It’s just like watching Barcelona From Durham Times

A DURHAM junior football team has followed the lead of Spanish giants Barcelona and sealed a sponsorship deal with a major charity.

The Cystic Fibrosis Trust will be shown on the shirts of Deerness Valley Under-14s thanks to local business Allied Security Northern Ltd, which has donated the money for a new kit for the Russell Foster League team.But after hearing that team manager Colin Young is taking part in the Great North Run on Sunday to raise money for the trust in honour of his one-yearold grandson Jack, who was born with the disease, managing director Julie Pennal decided to put the charity logo on the team shirts, rather than the company’s.

For years, former European champions Barcelona have refused to put corporate advertisements on their chests. But four years ago, they signed a five-year deal with UNICEF.

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Two places up for grabs in six-a-side league From The Northern Echo

TWO more teams are needed to make up the numbers for a new six-a-side football league.Durham Thursday Sixes League is set to start at the Sir Bobby Robson Sports Centre, at Durham Community Business College, in Bracken Court, Ushaw Moor, near Durham.Ten teams have signed up to take part, six in one division and, so far, four in the other, for which there remain vacancies for two further sides.

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Junior football: Elliott’s double seals great Day for Farmers – Sunderland Echo

A double from Oliver McCully, plus one for Patrick McCann gave Whitburn and Cleadon Bees a win against Durham County, while a single goal from Oliver Walker sealed a victory for Deerness Valley against Hetton Juniors.

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Junior Football: Opposition torn apart by Panthers – Sunderland Echo

Blue Division

IN a highly-competitive league no teams were able to record two wins and goals were at a premium.

Deerness Valley overcame Ouston Juniors with the only goal scored by Jack Earl.

Washington Juniors edged out Southmoor Juniors Blues, Ben Fairless on target.

South Moor Blues defeated Deerness Valley thanks to goals for Jack Atkinson and Drew Frame. Jack Earl netting for the Valley.

Willington Youth Whites had Jack Thompson to thank as they beat Riverside FC by the only goal.

Ouston Juniors won by the same scoreline against Leam Ranges Yellow with Liam Cockburn on target.

Riverside FC versus Leam Ranges Yellows, Whitburn and Cleadon Bees versus Willington Youth Whites and Washington Juniors versus Whitburn and Cleadon Bees all ended honours even.

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For Hampden Park read Ushaw Moor as officials return for one night only From The Northern Echo

For Hampden Park read Ushaw Moor as officials return for one night only10:54am Tuesday 24th November 2009THE venue, the occasion and the crowd could hardly have been more different. Thirty years later, only the linesmen remained the same.The first was Hampden Park on June 2 1979, Scotland v Argentina, attendance pushing 62,000. The second was last watery Wednesday on the all-weather pitch at Ushaw Moor, New College Durham v Rotherham College and not even a man and his dog.The Hampden match had also been the unforgettable afternoon that the 18-yearold Diego Maradona confirmed his unique ability to the world.“It’s not very often that you’re bamboozled by pace and control, and it’s very rare in an 18-year-old,” Alan Hansen – part of the Scottish line-up – once recalled.

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