/1268752002_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIPpmMk-IMI/AAAAAAAABlE/WarE3cGLP0Y/s320/1268752002_3.jpg" /></a></div>They play their home games at the tiny Welfare Ground in their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llwydcoed" style="color: red;">home village</a>, but in becoming more successful than their founding fathers could ever have imagined, have grown out of their bowl, and need to look at expanding their facilities. This is always a pivotal moment in the life of a small club if they meet any measure of success, so we wish them well, and hope that the decisions that they make in the next couple of seasons do them good in what looks like being an exciting future. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIQsPnKkE2I/AAAAAAAABlU/zpbZfGHM2p8/s1600/Winton+2+Lugar+0+013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIQsPnKkE2I/AAAAAAAABlU/zpbZfGHM2p8/s320/Winton+2+Lugar+0+013.JPG" /></a></div>Indeed, over the years much of the ground had fallen into disrepair, until a new supporter- led committee was formed in 2001 with the express intention of improving the facilities, after the previous owners decided that they were no longer able to continue running the club. They finally managed to raise the funds to buy out the deeds to the ground in 2005. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIQsUOhwSaI/AAAAAAAABlc/stMvZyEeeNA/s1600/Ardrossan+5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIQsUOhwSaI/AAAAAAAABlc/stMvZyEeeNA/s320/Ardrossan+5.JPG" /></a></div>They play in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Junior_Football_Association,_West_Region" style="color: red;">Scottish Junior League Western Region</a>, the fifth tier of Scottish football, and have not been without some success. Perhaps their most notable achievement is having reached the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup on three occasions. And they weren't all in their early days, as they've spread these successes between 1912, 1934 and 1970. In total they've won over local titles and cup competitions, making them one of the most successful Junior teams in Scotland. Their most recent successes came in the last few years when they won the Airshire Cup three years in a row in 2007-2008. <br />
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Stripe spotters be warned though, because although they have played the bulk of their history in black and white stripes, they very occasionally turn those lines horizontal and change them to hoops. But we can forgive a club with such a long and proud history the odd eccentricity now and again.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIJSHYUEPDI/AAAAAAAABkE/i_r5EONXV2g/s1600/Imagem+017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIJSHYUEPDI/AAAAAAAABkE/i_r5EONXV2g/s320/Imagem+017.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>But they weren't the original football outfit in the city. They were formed in 1952 after the city's previous team, Ferroviário de Arapiraca, went under, and the city's top brass felt they needed something to keep the area in the national consciousness, and initially too the name Associação Sportiva Arapiraquense They took part in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campeonato_Alagoano" style="color: red;">Campeonato Alagoano</a><span style="color: red;"> </span>- the state league of Alagoas - the following year, making the play off final. For some reason lost to history, their co-finalists refused to play them, so they were crowned champions at their first attempt, a title that they have now won six times in total. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIJSLVvDgRI/AAAAAAAABkM/LwIouaL_5MM/s1600/GetAttachment.aspx.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIJSLVvDgRI/AAAAAAAABkM/LwIouaL_5MM/s200/GetAttachment.aspx.jpg" width="173" /></a></div>They changed to their current, equally lengthy appelation in 1977, the Agremiação of their new name meaning College. Two years later they made it to Série A, and were nicknamed The<i> </i>Fantasma das Alagoas after their successful campaign. Ever since then they have used the obscure Disney character <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_Blot" style="color: red;">Phantom Blot</a> as their mascot, renaming him Mancha Negra to local tastes. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIJSaQ-jloI/AAAAAAAABkU/P9tDlTDxzGo/s1600/asa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIJSaQ-jloI/AAAAAAAABkU/P9tDlTDxzGo/s320/asa.jpg" /></a></div>They play their home games at the 10,000 capacity Municipal Coaracy da Mata Fonseca ground, and their fans prefer to go by the more formal nickname of Asa Gigante, which can mean both Giant ASA, and Giant Wing - although to be absolutely honest, I think I prefer the ghosts! <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIPhc6u9PbI/AAAAAAAABkk/seg_yXxBsjY/s1600/476458.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIPhc6u9PbI/AAAAAAAABkk/seg_yXxBsjY/s320/476458.jpg" /></a></div><span onmouseout="_tipoff()" onmouseover="_tipon(this)">Their happy co- operation can also be seen in the club's crest, which contains the blue of Valestrand and the green of Hjellvik. Thankfully though they drew the line at chosing to play in green and blue stripes, electing instead to play in the much more elegant black and white. They play their football in the segment of the regionalised Norwegian fourth division known as the<span style="color: red;"> </span></span><span onmouseout="_tipoff()" onmouseover="_tipon(this)" style="background-color: #e6ecf9; color: red;"></span><span onmouseout="_tipoff()" onmouseover="_tipon(this)"><a href="http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=no&u=http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hordaland_Fotballkrets&prev=/search%3Fq%3DValestrand%2BHjellvik%2BFK%26hl%3Den%26prmd%3Dv&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&usg=ALkJrhiqiec7emwFTRP9n0kWr_bDA8Z-UQ" style="color: red;" title="Hordaland SoccerCircle">Hordaland SoccerCircle</a>.