The Archive · 1938

Sports Week-End

Big Shanghai Demand to See Famous English Football Team as Tickets to Sunday's Game Sell Rapidly; Few Reserved Seats Left PORTS interest in Shanghai this week-end will be concerned chiefly with the exhibition soccer match on Sunday afternoon between the Islington Corinthians, famous English amateurs who are touring the Far Bast, and the best possible team to represent this city. As far as football skill is concerned, the match will be the highlight of the season and apart from being a real treat for followers of the game, it will have considerable educational value in showing how the experts do it.

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