21 great photos of Blackpool and Fylde Sunday League teams from the 1990s
By Claire Lark
Published 13th Sep 2023, 13:58 BST
Updated 13th Sep 2023, 13:59 BST
These brilliant pictures celebrate grass roots football and the Sunday League.
The football teams you probably played with or against are all from the 1990s. Teams from across Blackpool and the rest of the Fylde are featured including Wheatsheaf and Wyre Villa Spotted anyone you remember?
Royal Oak Wesham v Bourne Poacher .The Bourne Poacher team L-R Tony Pye, Tony Rigby, steve Bowker, Kev Stone, Chris Young, Neil Phillips, Don Brown and Keith Riley. Front L-R Russel Hammond, Dave Cross, John Brady, Darren Clarke, James Lee and Gary Sexton Photo: Martin Bostock
The Royal Oak Team, 1997. Back left to right Jason Turner, Frank Ainsworth, Robert Leaman, Stuart Satchell, Stan Mossop, Dave Stanford, Terry Hastwell and mark Dickinson. Front L-R Kevin Banham, Martin carr,Brian Eccleston, Michael Reeves, Allen Rawcliffe and Carl Groome Photo: Martin Bostock
The Ship team. Back L-R Joe Minto, Jon Almond, Shaun Sheridan, Neil Banks, Paul Diver, Kev Stone, Phil Wing, Chris Porter and Manager Tony MaCauley.
Front L-R Trevor Hebbard, Ian Dawson, Dave Cross, Tim Lovejoy and Chris Flynn Photo: Martin Bostock
Layton team. Front L-R: Nicky Joannou, Mark Carroll, Paul Anderton (cap.), Matty Shaw, Micky Teare, Clive Kanham. Back: Jim Gilliard (sec.), Ian Weaver, Mark Whitaker, Andrew Keegans, Brian Ferguson, Robert Ryan, and Malcolm Bainbridge-Smith Photo: Rob Lock
The Boars Head team. Back L-R Glenn Worden, Junisa Kpekuwa, Paul Anderson, Dan Rogers, Peter Hebden, Ben Hopes, Dan Sawyer and Peter Dundavan. Front L-R Jason Thomas, Martin Garnett, Jason Marsh and Steve Knight Photo: Martin Bostock
Singleton Village Team. Back L-R Paul McCandless, Brett Baker, Rick Walley, Phil Swift, Heath Thornburrow, Paul Thornburrow, Shaun Goth, John Cawkell, and Doug Goth. Front L-R Mark Thornton, Daniel Topping, Ryan Walsh, Grant Thornburrow, Gary MAson and Brian Greenwood-Taziker Photo: Martin Bostock