THE FOOTBALL RIOT
AN ALL-NIGHT WAIT. EXTRAORDINARY SCENES ENACTED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 29. Spectators for the Football Cup final commenced to arrive on Friday night. They were reinforced all night long by a stream of new arrivals. Many travelled jlvJO miles. There were weird scenes outside the ground, where groups sat round fires attempting to keep themselves warm. The crowd was largely composed of .Lancastrians. Many were fancifully attired. Numbers of ticket holders and later special ticket holders’ trains while eh route to London were stopped and sent back.—Reuter.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18850, 1 May 1923, Page 7
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