Team that couldn't score for three seasons on brink of winning title
A women's football team in England that took three seasons to score a goal when they started as juniors is on the verge of scoring a famous league championship.
When chairwoman Julie Scurfield founded the Amazons girls' side 12 years ago at a Chester-le-Street primary school, in the north-east of England, they did not win a game for four seasons.
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