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27/03/2017

Know Your Teams

 There are 3 separate sets of initials per statement and in each statement at least one of the sets includes the suffix name of an English Football League/Premiership team (e.g. ‘United’, ‘City’ or ‘Wanderers’ - though none of these examples are actually used!).

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1.

1403: HPEON son (known as SHH) dies at TBOS

Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland’s;

Sir Harry Hotspur;

The Battle of Shrewsbury

2.

1901: TVC asserted that UWLFL incurred by SA

Taff Vale Case;

Unions were liable for losses;

strike action

3.

1918: TAE by B at Y

Tsarina Alexandra executed;

Bolsheviks;

Yekatrinaburg

4.

1934: MOTOE (the 16th ACW) ends with all thirteen PG

Murder on the Orient Express;

Agatha Christie whodunit;

passengers guilty

5.

1960: ESMCAML chat in the RRSB in the first EOCS

Ena Sharples, Minnie Caldwell and Martha Longhurst;

Rovers Return’s snug bar;

edition of Coronation Street

6.

1964: SH nominated for BSAAA for his role as ADIMFL

Stanley Holloway;

Best Supporting Actor Academy Award;

Alfred Doolittle in My Fair Lady

7.

1973: Opening “IWTAPATLCJ” RB becomes TCCFNO

“I went to a party at the local county jail”;

Rubber Bullets;

10CC’s first number one

8.

1981: RVSW in MCVTHCFR at W

Ricky Villa scores winner;

Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur Cup Final replay;

Wembley

9.

1985: Launch of ill-fated AM a GTSO based on a CMIS

Albion Market;

Granada Television soap opera;

covered market in Salford

10.

1992: COTENL takes POOTEERM during BW crisis

Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont;

pound out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism;

Black Wednesday