the lad in front row with the ball 2nd from right is ged mears from fernhill rd , one of the best players i saw from bootle , he played for england under 18 , st monicas and salesian boy , sadly passed away last yearbob. b wrote: ↑Sat Mar 21, 2020 12:07 pm
St Mary's Old Boys featured in the Crosby Herald dated 22/8/1975.
Top left is Paul Clarke who was a prominent City Councillor Back row far right is Tony Brookman, my class teacher from the Salesian College, next to him is Bob Johnson, played for Liverpool reserves and I think the led next to him is John Lawler, who i also went to school with and centre front rwo is Dereck Johnson another old Salesian. 101
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One of the great pictures l have of the JOC Bootle St James
Great side great people got a lot to thank them for in life also have loads of respect for them.
Our Albie John Dry and Tommy. Tommy was great to me a lot of respect for him and all the other lads
Great days on a Saturday all the smells in the dressing room linamit
Look at them Names Billy Knowles Colin Mc John Gannon Albie Bell Tommy Dry John Dry Owen Lee Davy Inkson and Rooney
Great days me going to Brook vale
Pentagon liked playing them, two great teams from bootle
Off all the sides in the JOC this was a great side
Coming alongside Eden vale Jerry Jones in them days
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Re union Salesian2014/15
Back row:Tony Cunningham, John Marshall, Eric Baggaley, Steve Mahon, Martin Kelly, John Cunliffe, Danny Pugh, Paul Tandy.
Middle row: Sean Murphy, John Raftery, Jim McGrath.
Front row: Phil Berry, Peter Lee, Danny Joyce.
Back Row L to R: John Raftery, Sean Murphy, Phil Berry, Michael Kelly, Martin Kelly, Paul Tandy.
Front Row L to R: Steve Mahon, John Cunliffe, Dave Bullen †, Danny Joyce, John Marshall, Danny Pugh
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Look at this one Odva
Gerry Mears- England Schoolboy International.
Would probably have been the all sky blue kit.
June 1971- The rule was hair shouldn't touch the collar or be over the ears- and sideburns were like walking a tightrope.
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Reply from Colly to the above picture, copied from Bob b's Bootle JOC thread.
great photo michael , few familiar faces there , i played for the odva in 1975 along with you and chris johnson also brin hore played in same league for ford villa , wondering why ged mears is on there as he was 2 or 3 years older than us i used to play football with him in derby park through late 60s and up to 1975 i remember him playing for england he should have been a top pro footballer , sadly ged passed away last month aged 60
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Well where was this and could you name school next to it before a government building was built
the picture reminded me that whenever the Salesian pitches were heavy, Mr. Brookman would send us to play our school house games on Orrell Pleasure.
The drainage at the Dunningsbridge end of Savio was rubbish. The land was the site of what we used to call the jungle. Before it was developed,it was an overgown, boggy mess
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My grandson Calum Cureton representing Sefton under 15 football team, just beat Sunderland in the semi final of the all England District Cup. They beat Manchester in the quarter finals both games away from home. A total of 88 teams entered. Don't know when they will play the final but it may be at Old Trafford.
Nice article and pic in Friday's Liverpool Echo
Nice article and pic in Friday's Liverpool Echo
