Tranmere Rovers(A).17/09/62.

It's funny how long-forgotten names suddenly present themselves in these old programmes. Look closely at the list of Tranmere directors and you'll see W.A.Bothwell. That would be Bill Bothwell, an old-time BBC radio reporter who covered matches on Merseyside. Who remembers him? Something of a character if memory serves me correctly.

Then, amongst the playing staff list, there's a better-remembered name. John King - a London-born right-half signed from Bournemouth (but previously with Everton) - who later managed Tranmere for nearly fifteen years spread over two separate stints. I believe there's now a stand named after him at Prenton Park.

Ah yes, Baden Powell. A man for the Spartan life who would have decried the cult of central heating. But Clive Jenkins, who only wanted the best for his members, would surely have been in favour. And I'm sure ASTMS would have used the "block vote" in favour of wall-to-wall fitted carpets and holidays in Rimini by jetliner.

Reassuring news about the involvement of architects in the design process for those flats. Maybe the draughtsmen (as they would have been called in the 1960s) from Cammell Laird weren't quite up to the job.

Meanwhile today has seen the death of Ronnie Biggs. There was, of course, a Torquay connection to the Great Train Robbery when Bruce Reynolds was captured in the town. Do we know if Reynolds ever watched football at Plainmoor? Given it was 1968 he'd have been a fool to have missed the opportunity. Good lord, I can almost imagine Reynolds having Stubbsey and the boys around for a few drinks at that smart gaff of his above the harbour.