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Cheadle Town: Chris Davies created a global success

Chris Davies took his team (touring as Manchester AFC) to play in front of 65,000 at the Aztec Stadium, Mexico and then led them to become the first English team ever to play in Cuba
Cheadle Town:

By Phil Brennan

GRAND STAGE: Grasmere Rovers famously played at the Estadio Aztec in Mexico in 1970
PICTURE: Alamy

ONE night in December 1960, Chris Davies was on his way to his home on Grasmere Avenue in Stockport. As had happened several times previously, the Stockbrokers clerk stopped to chat with youngsters that played football nearby.
On this occasion, however, he was asked a question that would change his life forever.
“I would often talk to the lads about football on my way home from work,” he explained. “One of them, Barrie Dean, was really enthusiastic about playing for a team bu...

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