The Guardian of 18/5/1951 has the following results under the heading
"Festival of Britain matches"

Barrow 3 Shamrock R 1, Ilford 2 Wageningen F C(Holland) 2, Millwall 2
RFC Anderlecht (Belgium) 1, Newport County 3 Eindhoven 0.

In The Guardian of 8/5/51 are the following results
Birmingham C 3 Airdrieonians 5, Darlington 0 Shelbourne 2, QPR 1
Schiedam VV 1, South Liverpool 5 Cork Athletic 1, Stockport County 3
Drumcondra 1, Tottenham Hotspur 0 FC Austria 1, Walsall 1 RC Haarlem 0,
Wrexham 2 Dundalk 0.

There were a whole load of FoB fixtures for 9/5/51 too many to type out
- I can send you a copy if you want. They include England v Argentina. I
don't see any results though

The same paper has 2 result for 9/5/51 and although not headed FOB
results, I would assume they were: Chelsea 5 Floriana (Malta) 1,
Lancashire Combination 3 NEC Nijmegen 3.

There were further matches in the 15th, 16th and 17th.

Paul




Ralph wrote:
> I've noticed a programme from the 1950/1951 Festival of Britain game between
> Barrow and Shamrock Rovers played on 17/05/1951 on the web,
> http://tinyurl.com/kk3foh
>
> As a Barrow supporter I haven't come across this game before, does anyone know
> the score, and was it part of a series of games played across the country to
> mark the occasion?
>
> Ralph
> Kiwiland
>
>