Here’s an item from the collection from this day (12 February) in 1949 when Bournemouth staged a home friendly against Manchester City. This was City’s second away friendly of 1949 (after Coventry the previous month). The game ended in a 4-2 win for Manchester’s Blues and was watched by 15,046. City’s scorers were: Jack Oakes, Johnny Hart, George Smith and Andy Black. It’s not clear exactly who this letter was sent to but similar letters were sent to both the FA and the League for games like these.
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