SOVIET FOOTBALLERS
WELCOME IN SOFIA SOFIA, Aug. 7. : Between 70,000 and 100,000 Spfians of all classes welcomed the Soviet footballers, who arrived by aeroplanes. Crowds lined the five-mile route to the Soviet legation and frequently held up the footballers' cars, crying: "Up with the Soviet."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24372, 9 August 1940, Page 6
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45SOVIET FOOTBALLERS Otago Daily Times, Issue 24372, 9 August 1940, Page 6
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