Chansky’s Notebook: Treasure in the Trees

Posted Jul 23, 2024
If the Kenan Stadium walls could talk. When the Chelsea FC-Wrexham soccer match played a year ago at UNC’s football stadium, we were amazed at how snugly the six-figure turf fit onto the floor of the Old Lady in the Pines. And it will be just as lush for tonight’s higher-stakes friendly between Manchester City and Celtic. It opened Nov. 12, 1927. (Chapelboro.com)

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