Philadelphia Students
On March 13th through to March 18th Broughton Hall will welcome students and staff from Philadelphia USA, during their visit they will have a tour of the school and convent, visit the city center and London for some sight seeing. Year 10 and 11 pupils will be providing accommodation for our guests during their stay.
 Philadelphia Draft Programme
Brief School Information
Broughton Hall High School is located 4 miles from Liverpool city center, the city is currently the Capital of Culture for 2008 which is a great accolade to have. Sport is a popular interest in Liverpool, there are two massive football clubs based in the city, Liverpool FC and Everton FC, you can find out more about these clubs by clicking the links to the right. For information regarding tourism in Liverpool please click the following link.
 Liverpool Tourism
Information about Philadelphia
Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the sixth most
populous city in the United States and seventh poorest densely populated
city in the U.S. It is the county seat of Philadelphia County .
Residents often informally call the city "Philly." The city is
recognized as a strong candidate global city with strong evidence of
world city formation.
In 2005, the population of the city proper was estimated to be over 1.4
million, while the Delaware Valley metropolitan area, with a population
of 5.8 million, was the fifth-largest in the United States and the 45
largest city in the world. A commercial, educational, and cultural
center, the city was once the second-largest in the British Empire,
(after London ) and the social and geographical center of the original 13
American colonies. During the 18th century, it eclipsed New York City in
political and social importance, with Benjamin Franklin taking a large
role in Philadelphia 's early rise to prominence. It was in this city
that some of the ideas, and subsequent actions, gave birth to the
American Revolution and American independence, making Philadelphia a
centerpiece of early American history. It was the most populous city of
the young United States and served as the the nation's first capital in
the 1790s.
Philadelphia has a long history of professional sports teams, and is one
of thirteen U.S. cities to have all four major sports: the Philadelphia
Eagles of the National Football League, the Philadelphia Flyers of the
National Hockey League, the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League
of Major League Baseball, and the Philadelphia 76ers in the National
Basketball Association. The last major professional sport team to win a
championship was the 76ers, which won the NBA Championship in 1983. The
failure of Philadelphia 's major professional sports teams to win
championships since that date is sometimes attributed, in jest, to the
so-called "Curse of Billy Penn". The Oakland Athletics and Golden State
Warriors were originally from Philadelphia .
Philadelphia also is home to professional, semi-professional and elite
amateur teams in other sports, including cricket. Philadelphia also
hosts major amateur sporting events, including the Penn Relays,
Stotesbury Cup, Philadelphia Marathon, and Philadelphia International
Championship bicycle race, and the Dad Vail Regatta.
Philadelphia Fight are a rugby league team, formed in 1998. They merged
with Delaware Valley Mantarays in 2006. They have played in the AMNRL
since 1998, the top-tier division of rugby league in America . In 1998
and 2000 they reached the Grand Final but lost in both occasions.
In February 2008, Philadelphia beat off competition many cities, namely
St. Louis , to be awarded the 16th Major League Soccer franchise. They
will enter the league in 2010 calling Chester Stadium their home (a
soccer specific stadium) in Chester , PA. |
