1972 Bingley College Team (Right)

Back Row L-R Ken Brown, Martin King, Martin Kimber, Simon Petrie, Nigel Gay, John Luffman. Front Row: Geoff Wilson, Alex Barnett Capt., John *Bumblebee* Cleasby, John and Gilbert Ivens. Photo kindly sent in by Nigel Gay.

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Photo above taken early on in the 71/72 season. Alex Barnett  was on Arsenal's books as a schoolboy. Mad on J. Cash and Lonnie Donegan. Always ironed his jeans! Geof Wilson was a very stylish right back, a fellow Lancastrian like me and a former Lancashire schools footballer. We were though more of a Rugby club in disguise with huge after match piss-ups and sing songs. It is with much shame that I can recall every line of Cleasby's rendition of "Bumlebee". We didn't do PC in those days!

We are wearing new kit in the photo purchased in Leeds the  week previously. What happened to it? It is as far as I Know the only photo taken during my 3 years in the team. The 2 bottom right together with John Luffman were freshers at the time of the photo and went on to form the backbone of the side in later years. Garth Wilson the regular centre half was not present for reasons that I don't recall. Any reminisces appreciated ! Nigel

Pete Livesey at work on a serious overhanging lump of concrete at Rothwell Sports Centre. Thanks to Barry Wood for this picture taken 1973ish. You can see some of the very hard Yorkshire limestone climbs that Pete invented at ROCKFAX in the 1970s.