Highgate United F.C.

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Highgate United F.C. is a football club based in Highgate, which is an area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. They joined the Worcestershire Combination Division Two in 1964. In the 2004-05 season, they reached the 2nd round of the FA Vase. Currently they are members of the Midland Football Combination Premier Division.

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In 1967 Highate hosted Enfield - then one of the premier non-league teams - in the 5th ( 6th? ) round of the FA Amateur Cup. What should have been a joyous occasion turned into a major disaster when midway through the first half, which was being played in heavy rain, a lightning strike saw several players collapse. One player, the Highgate centre half Tony Allden, did not recover consciousness and died the next day in hospital. Some days later the game was replayed and this time it was at Villa Park: a huge crowd, some 20,000, saw Highate lose 6-0, but the game will always stand as a memorial to Tony Allden.