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Wimbledon is an area in South-West London in the London Borough of Merton.
Wimbledon FC played their home games outside of Wimbledon after the closure of their Plough Lane ground in 1991, and in September 2003 the club relocated to Milton Keynes, about 70 milesnorth.
As soon as The Football Association approvedthis move in May 2002, former Wimbledon FC supporters founded the semi-professional AFC Wimbledon, and support in Wimbledon overwhelmingly shifted to AFCW,who were promoted at the end of their second season to the Isthmian League First Division.
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  Wimbledon - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
WIMBLEDON, a municipal borough and western residential suburb of London, in the Wimbledon parliamentary division of Surrey, England, adjoining the metropolitan borough of Wandsworth, 8 M. of Charing Cross.
Wimbledon (Wibbandune) is supposed to have been the scene of a battle in 568 between Ceawlin, king of Wessex, and ZEthelberht, king of Kent, in which 2Ethelberht was defeated, and an earthwork which existed on the Common may have marked the site.
On the impeachment of Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury, in 1398, it was confiscated.
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 Wimbledon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wimbledon tennis (The Championships, Wimbledon), an internationally famous grass court tennis championship, one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments
Wimbledon, London, a suburb (and former town) in south-west London where the tennis championships are held
Wimbledon station, a railway station (not to be confused with South Wimbledon tube station)
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 Wikipedia: London
Wimbledon F.C, in an extremely controversial move, left London in 2003 to play in the town of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire.
London is also home to many major sporting venues including Lord's home of the Marylebone Cricket Club and the Oval home Surrey's cricket club.
Wimbledon is the home of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
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 London
Wimbledon F.C, in an extremely controversial move, left London in 2003 to play in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, and the newly formed AFC Wimbledon inherited most of their support, despite playing at a much lower level in the football pyramid.
London is also home to many major sporting venues including Lord's, home of Middlesex and the Marylebone Cricket Club, and The Oval, home of Surrey.
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, which hosts the Wimbledon Championships, is based in Wimbledon.
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 River Thames - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The University Boat Race is rowed between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge on the tidal portion of the river from Putney to Mortlake in the west of London.
The Henley Royal Regatta is another rowing event which takes place over a number of days at the upstream town of Henley-on-Thames; besides its sporting significance the regatta is an important date on the English social calendar alongside events like Royal Ascot and Wimbledon.
The Sex Pistols played a concert on the Queen Elizabeth Riverboat on June 7, 1977, the Queen's Silver Jubilee, while sailing down the river.
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Tennis is played on a rectangular, flat surface, usually grass, clay, or a hardcourt of concrete and/or asphalt.
The first championships at Wimbledon, in London were played in 1877.
Thus Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, the French Open and the Australian Open (dating to 1905) became and have remained the most prestigious events in tennis.
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Wimbledon organisers have warned that security screens could be introduced between players and fans at future tournaments, following two high-profile stunts on Centre Court.
LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - Wimbledon officials warned on Wednesday that they might be forced to put fencing around Centre Court after the tournament was hit by the second publicity stunt in two days.
LONDON Wimbledon officials warned yesterday that they might be forced to put fencing around Centre Court after the tournament was hit by the second publicity stunt in two days.
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 London - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This article is about the capital city of the United Kingdom. For other uses, see London (disambiguation).
At the other end of the spectrum, Trooping the Colour is a very formal military pageant to celebrate the (official) Queen's Birthday.
One of London's most well-known annual sports competitions is the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, held at the All England Club in the south-western suburb of Wimbledon.
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 Rafael Nadal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At his Wimbledon debut, Nadal, then 17, became the youngest male player to reach the third round since 16-year-old Boris Becker in 1984.
Three days after his victory in Paris, his winning streak was snapped on the grass courts of Halle, Germany, where he was beaten by German Alexander Waske in the first round.
He suffered another disappointment at Wimbledon, where he was eliminated in the second round by Gilles Müller of Luxembourg.
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 United Kingdom - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
For other meanings of the terms "United Kingdom" and "UK", see United Kingdom (disambiguation) and UK (disambiguation).
The Wimbledon Championships are an international tennis event held in Wimbledon in south London every summer and are seen as the most prestigious of the tennis calendar.
The national sport of the UK is association football, but the UK does not compete as a nation in any major football tournament.
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The borough was formed in 1965 by the merger of the Surrey boroughs of Mitcham, Wimbledon, London and the.
WIMBLEDON, a municipal borough and western residential suburb of London, in the Wimbledon parliamentary division of Surrey, England, adjoining.
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 User:Sapphire/Sandbox/Places/London - Wikitravel
Bridging the River Thames near the Tower of London, Tower Bridge is one of the icons of the central London landscape.
South-west London is also most quickly reached from Waterloo, although some areas like Richmond and Wimbledon are also served by the western reaches of the District Line.
