The County Junior School football team from the 1957-8 school year is shown here. The teaching staff are (left) Mr Pentelow, headmaster, Mr White (centre) and Mr Chambers (right). This was the team which had just won the Kettering & District Schools Football League - the first time a Burton school had achieved that. As a matter of historical interest, the jerseys were dark maroon in colour!

Back Row: 1. Richard Cholerton, 2. Richard Farrow, 3. Martin Elmore, 4. Roger Drage, 5. Bev Cox, 6. Robert Mills, 7. Richard Beeby, 8. Alan Desborough, 9. Phil Sturman, 10. Kenny Newman

Front Row: 1. Brent Mawby, 2. Pat Stokes, 3. Robin Sharp, 4. Roy Walker, 5. David Moisey, 6. David Hodson, 7. Tony Granger

As a further point of interest, football teams in the 1950s generally lined up in a 1-2-3-5 formation: Goalkeeper, Right Back, Left Back, Right Half, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Wing/Outside Right, Inside Right, Centre Forward, Inside Left and Left Wing/Outside Left. The first choice team in the photo are the ones wearing the jerseys. Reserves are dressed in normal clothing. The usual line-up for this team was as follows:

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