Soc: Blatter joins Sheffield FC's 150th birthday party

AAP Sports News (Australia), October, 2007

AAP Sports News (Australia) 10-26-2007 Soc: Blatter joins Sheffield FC's 150th birthday party By Mike Collett SHEFFIELD, England, Oct 26 Reuters - Sheffield Football Club rarely attract crowds of more than 300 people. Their players all have other jobs and they exist in the lower reaches of the English soccer pyramid system. Yet on Wednesday more than 750 people attended a celebratory 150th birthday gala dinner in their honour which followed a service of thanksgiving in Sheffield Cathedral. FIFA president Sepp Blatter was the main guest and the president of Inter Milan, Massimo Moratti, was also among those on a glittering top table which included one of England's best ever footballers, Tom Finney, and World Cup winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks. ...

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