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		DIVISION 1 1937/38
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			P	W	D	L	F	A	*Pts*
Leading League goalscorer: Tommy Lawton (Everton) 28 goals The First Division match between Chelsea and Charlton on Christmas Day was abandoned due to fog - it was ten minutes or so before Charlton keeper Sam Bartram realised that the match had been called off! (Christmas Day football). Manchester City were top scorers in the Division with 80 goals - but they were relegated! The previous season they had finished as League champions. Highbury hosted the first-ever live broadcast of a football match on Thursday September 16th 1937 when Arsenal played Arsenal Reserves in a match arranged to test the technology (football in the media)	1	Arsenal	42	21	10	11	77	44	52
	2	Wolverhampton W.	42	20	11	11	72	49	51
	3	Preston North End	42	16	17	9	64	44	49
	4	Charlton Athletic	42	16	14	12	65	51	46
	5	Middlesbrough	42	19	8	15	72	65	46
	6	Brentford	42	18	9	15	69	59	45
	7	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	15	12	64	60	45
	8	Sunderland	42	14	16	12	55	57	44
	9	Leeds United	42	14	15	13	64	69	43
	10	Chelsea	42	14	13	15	65	65	41
	11	Liverpool	42	15	11	16	65	71	41
	12	Blackpool	42	16	8	18	61	66	40
	13	Derby County	42	15	10	17	66	87	40
	14	Everton	42	16	7	19	79	75	39
	15	Huddersfield Town	42	17	5	20	55	68	39
	16	Leicester City	42	14	11	17	54	75	39
	17	Stoke City	42	13	12	17	58	59	38
	18	Birmingham	42	10	18	14	58	62	38
	19	Portsmouth	42	13	12	17	62	68	38
	20	Grimsby Town	42	13	12	17	51	68	38
	21	Manchester City	42	14	8	20	80	77	36
	22	West Bromwich Albion	42	14	8	20	74	91	36

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The 2021 Rugby League World Cup wasn't played until 2022 due to Covid while the opening ceremony in 2022 was spoiled by a failure of the public address system which also delayed the kick off of the opening match that followed the ceremony. Mind you England beat Samoa 60-6 in that opening match!

Which English football ground hosted that opening ceremony and the first match in the competition that followed it?

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