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IN MEMORY OF...

...THOSE TOWN SERVANTS WHO DIED ON THIS DAY

January 18

2022
Aged 46

Jamie VINCENT
A defender with 13 years experience when he arrived at the County Ground, Jamie's three years here were punctuated by a succession of injuries. He helped the Town win promotion from the fourth tier in 2007.

2013
Aged 90

Alf WHEELER
Alf returned to Wiltshire in 1954 to play for Chippenham and then Salisbury before retiring to Lancashire

1975
Aged 75

Jock RUTHERFORD
A centre-forward, Jock had no previous League experience when he came to the County Ground - and failed to impress in a handful of games before he returned to Scotland - where he later worked for British Railways as a ticket collector.

1908
Aged 33

Jack STEPHENSON
Full-back Jack missed just one game in his only season at the County Ground - 1900/01. He died at his mother's home in Liverpool as a result of acute pneumonia.

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