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Hull City v Rotherham, 1948: A Christmas cracker

Hull City were 3-0 up in the last five minutes of this vital Christmas Day match before Rotherham made it 3-2 in a thrill-packed game.
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Colin Allan

Hull City were 3-0 up in the last five minutes of this vital Christmas Day match before Rotherham made it 3-2 in a thrill-packed game.
This late scoring rush, so typical of Rotherham technique this season, provided a sensational ending to a rousing encounter which the record crowd will long remember.”
So wrote the Hull Daily Mail reporter about the top-of-table encounter between Hull City and Rotherham United in Third Division North on Christmas Day 1948. With only one team being promoted, it was a crucial meeting between the two front-runners which attracted a huge crowd at Boo...

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