1.
GV EXT. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY FOOTBALL GROUNDS
0.03

2.
CU "SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY"
0.07

3.
SV PAN MINISTER OF SPORT DENNIS HOWELL ENTERING GROUND
0.11

4.
GV FOOTBALL PITCH
0.14

5.
GV MR HOWELL WALKING OUT ON TO PITCH WITH CLUB OFFICIALS
0.18

6.
GV PAN STAND
0.24

7.
SV MR HOWELL WITH ERIC TAYLOR(CLUB'S GENERAL MANAGER)
0.29

8.
GV STAND
0.30

9.
SV SEATS
0.33

10.
SV MINISTER OF SPORT & MANAGER CLIMB OVER FENCE
0.37

11.
GV PITCH
0.40

12.
SV ZOOM MIDDLESBROUGH CLUB SIGN
0.45

13.
CU MR HOWELL & OFFICIALS OF CLUB
0.51

14.
STV PARTY
0.53

15.
MV PAN TO MR HOWELL WITH MR THOMAS, CHAIRMAN OF CLUB, LOOKING AT PITCH
0.58

16.
GV PITCH
1.03

17.
SV MR HOWELL & MR THOMAS
1.05

18.
SV PARTY PAN TO STAND
1.11

19.
STV PARTY MOVE ALONG
1.16

20.
GV TILT STANDS
1.20

21.
GV PAN PITCH
1.32



Initials DR/B-V/JF/SGM



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Background: MR DENNIS HOWELL, BRITAIN'S MINISTER FOR SPORT, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN TOURING ENGLAND, INSPECTING SITES FOR THE WORLD CUP FOOTBALL MATCHES TO BE PLAYED IN ENGLAND NEXT YEAR.IN 196 ENGLAND WILL BE MOST NATION.

DURING HIS TOUR, THE MINISTER HAS STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORLD CUP TO LOCAL OFFICIALS AND HAS URGED THAT IT BE STAGED IN A MANNER WHICH WOULD REFLECT CREDIT NOT ONLY ON BRITISH FOOTBALL, BUT ON THE COUNTRY GENERALLY.

WHEN HE WAS AT HILLSBOROUGH, HOME GROUND OF THE SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY TEAM, MR HOWELL SAID HE DID NOT KNOW OF ANY CLUB GROUND IN ENGLAND THAT WAS, AT THE PRESENT TIME, IN A SATISFACTORY STATE TO STAGE WORLD CUP GAMES.HE SAID, HOWEVER, THAT AT THE END OF HIS PRESENT WHISTLE-STOP TOUR, HE WOULD HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF THE WORK THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE CARRIED OUT TO BRING THE GROUND UP TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SERIES.