Not long ago Pic From The Past featured a photograph of a Fleetwood Hesketh team that turns out to have been one of the most successful of their era.
The picture had been brought in by correspondent Freda Barker-Baskerville, whose late father Tommy Barker was the man with the magic sponge on matchdays.
Pictured are three members of the team, the appropriately named Bobby Moore alongside William Caunce and Tommy Halton.
Now 83, Mr Moore remembers playing for the team all his life and the victories they achieved, culminating in a final game of the season at Everton’s Goodison Park.
William Caunce, now 78, thinks the picture may have been taken at Bows Lane, Formby in Spring 1950 and he believes their goalkeeper, Alan Slater went on to work in the Southport Visiter office.
Tommy Halton, who played right-back for the side, said: “I played from ten-years-old and went back after the forces.
“It was a famous team that earnt promotion from the Southport and District League to the Liverpool Combination.
“As far as I know we were the only local team to gain promotion and we didn’t lose a game for who knows how many years.”
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