Season 2

Episodes

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   1. Football Towns: Bolton and Preston

   19 Aug 1975

   Bolton Wanderers and Preston North End, famous names of famous teams in the soccer world. But what of the towns themselves - the towns behind the teams? Ian Nairn begins his journeys in the heart of the industrial North West. Bolton and Preston are less than 19 miles apart and yet Nairn finds two towns with surprisingly different characters.

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   2. Football Towns: Huddersfield and Halifax

   21 Aug 1975

   Huddersfield Town and Halifax Town, to many people nothing more than familiar names on the pools coupons. But what of the towns themselves - the towns behind the teams? Ian Nairn continues his journeys with a visit to Yorkshire, to cast a critical eye on the Pennine soccer towns of Huddersfield and Halifax.

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   3. Football Towns: Wolverhampton and Walsall

   22 Aug 1975

   Wolverhampton Wanderers and Walsall, two well-known teams in the soccer leagues, but what do we know of the towns behind the teams? Ian Nairn completes his journeys with a visit to the Midlands, and to the soccer towns of Wolverhampton and Walsall. He finds the experience rewarding, and the term 'Black Country Towns' misleading.