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The Tournament took more than three months intensive organisation before the first game kicked off on April 25th, 1977. For the Tournament Seaham had been split into fourteen areas in such a way as to minimise the chances of what were essentially school teams being entered. It was organised on a similar basis to the World Cup Finals so that the teams were divided into four groups. The teams in each group played against one another and the top two teams in each group progressed to the quarter final stage. The quarter, semi final and final matches were arranged on a straight knock-out basis.

For the occasions of the Semi Final and Final matches at Dawdon C.W. Ground the pitch has been marked out for Junior School football and the goalposts have been specially constructed at the expense of the Dawdon Miners Welfare Committee.

The match ball for the Final was donated by Dawdon C.W. Juniors and as a gesture of our appreciation to the Junior Schools in Seaham it will be presented to the Seaham Junior Boys football organisation after the Final

4. In Another Twenty Five Years . . .

The story began by saying that the seeds of the Seaham Neighbourhood Silver Jubilee Football Tournament were sown just twenty five years ago. We hope that it has provided the 260 children who have taken part with memories they will cherish all their lives. Perhaps in twenty five years time one of them will look at the football medallion, with which each boy who took part will be presented, and decide that perhaps it is his generation's turn to do something for those children of tomorrow.

Meanwhile, after the marvelous response to this Tournament, the Committee hope to organise similar Neighbourhood Tournaments on an annual basis. So watch out for Seaham Neighbourhood Football next year.