The History Man
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The Olympic Games came to the Goldstone Ground. Luxembourg beat Afghanistan 6-0 in a Preliminary Round match in the 1948 London Olympics. The gate was around 7,000.
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64 years ago today - Olympics
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Shame the Amex couldn't have been a venue this time. Would have shown the world what a wonderful stadium it is.
Lord Bracknell
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Why wasn't it renamed The Olympic Stadium?
Lord Bracknell
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"Amex" would undermine the official sponsors' brand.Shame the Amex couldn't have been a venue this time. Would have shown the world what a wonderful stadium it is.
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Dick Knights Mumm
Take me Home Falmer Road
Do Afghanistan even have an Olympic team this time ?
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There was an interesting documentary about their team a while ago (I forget what, when and where).
Information on their team can be found here...
BBC Sport - London 2012 Olympics - Afghanistan
Dick Knights Mumm
Take me Home Falmer Road
A female athlete - excellent. Real progress over 64 years.
Freddie Goodwin.
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It would have been nice to see some games at the Amex but then we'd probably have missed out on the expansion work.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
And my mother watched the athletics at White City as her friend competed.
skipper734
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Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Fanny?
Sadly I am not dutch, her friend was in the discus no less but did not win a medal
They using the Ricoh Arena though, its being called City of Coventry Stadium during the Olympics becasue of sponsorship reasons.
Freddie Goodwin.
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When I was flicking through the channals you could still see Ricoh spelt out is the seats.
Looking at all the empty seats, I thought Coventry were playing!
Looking at all the empty seats, I thought Coventry were playing!