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Alan A'Court A'Court
represented Liverpool County in 1947 as well as
playing for two Prescot clubs in his native
Merseyside. He joined Liverpool on his 18th
birthday in 1952 and made his debut on 7th
February, 1953.he made his international debut
against Northern Ireland at Wembley in November
1957. England lost 3-2, but A'Court scored a goal
and went on to play for England in the 1958 World
Cup Finals in Sweden, against Brazil, Austria and
USSR. He made one more appearance against Wales
after this. More
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Geoff Nulty One of
St.Helens Town's youngest ever captains, Geoff
Nulty played with Town in the early seventies
before becoming another target for the Burnley
scouting system. In a distinguished career he
then moved on to Newcastle United and towards the
end of the decade was signed by Gordon Lee for
Everton. Sadly his career was ended in 1980
following a derby match incident with Liverpool's
Jimmy Case at Goodison Park. |
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Eddie Kilshaw played for
Bury and Sheffield Wednesday after WWII. His
transfer of £20,000 was a British record
transfer fee at the time. Sadly, soon after his
move to Wednesday, his career was ended by
injury. Became a teacher in local Merseyside
schools. In 1971 he managed the Huyton boys team
which won the FA Trophy, no mean feat for a team
from a place the size of Huyton. A number of the
players signed for professional clubs but the
only one to make any name for himself was Peter
Reid of Bolton,Everton and England fame, later
Sunderland manager, the assistant manager of the
team was Alan Bleasdale. |
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Tom Asbridge, PGS
37-40, Wolverhampton
Wanderers, Preston North End |
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Karl Connolly was signed
from Wrexham by Queens Park Rangers in May 2000
after nine years as a player at the Racecourse
Ground, where he was voted Player of the Season
for three consecutive seasons. He was also top
scorer for the Wrexham in 1999 and 2000. |
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Barry Jones' football
career has taken in a range of lower league and
non-league clubs in his role as a defender.
Starting out for Prescot Town, he moved to
Liverpool but only featured in one game before
moving on to a six year stint at wrexham. A move
to York City followed and he can now be seen
playing for Southport in the Nationwide
Conference. |
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David Ridler, joined
Wrexham in 1996 on the recommendation of Karl
Connolly, who had seen him play local football in
Liverpool. A chef by trade, Dave played in
Wrexham's early FAW Invitation Cup matches,
before starting against Rochdale in the F.A.Cup.
Since then has become a regular fixture at the
centre of defence. Recently joined Macclesfield
Town. |
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Dave Bamber was, in the
Eighties, a well-travelled lanky striker playing
mainly in the lower leagues for Blackpool,
Coventry City, Walsall, Portsmouth, Swindon Town,
Watford, Stoke City, Hull City and Blackpool
again! |
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