Stan Pacey from Maxey wrote in about the picture of the Thursday Rovers club, of which he was the captain.
He said: "Our home ground was at Peter Brotherhoods in Lincoln Road, and we were a team of shop keepers etc. Dave Britain, the right winger, worked at Hunts Solicitors.
"Sad to say, few of us are left."
Stan was able to give us the names of the players. In the back row, from left, are: Reg Dixon, Tom Dyer, Ken Wilson, Ken Mills, Stan Pacey and Eric Dyer.
In the front row are Dave Britain, Stan Johnson, Fred Woolmer, Dickie Sargeant, and possibly Terry Broughton."
Stan also sent us a new picture of the team at a later date, 1948-9.
Stan also sent us a picture of the Thursday Rovers team from 1948-9: back row, from left, are Arthur Cartwright, Reg Dixon, Tom Dyer, Fred Woolmer, Ken Mills, Eric Dyer, Stan Pacey and Tom Stanley; front row, from left are Cliff Couch, Gordon Trundle, Sta
In the back row of the picture, from left, are Arthur Cartwright, Reg Dixon, Tom Dyer, Fred Woolmer, Ken Mills, Eric Dyer, Stan Pacey and Tom Stanley.
In the front row, from left are Cliff Couch, Gordon Trundle, Stan Johnson, Sid Bennett, Bert Gill, Johnny Relph, and Vic (Tom) Rayment.
Stan said: "We were a strong team and were able to win both the league challenge cups often, and I must report those cups are really good trophies, and we had some wonderful times."
Dennis Copestake, who can be seen second from the left on the bottom row of the picture to the bottom right, wrote in to share his memories of the Perkins team.
Dennis said that the publication of the pictures had "made his day".
He added: "The team was of an inter-shop cup final contest, being the Test Shop, plus one or two guest players from shops that could not muster a team to play in the competition.
"Myself and Eric 'Bomber' Harris, and another I cannot recall, were such players.
"We won, little thanks to me, as I was concussed throughout the second half, having received a clearance ball in the face from our opposing goalkeeper just before half time. Those footballs at that and earlier days were something else, when striking vulnerable body parts.
"We received, along with the shop cup, a wee cup each, not marked, one might think it was got for playing tiddly winks, but
I treasure it and at rare times, remove the blackening tarnish with boyish glee.
"It must be 58 to 60 years back, being presented with it, seems almost yesterday having being reminded of it.
"I have the same photo in one of my family albums."
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