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The Slazenger Challenge 4-Star. Challenge 4-Star was a football made by the British company Slazenger as the official match ball for the 1966 FIFA World Cup held in England, one of the countries inside the United Kingdom. The ball was made with 25 rectangular panels and had no markings or branding. [1]
Slazenger (/ ˈ s l æ z ə n dʒ ər /) is a British sports equipment brand owned by the Frasers Group (formerly Sports Direct). [1] One of the world's oldest sport brands, the company was established as a sporting goods shop in 1881 by entrepreneurial brothers, Ralph and Albert Slazenger, on Cannon Street, London. [2]
The Atherstone Ball Game is a "medieval football" game played annually on Shrove Tuesday in the English town of Atherstone, Warwickshire. The game honours a match played between Leicestershire and Warwickshire in 1199, when teams competed for a bag of gold, and which was won by Warwickshire.
The annual Atherstone Ball Game descended into chaos as violence broke out among players. Played every Shrove Tuesday, the “football” game - which dates back to medieval times - involves ...
A winner has been crowned following the eagerly awaited return of the annual Atherstone Ball Game. The event, which takes place annually on Shrove Tuesday, honours a match played between ...
It's a four-quarter ball game for a reason. There are 160 plays in a game. You can’t allow it to come down to one play, and we have all the faith in the world in Mark.” ...
Various matches used different balls, with the apparent rumour the European teams didn't trust the locally produced ball. [4] [4] [5] [10] [12] 1966: Challenge 4-Star: Slazenger: 18-panel ball in orange or yellow. Selected in a blind test at the Football Association headquarters in Soho Square. [5] [13] 1970: Telstar: Adidas
The Slazenger ball used in the final, National Football Museum, Manchester The final is the most watched event ever on British television , as of July 2021, attracting 32.30 million viewers. [ 4 ]