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IN MEMORY OF...

...THOSE TOWN SERVANTS WHO DIED ON THIS DAY

January 9

1995
Aged 81

Bill ARMSTRONG
The six-foot defender went to Gillingham in 1936 before joining Short Brothers at Rochester, where he worked as a fitter. He remained in Kent for almost 60 years and died near Strood.

1987
Aged 68

George CATTERALL
Bolton left-back George made one guest appearance for Town at Cardiff in April 1940. He never made a peace-time League appearance during his career and ended his working days as a coalminer.

1969
Aged 74

Sid COVEY
'Sid' made only a handful of appearances for Town in nine years, due to the First World War. A boilermaker with the Great Western Railway, he joined Trowbridge in 1923.

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