2nd - Hamza Bencherif, Tony Flower and Terry Thorne. 4th - Febian Brandy. 6th - Gareth Roberts. 7th - Eddie Kelly. 8th - Tony Bircumshaw and Brian Stubbs. 9th - Jake Cassidy. 10th - Stuart Garden. 11th - Lloyd Richards. 12th - Simon Baldry and Phil Turner. 15th - Alex Rodman 17th - Dan Gleeson and Ali Gibb. 18th - Ivan Sproule. 22nd - Fabian Speiss. 24th - Brian O'Callagahan. 25th - Hector Sam, Shaun Goater and Mark Goowin. 26th - Ralph Brown. 28th - Meindert Djkstra, Sean Farrell, Michael Simpson and Julian Jenner.
NCFPA are saddened to learn that Keith passed away today losing a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Keith was a winger who began his career as an apprentice at Newport County in 1961 making his debut at the age of 18 where he went on to make 61 league appearances scoring three goals. He then moved to Rotherham in October 1964 for a fee of £7,000. Whilst at Rotherham he made 83 league appearances and scored six goals. He also made 3 appearances for Wales making his international debut on the 1st December 1965 against Denmark. Keith then joined Notts County during season 1966/67 in a deal that took Dave Watson to Rotherham. In 1968/69 he shared wing duties with John Elliott and Brian Bat
NCFPA are sorry to hear of the passing of Gordon Wills on the 10th January. Gordon arrived at Notts County in 1953 with no league experience but quickly got into the first team playing on either wing and went on to play for Notts for five seasons before moving to Leicester City for a transfer fee of £9,000. Gordon made 154 league appearances and scored 45 goals. At Leicester He was a key figure playing in the First Division and would have played in Leicester City’s FA Cup Final side in 1961 against Spurs had he not been injured. He recovered to play for the first half of the following season and was an ever-present in Leicester City’s 1961/62 European Cup Winners’ Cup campaign. Our thoughts
NCFPA are saddened to announce the news that Peter Butler passed away on Wednesday 10th January. Born in Nottingham Peter established himself as the understudy goalkeeper to long serving and consistent George Smith. He proved a loyal and capable deputy for nearly six years and made 15 appearances during the 1961/62 season and his best season of 22 appearances in the 1963/64 season. In total Peter made 44 league appearances for Notts. Before retiring he made 17 appearances for Bradford during the 1996/67 season. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.
