Grassroots football nostalgia – 12 great team photos from almost 40 years ago
By Simon Carter
Published 23rd Mar 2021, 09:34 BST
DENMEAD: Meon Valley League Division 1. Back (from left): Peter Ansty, Mark Steel, Robert Read, John Steel, Tim Beazley, L Davies, Peter Steel, Alan Higgins (trainer). Front: Graham Boyce, J Rowley, Howard Broad, M Vine, Brian Distin
Let’s take a stroll down grassroots football memory lane – all the way back to the early 1980s.
All these superb archive team photographs appeared in the Sports Mail during the 1982/83 season, and we hope they bring back some great memories.
If you’ve got similar pictures from yesteryear, we’d love to see them and share them with our readers. Email[email protected]
HAVANT SCHOOLS UNDER-14S: Back (from left): Mark Talley, Lee Wilson, Simon Hunter, Adrian Pennington, Gary Liddell, Paul Rogers, Jason Bowles. Front: Barry Newing, Steven Adkins, Iain Lothian, Michael Everest, Howard Beckett, Steven Turner
CLANFIELD: Portsmouth League. Back (from left): Andy Butt, Dave Mew, Andy Barker, Dicky Hyde, Mick Bryant, Chris Rowe, Mick Doughty. Front: Les Crockford, Bob Ward, Terry Greaves, Guy Hughes, JeffJackson, Eddie Tyler
CASTLE TOWN (portchester) U11s: Back (from left): Brian Holmes, Andrew Boniface, Arash Daveshuar, Nicholas Cox, James Derry, Rupert Coleman, Paul Willis. Front: Stephen Bennett, John Carter, Justin Andrews, Adam Gaylor, Andrew Sanderson, Antony Neville
WATERLOOVILLE COSMOS: Meon Valley League Division 2. Back (from left): Richard Locke, Nigel Shepperd, Gary Ople, David May, David Morgan, Tony May. Front: Terry Beale, Gary Dobbison, Alan Poor, Trevor Knapp, Richard May, Sean Malcolm
