{"version":"1","provider_name":"UK Digital Marketing Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/darwenonline.co.uk\/web","author_name":"Craig Lowe","author_url":"https:\/\/darwenonline.co.uk\/web\/author\/lowey81\/","title":"Darwen FC And The First Professional Footballer - UK Digital Marketing Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"EVkqsT4Pfc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/darwenonline.co.uk\/web\/darwen-fc-and-the-first-professional-footballer\/\">Darwen FC And The First Professional Footballer<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/darwenonline.co.uk\/web\/darwen-fc-and-the-first-professional-footballer\/embed\/#?secret=EVkqsT4Pfc\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Darwen FC And The First Professional Footballer&#8221; &#8212; UK Digital Marketing Blog\" data-secret=\"EVkqsT4Pfc\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.shortpixel.ai\/spai\/q_lossy+ret_img+to_webp\/darwenonline.co.uk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/fergus.jpg","thumbnail_width":175,"thumbnail_height":82,"description":"There is no doubting Darwen FC&#8217;s place in footballing history, having formed in 1870 and becoming one of the early teams to adopt Football Association rules, but the football club was also likely to have signed the first ever &#8216;professional&#8217; footballer. Long before players were changing clubs on a regular basis, football teams were made up by people who lived [&hellip;]"}