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The Worst Game of Football

In 1973 the Oxbarn football players were getting ready to play a game in Germany. The players were a group of friends who usually played on Sundays against other small local clubs in Britain. They were looking forward to the game and also a holiday in Germany.

When they walked out into the very large football ground in Germany, they realized that they were playing one of the best German clubs — S V W Mainz. The German footballers thought the British players belonged to another club - Wolverhampton Wanderers — which was one of the strongest football clubs in Britain at that time.

An Oxbarn player said, ‘I thought it was a bit strange when I saw the size of the crowd.’

About half way through the game - it was already 15-0 to the Germans - the crowd saw Oxbarn’s centre fall to his knees. He looked like he was crying. Naturally, the German crowd were very pleased that the Oxbarn club was playing instead of Wolverhampton Wanderers.

‘They were very good about it,’ one of the Oxbarn players said. ‘When we got the ball, they started to shout to help us win.’

Oxbarn Football Club lost 21-0.