Wigmore’s talented team members identified

Terry Lamb wrote in after seeing this photo of the Wigmore Athletic football team from the 1949/50 season in Looking Back.
Wigmore Athletic 1949/50Wigmore Athletic 1949/50
Wigmore Athletic 1949/50

The photo was originally sent in by Christoper Pearson, whose uncle, Albert Pearson, is pictured on the far left of the front row.

Wigmore did the quadruple that year, winning the Charity Cup, the Sussex Junior Cup, th Worthing Premier League and the Vernon Wentworth Cup.

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Terry recognised Alfie Hooper as the man third from left on the back row.

He also identified Jack Skelt, Wally Lambourne and Harry Ansell on the back row, second, third and fourth from right, respectively.

Finally, Terry named the three men in the middle of the front row as, from left to right, Ron Cocozza, Eric Goble and Ferdie Greenfield.

If you can name the other members of the team, please get in touch.

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• Send your memories and photos to James Connaughton, via email to [email protected], send them by post or pop into Cannon House, Chatsworth Road, Worthing, BN11 1NA. Telephone 01903 282351.