Flashback: former Wigan Amateur Football League players reunite in 2013

By Charles Graham

Published 5th Oct 2024, 15:45 BST

Old friends and rivals were reunited for one night only at St Jude’s Social Club, Worsley Mesnes, in March 2013 when former players from the South Lancashire and Wigan Amateur Football League enjoyed a social.

All those present had played for teams between in the 1960s and 1990s.

1. Left to right: Dave Wilding, Alan Cunningham, Harry Andrews, Mick Brannon and Tony Longmire.

. Photo: Gary Brunskill

2. Left to right: Graham Fairhurst, Tony Liptrot, Dave McMullen, George Liptrot and Mick Holgate

. Photo: Gary Brunskill

3. Left to right: Tony Fairhurst, Billy Holland, Fred Unsworth, Bill Haselden and Reg Holland

. Photo: Gary Brunskill

4. Left to right: Barry Barnett, Martin Moran and Peter Wood

. Photo: Gary Brunskill

Wigan South Lancashire

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