From the Liverpool Echo:
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It took the non-leaguers 12 hours from leaving East Anglia to get to their team hotel in Southport – a journey diligently reported by the local press.
“Travelling by coach to Southport they were halted six times between Nottingham and Derby due to engine failure, probably caused by melting ice in the tank,” reported the Daily Post’s Horace Yates, showing a commendable grasp of vehicle engineering. He added: “In desperation they had to change coaches at Derby to complete their journey, but it meant a complete rearrangement of their plans. Gone was their opportunity to see the pantomime ‘Humpty Dumpty’ in Southport, for all the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t get their coach moving again.”
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