Record For Soccer Tie.
I be attendance at the England v. Scotland Soccer match played nt Wembley I'cceiill.v nas 93,267, which is a recur,| 10l- tho gl'oiiml, except tor the first final lie. in 11123, when tho crowd broke through Iho barriers. Receipts amounted to £29,395. beating the previous best lor an international match in England—£2o,l73 taken in the Englund v. Scotland match at the Stadium in 1931 C.nenia and Soccer. When Wembley authorities refused permission to news-reel companies to photograph the Soccer Cup final, they chartered gyroplanes and shut tho match from above, i'ho ball could not be distinguished, and allegedly humorous cartoons and snaps were used to "pad” ihe film out to the requisite length. The sum of £5OO was used up in expenses and this was tho meagre return, ’-n film chiefs have decided to appromli the Football Association and "mil them that, unless lliev come to a satislacttll'.i aiTangeiiieiit before Septi'inber Soccer films M ill be film klisted u i iiu-imi- I' llmgoer- will be -Imit i in-lead only Rugby mulehesl
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 158, 19 June 1936, Page 12
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175Record For Soccer Tie. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 158, 19 June 1936, Page 12
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