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No doubt you will be aware that today is the centenary of our greatest victory. Back in September 2011 I was very lucky to meet a Barnsley fan from Blackpool who told me a quite remarkable story. In around 1980 he had been working in the West Midlands and had struck up a conversation with a local. Things quickly got onto the subject of football and the local said he had quite a few films of West Bromwich Albion in his cellar. As a bit of a laugh the Barnsley fan asked "I bet you don't have anything from the 1912 final" and the reply came "I doubt it, but I will have a look". Needless to say, a few days later, the local returned with the comment "Yes, theres an old Cinema reel of film marked "1912 Final". The Barnsley fan then payed a vast amount of money to have a third party transfer this original "Nitrate" film onto VHS and was able to watch its contents. After a few weeks of watching the grainy, black and white footage he put the VHS in his loft and thats were it has remained until February of this year.
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