THE flashback photo (January 25) featuring Earlestown soccer club in their early post-war halcyon years, kicked off a host of memories for old fans of the Vista Park outfit.

Many have expressed delight at having those glorious non-League times revived. Among them, Roy Welding who was able to fill in three of the the missing identities -- Tony Long, Tommy Fruish and Jack (Check) Ripley.

I'M sure that just the mere mention of those three local heroes will open the floodgates of fond memories once more.