Wilkins was called up to play for England for the first time in 1976 by coach Don Revie and quickly made his debut against Italy during a mini-tournament in the USA. He was to become a permanent fixture in England squads for a decade to come. Maligned in some quarters for supposed "negative" play (he was deemed more likely to pass a ball sideways rather than forwards - earning him semi-affectionate nicknames like Squareball Wilkins and The Crab), Wilkins nevertheless became one of his country's most sought-after players and, in August 1979, Chelsea accepted an offer of 800,000 pounds from M ...

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Ray Wilkins, Ray Wilkins - Early career, Ray Wilkins - Golden era, Ray Wilkins - Fulham and beyond

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Henry VII was fond of Richmond Castle in Yorkshire. When a fire accidentally destroyed his manor in Sheen in 1497 he built a palace there and re-named it Richmond in 1501. The name Sheen is now used for the eastern end of Richmond town. Many people assume that the folk song "Lass of Richmond Hill" refers to Richmond Upon Thames, but it originated in the Yorkshire Richmond. In William Shakespeare's "Richard III", and in "Henry VI part 3", Henry VII is referred to as Richmond. This is because he was Earl of Richmond. This Richmond was the s ...

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Richmond upon Thames, Richmond upon Thames - History, Richmond upon Thames - Royal connections, Richmond upon Thames - Historic buildings around Richmond Green, Richmond upon Thames - The Rolling Stones, Richmond upon Thames - Famous residents, Richmond upon Thames - Open spaces, Richmond upon Thames - Shopping & Entertainment, Richmond upon Thames - Transport, Richmond upon Thames - Nearest places, Richmond upon Thames - Nearest tube stations, Richmond upon Thames - Nearest railway stations

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Nearest tube station: Brixton tube station Nearest railway station: Brixton railway station Brixton is served by many bus routes. ...

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Brixton, Brixton - Famous people from Brixton, Brixton - Nearby places, Brixton - External link

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Records in this section refer to The Football League from its founding in 1888 through to 1992, and to both the FA Premier League and The Football League from 1992 to the present. Football records in England - Championships. Most League championships: 18 Liverpool 1900-01, 1905-06, 1921-22, 1922-23, 1946-47, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1972-73, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1989-90 Most League championships, c ...

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Football records in England, Football records in England - League, Football records in England - Championships, Football records in England - Wins, Football records in England - Losses, Football records in England - Appearances, Football records in England - Goals, Football records in England - Attendance, Football records in England - Transfers, Football records in England - FA Premier League, Football records in England - Championships, Football records in England - Wins, Football records in England - Losses, Football records in England - Goals, Football records in England - FA Cup, Football records in England - Final, Football records in England - All rounds, Football records in England - League Cup, Football records in England - Final, Football records in England - All rounds, Football records in England - Non-league

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Important places in Paddington include St Mary's Hospital (and nurse-training centre) and Paddington Green police station (high-security police station). The IRA bombed the telephone box outside the police station early one morning in the late 1990s as a demonstration to the British security services. The Paddington arm of the Grand Union Canal terminates at Paddington Basin (this canal links Manchester and London). ...

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Paddington, Paddington - Places of note, Paddington - Famous people, Paddington - Transport, Paddington - Paddington station, Paddington - Nearest places, Paddington - Nearest tube stations

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Swansea Town AFC was formed as a professional club in 1912 when the town was invited to send a team to join the Southern League, as many other South Wales towns were already represented. J. W. Thorpe was the club's first chairman, Walter Whittaker its first manager. Its first secretary was S. B. Williams, who was to serve in this capacity for some 35 years. The club's first professional match was at the Vetch Field against Ca ...

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Swansea City A.F.C., Swansea City A.F.C. - Contact details, Swansea City A.F.C. - Club honours, Swansea City A.F.C. - Club records, Swansea City A.F.C. - Current squad, Swansea City A.F.C. - Early years, Swansea City A.F.C. - Goodbye to the Vetch, Swansea City A.F.C. - Legendary players, Swansea City A.F.C. - List of club managers, Swansea City A.F.C. - 2005/06 results to date, Swansea City A.F.C. - League One, Swansea City A.F.C. - FA Cup, Swansea City A.F.C. - League Cup, Swansea City A.F.C. - LDV Vans Trophy, Swansea City A.F.C. - FAW Premier Cup, Swansea City A.F.C. - League positions and Cup results since World War II, Swansea City A.F.C. - Miscellaneous, Swansea City A.F.C. - External links

