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Alan's Tangerine Trail – 3,000,000 Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 5/9/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

3,000,000

You are looking at the three millionth cache
to be registered on Geocaching.com
[according to "lumberjack1"
(see his explanation here)].
This Tangerine Trail is the journey I have walked each match day for many years to see my home team perform and it is an acknowledgement from me of some of the men of Blackpool Football Club who have made the club what it is today.

Unfortunately whilst the Oystons still own MY club I will no longer be walking this route.



Alan Ball
Alan James Ball, Jr., MBE: 12 May 1945–25 April 2007
Alan signed to the Seasiders as an apprentice and turned professional 1962 at the age of 17. Alan’s stamina and distribution were noticed by England manager Alf Ramsey, who gave him his international debut in 1965 three days before his 20th birthday. He played in the 1966 World Cup and was named in the team for the final against West Germany and the 100,000 crowd at Wembley witnessed a magnificent personal performance from him, the youngest member of England's winning team. Unfortunately for Blackpool, this attracted the attention of a number of big clubs and the Seasiders sold him to Everton for £112,000. In February 1980 he returned to the Seasiders as player-manager. Alan’s return to Bloomfield Road only lasted for twelve months but his appointment was well received by supporters at the time, and he returned with enthusiasm and a desire to bring back the good times to the club, and he still had enough energy to take the field occasionally. Alan died following a heart attack at 61 years old while attempting to put out a bonfire in his garden.

This cache is a tad smaller than usual (which I'm sure Alan Ball would appreciate) ... you are looking for a magnetic Black Nano with generous coordinates; don't stand in the middle of the road, it's dangerous (and you wont find it there).

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lryybj raqf fb unir n C naq gvr lbhe ynprf.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)