coracle

As it moves through the host region, the baton's route will take in the Black Country Living Museum, in Dudley; Chasewater, in Staffordshire; and a stretch of the River Severn, where it will be transported by coracle.

Liverpool won that game 4-0 at Shrewsbury’s old Gay Meadow ground, where a coracle - a traditional boat small enough to be carried on your back - would be used to retrieve stray soccer balls from the adjacent River Severn.

Fred Davies, who was dubbed “Coracle Man,” did his duty for years in the small boat, which is now on display at Shrewsbury’s current ground.

Liverpool won that game 4-0 at Shrewsbury’s old Gay Meadow ground, where a coracle – a traditional boat small enough to be carried on your back – would be used to retrieve stray soccer balls from the adjacent River Severn.

Fred Davies, who was dubbed “Coracle Man,” did his duty for years in the small boat, which is now on display at Shrewsbury’s current ground.