Football at West Mersea School.
Back L-R 1. Mr Hucklesby, 2. Gary Mussett, 3. ?, 4. Christian Woodley, 5. Mark Skinner (goalie), 6. James Austin, 7. Ian Reilly.
Front 1. Jimmy or John Pullen, 2. John Serjeant, 3. Ian Hutley, 4. Alan Ward, 5. John Dove.
Ian Reilly emailed April 2013 and added some names now included above: "I think the year must be 1974. The missing names in the back row are Mark Skinner (goalie) Jamie Austin and Ian Reilly (myself). The front row missing are I think Ian Hutley and John Dove. I'm not 100% on the last two though. I think we were playing for the Bomb Shell Trophy, which was played for twice a year, between the two fourth year class teams. If memory serves me, we won both games that year.
Christian Woodley adds:
The strange thing is that Mark Skinner was not in our class. Our normal goalie would have been Francis Fox (son of Dr Fox). The date is probably Autumn 1973 and we all left the next Summer (1974).
Date: 1974