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His television appearances include the series Silent Witness, Tom Jones, Sunburn and Dalziel and Pascoe and the dramas The Ice House, The Canterville Ghost, Ruth Rendell's Bribery and Corruption, Rebel Heart, Nicholas Nickleby, POW, and the made-for-TV movie where he portrayed Sherlock Holmes, Case of Evil or Young Sherlock. D'Arcy's film credits include The Trench, The Bass Player Peter, Charity, Wilde, Guest House Paradiso, Dot The I, Master and CommanderSee also:

James D'Arcy, James D'Arcy - Biography, James D'Arcy - Work, James D'Arcy - Awards

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The name means the territory of the middle Saxons and its first recorded use was in A.D 704 as Middleseaxan. Geographically, Middlesex included the City of London, which has been self-governing since the thirteenth century and the city of Westminster. The highest point is the High Road in Bushey Heath at 504 feet. Middlesex - Division into hundreds. Middlesex was recorded in the Domesday Book as being divided into the six hundreds of Edmonton, Elthorne, Gore, Hounslow (later Isleworth), Ossulstone and Spelthorne. Settlement was divided as follows: Edmonton Hundred - Edmonton - Enfiel ...

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Middlesex, Middlesex - Early history, Middlesex - Division into hundreds, Middlesex - Modern history, Middlesex - Introduction of county councils, Middlesex - Districts, Middlesex - Creation of Greater London, Middlesex - Recent changes, Middlesex - Legacy, Middlesex - Former postal county

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2005-06 in English football - Summer transfer window. The summer transfer window runs from the end of the previous season until 31 August. 16 May 2005 - Paul Stalteri from Werder Bremen to Spurs, free 17 May 2005 - Patrik Berger from Portsmouth to Aston Villa, free 20 May 2005 - Aaron Hughes from Newcastle United to Aston Villa, £1m 26 May 2005 - Simon Davies from Tottenham Hotspur to Everton, £4m 30 May 2005 - Edu from Arsenal to Valencia, free 1 June 2 ...

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2005-06 in English football, 2005-06 in English football - Overview, 2005-06 in English football - Events, 2005-06 in English football - National team, 2005-06 in English football - Honours, 2005-06 in English football - Transfer deals, 2005-06 in English football - Summer transfer window, 2005-06 in English football - January transfer window, 2005-06 in English football - Deaths

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Johnny Haynes was born in the Kentish Town area of London. After spells at amateur sides Feltham (in the Middlesex League), Wimbledon (Isthmian League) and Woodford Town (Delphian League), he joined Fulham as a professional in May 1952, at the age of 17 and made his debut at 18. Unusually, and despite many offers from other clubs, he remained at Fulham for his entire professional career, until leaving for South Africa in 1970, where he played for Durban City FC ...

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Johnny Haynes, Johnny Haynes - Biography, Johnny Haynes - First £100-per-week Player, Johnny Haynes - Tributes, Johnny Haynes - Craven Cottage

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Mandelson was born in London in 1953 and educated at Hendon County Grammar School (now Hendon School). He is the grandson of Herbert Morrison, the London County Council leader and Labour cabinet minister. In his youth, he briefly rebelled against his family's Labour tradition and in 1971 left the Labour Party Young Socialists (LPYS) to join the Young Communist League, then the youth wing of the Communist Party of Great Britain. This move was partly a result of disagreements with the Trotskyist Militant Tendency that had just won a majority i ...

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Peter Mandelson, Peter Mandelson - Early life, Peter Mandelson - Work with Tony Blair, Peter Mandelson - Cabinet post, Peter Mandelson - First resignation, Peter Mandelson - Second resignation, Peter Mandelson - European Commission, Peter Mandelson - See Also

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The disaster occurred at the point where the main line from London to South Wales and the West of England switches from two lines in each direction, carrying fast and slow trains, to multiple lines signalled to allow trains to travel in either direction, in and out of the platforms of Paddington Station. The track layout had been modified in this way by British Rail in the early 1990s, but the line had subsequently been electrified to allow the new Heathrow Express service to operate from 1994, and the new overhead power lines obstructed the ...