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIPhiKJuHJI/AAAAAAAABks/ShZWVrmm_QE/s1600/fullDSCF0209.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIPhiKJuHJI/AAAAAAAABks/ShZWVrmm_QE/s320/fullDSCF0209.JPG" /></a></div><span onmouseout="_tipoff()" onmouseover="_tipon(this)">They play their home games at the 1000 capacity Furu Bakken Stadion, which, as is becoming a theme for this lot, translates rather cutely as Pine Hill. Since their foundation they've slowly climbed up from the sxith tier of local football, and have finished as high as third in both 2003 and 2005. And like many of the smaller Norwegian clubs, they have strong links to the community, offering a range of team from pre-school to seniors in both the men and women's game. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIGiEEepdjI/AAAAAAAABiw/iv0OJopAD-g/s1600/Zebrateam01-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIGiEEepdjI/AAAAAAAABiw/iv0OJopAD-g/s320/Zebrateam01-2.jpg" /></a></div>Originally formed as the kicky ball team for the Zebra pub smack in the middle of the city of Cambridge, the choice of colours was immediately obvious. After a while they changed their allegance to The Clarendon pub just down the road, but these days they have more of an affinity for another local establishment, The Free Press. But despite this, the colours - and the name - remain. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIGiH00pJbI/AAAAAAAABi4/S7vYmGCLVeY/s1600/newPICT0014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TIGiH00pJbI/AAAAAAAABi4/S7vYmGCLVeY/s320/newPICT0014.jpg" /></a></div>They call the Downing College Sports Ground their home, and they play most of their games in Division One of the rather sweetly named <a href="http://www.zebrafc.co.uk/FLindex.html" style="color: red;">Cambridge and District Friendly League</a>. The league's name originates from the days when it was formalised from a collection of teams playing friendlies against one another. Also it epitomises the League's efforts to be there more about fun and participation rather than winning at all costs.<br />
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At present their are awaiting anxiously to see if they've qualified for the <a href="http://www.zebrafc.co.uk/flcs10-11.html" style="color: red;">C and DF League Champions Shield</a>. This is a unique competition where the two clubs voted Most Friendly by their peers in the league are chosen to compete in the final. In theory the two bottom clubs could be voted to the final, and the organisation's champions could be the least successful in terms of results, but most popular in terms of their behaviour - both on and off the pitch. And doesn't that sound like just about the coolest competition on the planet! lets hope the Zebras do us pround and make the final!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGCa3YsusCI/AAAAAAAABa8/LwXWM3MGlWI/s1600/copa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGCa3YsusCI/AAAAAAAABa8/LwXWM3MGlWI/s320/copa.jpg" /></a></div>Their first big flush of success was in the 1930s, when they won five state titles (this was long before the days when there was a national football league), winning it again in 1941. This was when their early run of wins ended, though, and it was another 31 years before they won their next title. But things soon picked up again in the seventies and eighties, and in total they've won their state title a total of 15 times. The best that they've done since the game has gone national is a couple of runner's-up slots, in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campeonato_Brasileiro_S%C3%A9rie_B" style="color: red;" title="Campeonato Brasileiro Série B">Campeonato Brasileiro Série B</a> in 2001, and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_do_Brasil" style="color: red;" title="Copa do Brasil">Copa do Brasil</a><span style="color: red;"> </span>in 2007. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGCbA_G3bII/AAAAAAAABbE/JRUTmOhFxdQ/s1600/sede_6_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGCbA_G3bII/AAAAAAAABbE/JRUTmOhFxdQ/s320/sede_6_1.jpg" /></a></div>They've since returned to Série B, the second tier of Brazilian football, where they have spent most of their career, playing in the 19,908 capacity Orlando Scarpelli stadium. As you may have guessed by their name, they are rather a fig-based club. Comeing from the neighbourhood of, Figueirense, which means Of The Fig Tree, they have a fig tree on their club crest, their nickname is The Fig Tree, and their club mascot is even an anthropomorphised fig tree called <a href="http://www.figueirense.com.br/english/clube/mascote.php" style="color: red;">Figueirinha</a>, who is, to be absolutely honest, slightly frightening. