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NTFC 125 – Plaque

Ethan Grande

ByEthan Grande

Mar 9, 2022 #125

To mark the 125th birthday of Northampton Town Football Club, Chairman Kelvin Thomas unveiled a plaque at the Jekyll & Hyde pub on the Wellingborough Road in Northampton on Wednesday.

Back in 1897, the Jekyll & Hyde was known as the Princess Royal Inn, and was where a group of local school teachers got together with the well known local solicitor, AJ ‘Pat’ Darnell to form Northampton Town Football Club on March 9th 1897.