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Ladbroke Grove rail crash, Ladbroke Grove rail crash - Cause, Ladbroke Grove rail crash - The disaster site, Ladbroke Grove rail crash - List of fatalities, Ladbroke Grove rail crash - Dramatisation

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BLACKBURN ROVERS (CHAMPIONS): Jack Walker's millions, Kenny Dalglish's managerial experience and the lethal partnership of Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton brought the league title back to Ewood Park for the first time since 1914. MANCHESTER UNITED (2ND): United almost did the double again but injuries and suspensions counted against them and they endured their first trophyless season of the 1990's. NOTTINGHAM FOREST (3RD): Frank Clark's team had a great Premiership co ...

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FA Premier League 1994-95, FA Premier League 1994-95 - A Season of Sleaze, FA Premier League 1994-95 - Big Spending, FA Premier League 1994-95 - Changing the Guards, FA Premier League 1994-95 - The Blackburn Rovers Success Story, FA Premier League 1994-95 - Everton's Dramatic Revival, FA Premier League 1994-95 - Departures and Arrivals, FA Premier League 1994-95 - Final League Table, FA Premier League 1994-95 - Comments on each team, FA Premier League 1994-95 - Top goal scorers

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Sienna first started acting when she was 16 years old, she played a small part in the British TV adaptation of Jilly Cooper's Riders. She then starred in "The Buccaneers" opposite Mira Sorvino. It was at this point that Sienna decided that she wanted to learn more about acting and pursued contracts in independent films and shorts. Sienna's pursuit of acting was placed on hiatus in 1995. Sienna had just returned from an independent film in Russia with a friend that she had met, a ballerina. Sienna's friend wanted to become a model, so Sienna brought her friend to the Select Models agency where they were bo ...

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Sienna Guillory, Sienna Guillory - Biography, Sienna Guillory - Stats, Sienna Guillory - Professional life, Sienna Guillory - Filmography, Sienna Guillory - Television, Sienna Guillory - Trivia

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Bert Jansch was born in Glasgow in 1943, but brought up in Edinburgh, where he attended Pennywell Primary School and Ainsley Park Secondary School. As a teenager, he acquired a guitar and started visiting a local folk club run by Roy Guest. There, he met Archie Fisher and Jill Doyle, who introduced him to the music of Big Bill Broonzy, Pete Seeger, Brownie McGhee and Woody Guthrie. After a stint as a nurseryman, Jansch became a full-time musician and spent two years playing one-night stands in British folk clubs. This was a musical ap ...

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Bert Jansch, Bert Jansch - Early years, Bert Jansch - London: mid-1960s, Bert Jansch - The Pentangle years 1968–1973, Bert Jansch - The late 1970s, Bert Jansch - 1980s, Bert Jansch - 1995 onwards, Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch's music, Bert Jansch - Partial Discography

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Other nearby places include: Palmers Green Whetstone Southgate tube station on the Piccadilly Line is the nearest tube station. ...

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Southgate London, Southgate London - Nearest places, Southgate London - Famous residents, Southgate London - Politics, Southgate London - History, Southgate London - Status, Southgate London - College, Southgate London - Synagogues

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Soon after being sacked as manager of Luton, Ray Harford was recruited by Wimbledon as assistant manager to Bobby Gould. The partnership lasted just five months until July 1990, when Gould was sacked from his post and for the third time in his career Harford was promoted from the position of assistant manager to manager. In 1990-91, Wimbledon did well to finish seventh in the First Division and there were high hopes that the club could qualify for European competition or win one of the two domestic cups during the 1991-92 season. But ...

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Ray Harford, Ray Harford - Pre-Management, Ray Harford - At Fulham, Ray Harford - At Luton, Ray Harford - At Wimbledon, Ray Harford - At Blackburn, Ray Harford - At Albion, Ray Harford - At QPR, Ray Harford - At Millwall, Ray Harford - Retirement and Death

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The only permanent tourist attraction in Barnes is the WWT London Wetlands Centre, next to Barn Elms, comprising over 40 hectares of artificial wetlands created on the site of a former reservoir as a bird sanctuary. Also, once a year, the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race passes around the loop of the Thames surrounding Barnes. Barnes also has an attractive village green and duck pond (recently rebuilt after a series of leaks). A low-key attraction is the Olympic Studios on Church Road. Relocated from Central London in 1966, they have pl ...

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Barnes, Barnes - Tourist Attractions, Barnes - Notable Restaurants, Barnes - Nearest places, Barnes - Railway Stations

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Alex Ferguson - First seasons at United. He was appointed manager at Old Trafford on November 6, 1986. Although United were one of the wealthiest clubs in Britain, they were second from bottom in the old First Division and relegation looked a real possibility. Ferguson was worried that many of the players were drinking too much and was "depressed" by their level of fitness, but he managed to increase the players' discipline and United climbed up the table to finish the season in 11th place. His mother died from l ...

