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A painter in the Carriage and Wagon works by trade, Fred was only 19 when he made his debut for the reserves. Although never a regular for the 'stiffs', he made the squad photo for the first-team in 1926/27 !

Despite bagging 15 goals in just 20 reserve appearances, George missed out on a pro contract at the County Ground. He remained a Town fan after hanging up his boots, the last game he saw being the League Cup semi-final replay at The Hawthorns. Taken ill during the train journey home, he was dead on arrival at Stourbridge hospital.

Steve was a member of the side that lifted the Midland Youth title in 1973 - when he scored nine goals in all competitions. Given a free transfer in April 1974, he was playing for his home town club ten years later.

A regular in the reserves with over forty appearances during his two seasons at the County Ground.

Bob made just a handful of appearances in the Combination side before being released towards the end of 1969/70. He died in Gloucester Royal Hospital following a collision between his car and a bus on the Golden Valley bypass between Gloucester and Cheltenham.

The son of Town's under-18's coach Tommy senior, he made just half a dozen reserve appearances after his two years as a trainee. He gained a BSc degree in Sports Science at the University of Surrey before moving out to Canada.

Given a two-game trial in the reserves at just 17½, Terry made his debut against Chelsea and then scored in a 2-2 draw with Brighton.

The Town scholar was the son of former trialist keeper Phil.

The 33-year old keeper appeared for Town in a 'behind closed doors' friendly against Gravesend and Northfleet. Father of Ben.

The 5'5" midfielder played for the full 90 minutes in Town's pre-season friendly with Bristol City at Supermarine.

Richie featured in Town's final first team pre-season friendly, coming on for the final ten minutes against Liverpool.

The oldest of four footballing brothers, Graham was one of two Town trialists who appeared in a 2-1 Combination win over Oxford United.

Callum came on as a substitute in Town's last pre-season friendly at Hampton and Richmond in August 2007 - at just 16 years and 4 months.

Shaun broke into Town's reserve side at the end of April 1995, midway through his two years as a trainee. He went on to play almost 200 games for Oxford City.

After staying on the bench for the Reading pre-season game, Harly - a cousin to former Town boss Dennis - appeared for the second half of the defeat at Woking.

The son of talented full-back Terry - whose career was virtually ended at 19 by a crude tackle - Andy was handed a pro deal by Lou Macari after spending only 16 months as a trainee. But he failed to make the breakthrough into the Fourth Division side.

Bill made just one Western League appearance, when Town defeated Warminster 4-0 in March 1934. Ten years later, while serving as a lieutenant in the Reconnaissance Corps in France, he was badly wounded and shipped home where he died.

A £100 signing, Jack averaged a goal every other game in the Combination but was unable to displace an in-form Ben Morton before being given a free transfer.

Harry cost Town a substantial fee of £1,250. But he was injured in the pre-season warm-up game and played only half a dozen Combination games before having a cartilage operation - and never played again.

Andre came on as a second-half substitute in Town's pre-season draw at Salisbury.

Ken made his debut in the Hellenic League side at the start of 1963/64 but did not get a chance in the reserve side until the end of December 1965 when he played in a 2-2 draw at Ipswich. He was released soon aftewards.