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1993
Aged 68

Geoff FOX
Geoff was player-coach until the arrival of Bert Head as Town boss in November 1956. Geoff quit the game to become a sales director and died while out playing golf.

1974
Aged 83

Harry MARTIN
Harry kept goal in the final game before the club was closed down for the duration of the last War, in May 1940. He was then 48 ! He was officially club trainer - a post he had held since 1936. When Harry Cousins ended his playing career in 1947, Martin became his assistant.

1953
Aged 77

Andy MILLS
Andy left the Town to sign for the now defunct Brighton United in the summer of 1899. He later returned to the Welsh border where he ran a guest house.

1944
Aged 81

Jack THOMAS
Jack served at The Croft for six years, from 1885 to 1891. A coach finisher at the GWR carriage and wagon works, he died in a fire at his Read Street home.