Part of the Grand Slam world tennis fixtures - are held each year in late June-early July in Wimbledon in South West London and attract all the top-seeded players for a fortnight of competition.
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 Blancmange - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chief Scientist Charles, his mistreated bimbo girlfriend, and a police detective eventually deduce that this bizarre cultural conversion and player consumption is an effort to depopulate England and win the Wimbledon tennis championships.
The core theory here is that if everyone in the United Kingdom is turned into Scotspeople, they are sure to lose the tennis match, since (according to the characters) Scots are terrible at tennis.
The wrapup sports announcer narrates the unlikely TV spectacle of a Scotsman winning Wimbledon after playing against himself — hopping back and forth across the net — for 15 years, we are told.
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 Wimbledon Cup (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wimbledon Cup may refer to one of several articles:
Wimbledon Cup - a U.S. National Rifle Association trophy
Wimbledon Cup (Falkland Islands) - a Falklands Islands Rifle Association trophy
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 London : Exploring Essential Information, Data and Explanation.
Millwall, Queens Park Rangers and West Ham United - all of whom have at one time played in the top division - plus Leyton Orient.
Wimbledon F.C., in an extremely controversial move, left London in
AFC Wimbledon inherited most of their support, despite playing at a much lower level in the
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 directopedia : Directory : Sports : Tennis : Real
This sense also gives rise to the name of the archaic ball game real tennis.
This is a disambiguation page—a list of articles associated with the same title.
If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
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 Tennis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1881 the desire to play tennis competitively led to the establishment of tennis clubs.
George Lott, who himself won 5 U.S. and 2 Wimbledon doubles titles, wrote an article in the May 1973 issue of Tennis Magazine in which he ranked the great doubles teams and the great players.
Lott also wrote: "It is frequently said that a doubles team is as good as its weakest link....
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 Carlton
A brand of cigarettes produced in the United States; it is chiefly noted for its extremely low tar and nicotine content.
Carlton Dramatic Society is an Amdram group in Wimbledon, UK.
This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
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 directopedia : Directory : Recreation : Guns : Shooting : History
The list is a free email discussion forum for those interested in the history of and/or shooting muzzle loading small-bore rifles.
SMM Inc. was formed in the early 1980's as a non-profit, educational organization founded on the basis of preserving our early American heritage through living history and the safe use of muzzle loading firearms and equipment.
This page is about the machine gun in world war I. Machine gun and it's affects on war.
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 Michael Owen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Born on 14th December 1979 in Chester, Michael has become one of the best footballer's in the world.
Owen became known because of his debut goal against Wimbledon near the end of the 1996/97 season.
The next match he played was Liverpool v Sheffield Wednesday, although he played well he didn't manage to score the goal which would have boosted his career!
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 United Kingdom
Recent rock bands to emerge as great talents are the Kaiser Chiefs (all ex-temporary teachers from Leeds), Franz Ferdinand and the Arctic Monkeys.
A great number of major sports originated in the United Kingdom, including football, golf, cricket, rugby, tennis and boxing.
The Wimbledon Championships are international tennis events held in Wimbledon in south London every summer and are seen as the most prestigious of the tennis calendar.
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For other uses, see UK (disambiguation) and United Kingdom (disambiguation).
The The Daily Telegraph, a right-of-centre paper, is the highest selling broadsheet having overtaken The Times in circulation figures.[citation needed] The Guardian is a more liberal or left-wing former broadsheet.[citation needed] The Financial Times is the main business paper, printed on distinctive salmon-pink broadsheet paper.
The Wimbledon Championships Grand Slam tournament is held in London every JulyA number of major sports originated in the United Kingdom, including association football (soccer, or football), rugby football (rugby), golf, cricket, tennis and boxing.
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 Shine :: GravityStorm
Actually, if you look further, it’s actually not the disambiguation pages that need fixing, it’s the other, unspecified, pages that link to the disambiguation pages that need fixing.
So it doesn’t matter which way you read the collective title of people-who-fix-something-or-other, since it actually means something else entirely.
Yahoo mail, along with most other crappy webmail accounts, puts a little tagline at the bottom of all the emails you send.
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 United Kingdom information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
For an explanation of these and terms such as Great Britain, British, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, see British Isles (terminology).
The Wimbledon Championships Grand Slam tournament is held in London every July
A great number of major sports originated in the United Kingdom, including association football (soccer), rugby football (rugby), golf, cricket, tennis and boxing.
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 SOCCER FOOTBALL | DAVID BECKHAM, PELE, ERIC CANTONA, GEORGE BEST, GARY LINNEKA
Where disambiguation is required between this sport and Association Football, it is generally referred to by the acronym of its governing body 'GAA' (Gaelic Athletic Association).
As the GAA also governs the sports of Hurling, Handball and Rounders, on occasion, disambiguation of all three sports is required.
In this case, Gaelic Football would be referred to as 'GAA Football'.
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