A great little inside right back in the day has died. RIP John

Aged 89. Played for County from 1957 to 1961 and scored 62 goals in 192 games.

G Guest wrote:Aged 89. Played for County from 1957 to 1961 and scored 62 goals in 192 games.

That's a great record fair play RIP

As a friend of mine reminded me, the lineup that enthralled and entertained us greatly at the time was as follows:-
Weare, Bird, Sherwood, Riggs, Peake , Rowlands, Dixon, McSeveny , McPherson , Singer , Smith.
There were two entertaining skilful wingers and a great cf in that forward line too - and Jimmy Singer was no slouch.

I was there
Remember them all.
Jimmy played for Bournmouth and Birmingham
Ken McPherson and McSeveney were a great pairing prior to Bonson& Hunt.

Johnny Bird and Granville Smith are still with us.

Special branch wrote:Johnny Bird and Granville Smith are still with us.

I remember as a kid thinking how young Bird looked when he replaced Ken Hollyman who in my young mind looked like a grandfather ( as did Alf Sherwood ) both great players though. “ Granny “ Smith was always a very entertaining winger who often interacted with the fans. They leave a lot of memories.