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Blues show a united front

It was the story which thrust Thornaby FC into the national media spotlight for all the wrong reasons – but now it has inadvertently given the club a new lease of life.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 September 2024

Blues show

Revived team ready to go again
By Paul Fraser

DAWN OF A NEW ERA: Thornaby Women co-bosses Claire Streeter and Abbey Lyle, back, with board members
PICTURE: Wander

IT WAS the story which thrust Thornaby FC into the national media spotlight for all the wrong reasons – but now it has inadvertently given the club a new lease of life.
The Stockton-based club found themselves in the centre of a controversy back in June after the board voted to axe its entire female section following “a difficult year”, leaving more than 100 women and girls players without a club.
First-team boss Abbey Lyle –...

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