Article: ECHOES OF A FAMOUS CUP; The 50th Echo Cup final is staged next Tuesday. Ex-Echo schools soccer writer PAUL O'BRIEN looks back at the early days.(Sport)

Byline: PAUL O'BRIEN

THE weather was very much a topic of conversation in the winter of 1952/1953 when the Echo Cup competition was born.

Many first round ties were decided in foggy conditions on frozen pitches, and players taking part in second round encounters had to contend with a howling gale.

The fine Soccer Centre at Walton is where this year's Echo Cup ...

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