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Alex Ferguson, Alex Ferguson - Playing career, Alex Ferguson - Early managerial career, Alex Ferguson - East Stirlingshire, Alex Ferguson - St Mirren, Alex Ferguson - Managing Aberdeen, Alex Ferguson - Managing Manchester United, Alex Ferguson - First seasons at United, Alex Ferguson - First trophy in England, Alex Ferguson - European success but a disappointment in the league, Alex Ferguson - 1992–1993: Champions at Last, Alex Ferguson - 1993–1994: The Double, Alex Ferguson - 1994–1995: Trophyless season, Alex Ferguson - 1995–1996: The Double Double, Alex Ferguson - 1996–1997: Another Title, Alex Ferguson - 1997–1998: A great start but a disappointing end, Alex Ferguson - 1998–1999: 'The Treble', Alex Ferguson - 1999-2000: Title number 6, Alex Ferguson - 2000-01: Title number 7, Alex Ferguson - 2001-02: A rare trophyless season, Alex Ferguson - 2002-03: Title number 8, Alex Ferguson - 2003-04: FA Cup Glory, Alex Ferguson - 2004-05: Trophyless, Alex Ferguson - 2005–06, Alex Ferguson - Awards and trophies in English football, Alex Ferguson - Misc. Facts, Alex Ferguson - Famous Quotes, Alex Ferguson - Notes

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2002-03 in English football - FA Premier League. P W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts 1 Manchester United 38 16 2 1 42 12 9 6 4 32 22 +40 83 Champions League 2 Arsenal 38 15 2 2 47 20 8 7 4 38 22 +43 78 Champions League 3 Newcastle United 38 15 2 2 36 17 6 4 9 27 31 +15 69 Champions League (qualifying) 4 Chelsea 38 12 5 2 41 15 7 5 7 27 23 +30 67 C ...

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2002-03 in English football, 2002-03 in English football - England national team, 2002-03 in English football - European club competitions, 2002-03 in English football - UEFA Champions League, 2002-03 in English football - UEFA Cup, 2002-03 in English football - UEFA Intertoto Cup, 2002-03 in English football - Honours, 2002-03 in English football - League competitions, 2002-03 in English football - FA Premier League, 2002-03 in English football - Football League First Division, 2002-03 in English football - Football League Second Division, 2002-03 in English football - Football League Third Division, 2002-03 in English football - Football Conference, 2002-03 in English football - National League System, 2002-03 in English football - Transfer deals, 2002-03 in English football - Deaths

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Ipswich Town: Promoted to the newly-formed Premier League as champions of the old Second Division. Started their Premiership career well, having the longest unbeaten start in the division, and entered 1993 in fourth place. But a slump in results during the final four months of the season turned a potential title challenge into a battle to avoid relegation which lasted until the penultimate game of the season. Ipswich fini ...

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Premiership-Football League gulf, Premiership-Football League gulf - 1992-93, Premiership-Football League gulf - 1993-94, Premiership-Football League gulf - 1994-95, Premiership-Football League gulf - 1995-96, Premiership-Football League gulf - 1996-97, Premiership-Football League gulf - 1997-98, Premiership-Football League gulf - 1998-99, Premiership-Football League gulf - 1999-2000, Premiership-Football League gulf - 2000-01, Premiership-Football League gulf - 2001-02, Premiership-Football League gulf - 2002-03, Premiership-Football League gulf - 2003-04, Premiership-Football League gulf - 2004-05, Premiership-Football League gulf - 2005-06, Premiership-Football League gulf - 1992-93/1993-94, Premiership-Football League gulf - 1993-94/1994-95, Premiership-Football League gulf - 1994-95/1995-96, Premiership-Football League gulf - 1995-96/1996-97, Premiership-Football League gulf - 1996-97/1997-98, Premiership-Football League gulf - 1997-98/1998-99, Premiership-Football League gulf - 1998-99/1999-2000, Premiership-Football League gulf - 1999-2000/2000-01, Premiership-Football League gulf - 2000-01/2001-02, Premiership-Football League gulf - 2001-02/2002-03, Premiership-Football League gulf - 2002-03/2003-04, Premiership-Football League gulf - 2003-04/2004-05

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