BLIND FOOTBALL ENTHUSIASTS
ra Q a Forty blind Burnley men have g § been given free passes to at- g tend Burnley Football Club gj s games at Turf Moor. Although = 1 they cannot actually see the g 0 games, they can follow the flight g g of the ball and the fortunes of g B the game by listening to the B 0 comments of the spectators 0 g around them. The men are as = keen as the average football fan, g H and arrangements have been 0 g made for them to be accommo- g § dated near the players’ entrance. “ □ All the men are members of El g the Burnley Blind Society, which g R on several occasions has pro- = @ moted cricket matches between 0 g teams of blind men. They use a g “ cane ball which tinkles when .== S played. An attempt was also H g made to play football in the g h same manner by attaching bells S to the ball, but during the g g game the bells were too often g s= kicked off for the experiment g I to prove successful. R
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Southland Times, Issue 23948, 14 October 1939, Page 16
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