Historical "news" - 5

In 1952 the Honour Cup of North of Portugal (Taça de Honra do Norte) has been won by Académico FC, a team of Porto. Final classification was:

1 Academico FC 15 5 0 0 29 4 25
2 Clube Infante de Sagres 13 4 0 1 18 6 12
3 AD Sanjoanense 11 3 0 2 22 14 8
4 AA Espinho 8 1 1 3 10 17 -7
5 US Paredes 7 1 0 4 4 26 -22
6 Estrela e Vigorosa Sport 6 0 1 4 7 23 -16

This was the first competition in the year 1952 in North of Portugal. After this competiton, the Regional and National have followed the World Championship held in Porto, in that year.

Team of Academico FC (photo from O Comercio do Porto, 10th March 1952)
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