Reading Observer. February, 1914.

R.F.C. GOSSIP.
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It. h loS been 6111d that.
Fortune fl).l oUM the
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LUCKY WIN.

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Dot & ,real. dw of oNldit aUaclu

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FOOTBALL REA~ING O*SERVER.
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MERlHYR AND COVENTRY THE
LIKELY PAIR.
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lAat week J deal" with
bmA, and the eb&m.pionabip,

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IlCent IlDto hb6 eecoIld. !dtWmOD.
8. depleted ilrlure ll.t ..ad
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dent. t.b Bead ing ~ eowr to
eu l1, and
bl a
murin. b they hav. II.
beeb be&nlr
to de eat. .and acaped an tbey .810 Ob Sa~l'd",
EYeD altar tbe first ah bad proijuced only one
R'0&l lrom Read1b.B Ol&ny tbou,hC that the c'lDliRjI(
lUOlOtJ 'llll'oukl Vlt.neAs aD ....erhOD of supenonty b,.
the l:Jome.~ lD fact, l " ... to!d by ..n aspen
flDoed foothU reporter that R4!1~lnl would WID
by A". cloar JtO&b
But u evutbDfl bOW', ReLld
lnr failed to ditpl.l' even a verile fOlTl:l and
Mertbyr rave eJldence 01 m:lch clevel'1leU1
In
view of ,1i'11' IlUMlU& po.t~on ..ad the .y.alour they
dl4pl.,ed t bo .ympl\.th, of mo.ny we1'fl ~Le nd ed to
t.b.m lor on tohe run of the whole C&met DO 0_
could. ll".e RTumhled If Mc.rtbyr had ""tired 'W Ith
tho POII5t!'MIOn, or the t"o ))OIOt.
At the ...me
time tho &Cquiaition of tbt pOlniA bl RMdiCf 11.\ 10
tile m.ot!; ple.uu're lor ..n; lYU& .upporten ¥lil:ht
1n Lhe Vlet.ory o~ tho homo team, and t h eLr stand
mg i. the CnamplOElaliip r&OO .. further tlt.Ionrthened
oy the result at Baluida:(.a game
:Jryatal Palace
b y ,...IDm ,.. lwo mo~ PO IEl te, i"-lD Pl'tlmJer pqaltlon
for the ftnt lime t hll '&ealOn, with Swmdan .. good
Meond and Readm, a cloaoe tbll'Cl Judalnr fro m

:p1'eaent. f OJ' m thti. s hould be fhe final p1M:l!;ip at
t.he end ol the teUOu t!botlJrh who caq tell wbAt.

the remalQlng two mouth. WIll produc:e i' One 11
confid ent. In la11ug that; I ~ Menh:Jr d o lulrer the

Y"· :" ~_Woriune to l>e rele,ated \ tbey will h ... e the I ym
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CLUBS THAT MAY DESCEND INTO

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THE RELEGATION PROBLEM.
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five th
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counter It. lIomowha~ 1 dI8a.ppol.~ed13t
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or lo the matcb nea.rl, aU ere confi~. liP\.Or,' O1"or It.rtb.:rr at Elm Park

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Merthyr a h3d luck commenced " hen Welt' hi t
the post wi t h Crawford bealen and tbo chmnx \QI
.reaehed'""I'ben t.h& poat. !lnd the our were blt from
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Stokenchurch Please

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Refel"C& Rua&ell qUIte Pr bpcrly
POlDt Foale r got In tho Jut two

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Good
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m&n Jumped lllt.O Burrow, IberaTe
&nywhere near him
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DIVISIONAL FINAL
Stanton bury St Peter I 3 ·~!",'~l~~•• ~! ,.

Willi

Why Ooodm&n wa.a pla.:tod after hiS

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All Saints Illustrate 1:' __ ,1•• 11' ,
Uncertainty.

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All Saints
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It. . . . Tougb luck on Billy I W11&oI\, ~bo fftrrly
ea.rned h.is position by & reaJly great. display a.ga.1nst
Tott.enham rulerveill

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(orm upon wbleh }re bwlt bl. reput&tlop \ He Will
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Samml Forrest and 'Thomson look adl"ant.re of
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of t hel'r bu-th Bo~h tho£:o ughl y deserved th., luVoCl
C'neudoo to them..
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Jimmy' MOTTl I'

~elcome Impt'Ovement
CIOlout' ag,m

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three
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fIUOric,eded .)n Rwrung t\16 1~ h i
&ltJ b6!GN> Mit time I T hf!o
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Dunlop. fin;t. Cnlll
worlted for And duerved

the le.4 .bu t our opponenh
~ our fnrward. noU hf.lng
oould not do 110 In tho tNt
DUnIQPlI rot tbe baD IOto wO

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