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IN MEMORY OF...

...THOSE TOWN SERVANTS WHO DIED ON THIS DAY

July 2

2021
Aged 76

Wilf TRANTER
Wilf arrived at the County Ground in 1978 as assistant to manager Bobby Smith - the two having played together in the reserves at Old Trafford in the early sixties. Wilf quit following Town's awful start to the 1980/81 season but stayed locally, living in Shrivenham for many years.

1971
Aged 78

Percy BROOKE
Percy lost his early football career to the First War, making his League debut at the age of 27. After quitting the game in 1928, he moved to Birmingham where he worked as a gas mains layer.

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