In memory of Gordon Brown

4:39pm Tuesday 30th December 2008

THE author of our feature Post War Football, Gordon Brown, has died, aged 71.

Spotter Freddie Worrall recruited some great talent - part 14

Freddie Worrall holds the base of the FA Cup after Porstmouth beat Wolves in the 1939 final

4:27pm Friday 13th June 2008

GORDON Brown continues his look back at 1954, reflecting on Freddie Worrall's talents as a spotter.

The days when wingers were wingers - part 13

3:22pm Thursday 24th April 2008

GORDON Brown continues his look back at l954.

Clubs benefited from the soccer talent churned out from Culcheth Secondary School - part 12

Some of the former players at the recent Old Codgers Re-union at the Kirkfield Hotel, Newton.

4:59pm Wednesday 19th March 2008

Gordon Brown's exclusive look-back at post-war football in the Warrington area. Here, he continues to reflect on 1954.

First of a hat-trick of successes for Stockton Heath - part 11

6:50pm Friday 22nd February 2008

Gordon Brown continues his exclusive look-back on the Warrington area post-war soccer scene. In this article he reflects on 1954.

A mention for Jack Molyneux - part 10

10:24am Thursday 3rd January 2008

Post War Football Part l0 Gordon Brown concludes his look into the year l953 I was just about to pen that Oakwood Old Boys were continuing their way to the Guardian Cup final with a third round 5-l thrashing of Golborne United when sad news reached me of the death of one of the stalwarts of the side and my favourite Oakwood player Dave Robertson.

Glazebury Church on the scene - part nine

5:03pm Wednesday 14th November 2007

CONTINUING a look at l953, Glazebury Church, later to become a force in the Warrington and District League, were battling out in Leigh and District Sunday Schools League for first teams and the Leigh and District Central League for reserve sides.

A continued look at 1953 – part eight

Freddie Worrall, FA Cup winner and manager of Stockton Heath, who later became Warrington Town

6:24pm Wednesday 26th September 2007

FIRSTLY I must apologise for the delay between this and my last article.

Stanley Matthews and Oakwood Old Boys - part seven

5:17pm Wednesday 22nd August 2007

WITH the 2007/08 association football season now kicked-off and television's Match-of-the-Day tune ringing in our ears again, it is time to resume our popular series of Post War Football by Gordon Brown.

Good year for Eagle Sports and Lowton St Marys - part six

A cartoon which Gordon drew of a Padgate Cottage Homes footballer

11:45am Thursday 31st May 2007

This is the sixth article in Gordon Brown's series on post-war soccer in the Warrington area.

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