WHAT a team! This Billinge St Aidan's soccer outfit of 1948, pictured with their impressive haul of silverware, won 18 of their 19 games that season and drew the other in lifting the Sunday School League's championship trophy. They also picked up the Bardsley and Lewis cups.
Ernie Liptrot of Gorsey Brow, Billinge, forwards this sporty memory-jerker and names a few of the outstanding soccer players, including Frank Dillon who signed for Charlton, Bill Boardman (Southampton) and skipper Joe Lowe.
Humphrey Ellison (wearing glasses) is at the rear. Third from left (middle) is Len Swift, with fifth and sixth George Heinekey and Jack Lowe.
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