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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Sunderland
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, known as the Rokermen (Roker Park, Sunderland). Football club formed among Sunderland schoolmasters in 1879 as the District Teachers' Association Football Club. Membership was soon extended outside the teaching profession and the club was elected to Division 1 of the *Football League in 1890. It had many early successes – not matched in recent times, though Sunderland has usually been in the top division.
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