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGBBFmtoqsI/AAAAAAAABZU/juxsV6N6Sog/s1600/Newcastle_United_Team_Photo_2009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGBBFmtoqsI/AAAAAAAABZU/juxsV6N6Sog/s320/Newcastle_United_Team_Photo_2009.jpg" /></a></div>They were formed in 1892 after the merger of two much older local clubs, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_East_End_F.C." style="color: red;" title="Newcastle East End F.C.">Newcastle East End</a> (formed in 1881) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_West_End_F.C." style="color: red;" title="Newcastle West End F.C.">Newcastle West End</a> (formed in 1882). West End were in financial difficulties and approached the more successful East End, their fierce rivals from the Northern League, about a merger. East End were happy to cherry pick the Westerners' best players, while the Eastenders were quite happy to go and play at the much superior St James Park. And so a team were born. The new club toyed with a few names, like Newcastle Rangers and Newcastle City, before deciding that United would be far more apt, considering. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGBBSmBsyBI/AAAAAAAABZk/y2ZhSU0RNc4/s1600/EMP-7201851.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGBBSmBsyBI/AAAAAAAABZk/y2ZhSU0RNc4/s320/EMP-7201851.jpg" /></a></div>But it's the period from the 1950s to the 1960s that is said to be their golden era. They had three FA Cup wins in five years the fifties, but that success briefly fizzled out and they found themselves back in the old Second Division. But 1965 saw them win promotion coming top of the table, and by the late sixties they were regular faces in Europe, winning the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (a pre-cursor of the Europa League) in 1969.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGBDEk8s-SI/AAAAAAAABZ8/o50CO7gGiPY/s1600/shearer_getty449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TGBDEk8s-SI/AAAAAAAABZ8/o50CO7gGiPY/s320/shearer_getty449.jpg" /></a></div>But life as a Newcastle fan sees you become used to the ebb and flow of success. The 1980s saw them back in Divison Two and looking like they might plunge even further. But the unlikely appointment of the untried Kevin Keegan. The 1990s saw them not only save themselves from third-tier ignominy, but gain promotion and even come perilously close to winning another title. They even had another couple of glorious seasons in Europe.<br />
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They still play at West End's old ground <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_James%27_Park" style="color: red;">St James Park</a>, although it's a bit bigger these days. Now it's a massive 52,387 capacity megalith right on the edge of Newcastle's city centre. So tall is this, the third largest club stadium in England, that from the back of the away stand you can see ships sailing up the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Tyne" style="color: red;">Tyne</a> to the open sea.<br />
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In total their trophy cabinet has glistened to four league titles, six FA Cup wins, an Inter-City Fairs Cup victory and a host of smaller knock out tournament wins. But more tellingly they've been league runners up twice and losing FA Cup finalists a massive seven times. They're they club the phrase 'nearly men' could have been written for. So could the fanatically loyal Toon Army ever have another few seasons in the sun? History suggests that it's an inevitability.<br />
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<div style="color: black;">They soon became major players in the wrestling game, but when interest in the sport started to wain, the club's elder's decided that in order to keep the club going, they ought to diversify into other sports. So it was that in 1917 they branched out into the sport of football, and have stuck with it ever since. They entered a team into the Argentinian second division the following year. Early on they played at a stadium with the delightful name of Sígueme Si Puedes, translating as Follow Me if You Can. Rather auspiciously they finished their first tournament in last place, gathering just the single point over the whole season. </div><div style="color: black;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TF7LzxZKhnI/AAAAAAAABYc/XhdsU-C0JKY/s1600/xxx.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjmzIMC72tU/TF7LzxZKhnI/AAAAAAAABYc/XhdsU-C0JKY/s320/xxx.jpg" /></a>Theres is a pretty dense and winding history, so sit down and start taking notes, as it may be tricky to keep up. Hailing from the Melbourne suburb of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswick,_Victoria" style="color: red;">Brunswick</a>, they were themselves the product of the merger of a number of smaller clubs, and by the 1950s had become the powerhouse of football in Victoria, winning six state titles in that decade - five of them consecutively. In total they won that title eight times in their history, bagging five <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dockerty_Cup" style="color: red;">Dockerty Cups</a><span style="color: red;"> </span>along the way. In 1980 they amended their name to Brunswick Juventus, and pretty soon joined the ranks of the National Soccer League in 1984. Here they reached play-off finals in their debut season, before winning the whole caboodle in 1985, beating Sidney City over two legs in the Grand Final to become national champions. <br />
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They now play in the Victoria Provisional League Three North-West League, and play their home games at the charming Sumner Park. There's is a convoluted and complex history that has seen great highs and sad lows. But that they are still playing and keeping the time line alive is of great credit to everyone involved in the club.<br />
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