Date for World Cup centenary game

The club has appealed for help to cover the cost of the trip

The date for an amateur County Durham football team to relive a memorable victory by playing famous Italian side Juventus has been fixed.

In April 1909 a team of miners from West Auckland became the first to lift the World Cup in Turin when they beat Switzerland's FC Winterhour 2-0.

Two years later they defended their title beating Juventus 6-1.

A match against Juventus to mark the centenary of the first victory will be played in Italy on 1 August.

The team is planning to travel to Italy by coach and manager Stuart Alderson estimates the whole cost of the trip will be £10,000.

He has appealed for local people and businesses to support them.

He said the players were looking forward to the opportunity of a lifetime.

"They will never ever get something like this in their lifetime again.

"This is just a one-off. They will never forget it, going across and playing a game like this," he said.

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