Down memory lane – 20 Portsmouth area football team pictures from 1988
By Simon Carter
Published 1st Apr 2022, 15:52 BST
Updated 1st Apr 2022, 16:07 BST
We’re taking a stroll down local league football memory lane – all the way back to 1988.
Here are 20 team pictures that appeared in the Sports Mail 34 years ago. Can you spot yourself or any familiar faces. Hope this nostalgia-fest brings back some great memories!
Clouds, Havant Sunday League. Back (from left): Thomas Hollies, Paul Limbrick, Tracy Scott, Martin Digweed, John Hall, Alan Sorrell. Front: Tony Lordwell, Phil Davey, Ian Randall, Ken Haslett, Mike Foster.
Riga A, Victory Cup winners. Front: Shaun McCartney, Kieron Hoolihan, Simon Clarke, Owen McCartney, Simon Webb, Wayne Mowie. Back: Gavin Legg, John McGee, Bobby Berry, Keith Brown, Mark Clifford, Tony Brooks, Robert Horn, Graeme Cooper, Shaun Muckells.
Havant Town Under-15s. Back (from left): Jim Rickwood (manager), Ben Corbin, Matthew Lawrence, Lee Rickwood, Vince Stallard, Daniel Roberts, David Oliver, Andy Smith, Mick Gallagher (coach). Front: Paul Gidley, Mark Hayden, Gary Edwards, Justin Andrews, Russell Hibberd, Bob Barber
Westleigh, Havant Sunday League. Back (from left): Paul Shepperd, Graham Morris, Dean Outman, Dean Waterman, Steve Ellis, Dave Ellis, Simon Adey. Front: Mark Wilson, Dave Stevenson, Paul Martin, Simon Martin, Gary Etherington, Brian Pratt.
Buckland Youth Activities Centre, Dockyard League Division 4. Back (from left): Neil Chandler, John Ansell, Michael Cave, Andrew Birch, Jamie Hodgkins, Robert Madgwick, Sean Simmons (manager), Spencer Brennan, Alan Barnett. Front: Jamie Searles, Gary Wallace, Shaun Perriman, Colin Pack, Melvyn Austin.
Avenue Hotel, Purcell Cup winners. Back (from left): Jimmy Wearn, Brent Gillingham, Franny Boyle, Mark Ware, Jimmy Lampitt, Ian Forbes, George Bartholemew. Front: Neil Chandler, Pete Humphries, Lou Savage, Jeff Clements, Ricky Horn.
Belle Vue. Back (from left): Stevie O'Shea (manager), David Titheridge, Kevin Welch, Stuart Warry, John Eade, Stevie Reid, John Jackson. Front: Freddy Land, Lee Taw, Peter Matthews, Anthony O'Shea, Gary Powell, Peter Knight, Shaun Murcott, Reg Stamp (secretary).
Roden Autos. Back (from left): Phil Ashwell, Guy Hughes Melvyn Dix, Murray Sanders, Kevin Borlace, Brian Marsh, Ian McMahn, Bryn Farrier. Front: Mick Doran, Alan Reeves, Paul Marr, Sam Elliott, Kev Gibbons, Pete Doran.
Royal British Legion. Back (from left): Bob Hale (manager), Alan Stacey, Paul Ridout, Ian Barrett, John Glasgow, Kev Allen, Martin Hepburn, Charles Whithington, Iain Grant. Front: Keith Barrett, Ian Freegard, Mark Withington (mascot), Brian Burnett, Glen Hamilton, Chris Moore.
