URSY.NEWS / The Guardian / 25 Oct 2026
Ballon d’Or ceremony returns to England in nod to ‘revolutionary’ Stanley Matthews
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Matthews’ family ‘very excited’ as London Palladium hosts event 70 years after first award at Blackpool town hallWhen football’s dignitaries assemble on Monday at the London Palladium for the Ballon d’Or ceremony it will be a far cry from the first awards 70 years ago. That was held in the slightly less glamorous surroundings of Blackpool town hall, where Stanley Matthews was presented with the p…
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