England School boys 1956

[roversdude]

Just watched Terry Venables on Soccer am
His first football memory was playing for England School Boys against Scotland it showed a programme for the game - in goal was a R Hempsal from Doncaster
Does anyone know anything else about this guy
Interestingly a W Bremner was in the Scotland side who kicked TV all over the pitch

[BillyStubbsTears]

His first football memory was playing for England Schoolboys?

Not much of a memory. My first one is playing in the backs between Clifton St and Firbeck St in Denaby as a 4 year old, pretending to be Celtic, because they'd just beaten one of the Proddy teams 6-1.

[roversdude]

He was maybe 12 before he came downstairs

[glosterred]

His first football memory was playing for England Schoolboys?

Not much of a memory. My first one is playing in the backs between Clifton St and Firbeck St in Denaby as a 4 year old, pretending to be Celtic, because they'd just beaten one of the Proddy teams 6-1.

Obviously on the left hand side

COYR

[BillyStubbsTears]

Left-footed only

[goalkick]

Remember going to wembley early 50s England boys, Doncaster lad Brian staton played.cant remember where he ended up.played a few games for rovers.

[acko]

ray hempsall was a Bentley lad went to Bentley nigh street school same time as fred taylor,john fairhust both ex rovers ,ray joined Bolton from school never made the grade saved a penalty at Wembley in the game you mentioned dude,passed away last year I think

[phil o sophical]

Ray was my uncle and sadly he lost a short battle with leukemia a couple of years ago, still had his international cap on show along with a few other trophies

[BillyStubbsTears]

His first football memory was playing for England Schoolboys?

Not much of a memory. My first one is playing in the backs between Clifton St and Firbeck St in Denaby as a 4 year old, pretending to be Celtic, because they'd just beaten one of the Proddy teams 6-1.

Internet's amazing int it?

I've just found out that it was May 72 and I was 5 years old. And it wasn't the Proddies, it was the Plastic Papists.

[acko]

proud to have known ray phil o sophical,he was better known as ted didn't realise it was two years since his passing but he was a grand lad at school

[roversdude]

Thanks guys sorry to hear of his passing Ray

[tommy toes]

Mate of mine from Skeller, Andrew Cameron played for England youth at Wembley.
He signed for Coventry but hated it so packed it in soon after. He died in his thirtoes.

[Welling Rover]

"Mate of mine from Skeller, Andrew Cameron played for England youth at Wembley.
He signed for Coventry but hated it so packed it in soon after. He died in his thirtoes."
Did he live in George Street Skellow ?

[tommy toes]

Yep. So did I. We grew up together.
Learned all we knew about footy and cricket from poor old Ivor Cooling

[Welling Rover]

Must know you then Tommy as lived next door to andrew til I was fourteen
Coolings and Townsends opposite.

[tommy toes]

You Paul Morrell?

[Welling Rover]

Paul Longden

[tommy toes]

Yes! Sorry. Hi Paul its Colin Head. We were good mates.
How are you!

[Welling Rover]

Hi Colin
Been a long time !
Getting on a bit since the Skellow days, but doing ok
You ok ?

[tommy toes]

Yes Paul Im OK. Must be nearly 50 years since I saw you. You are a bit older than me I think.
I remember you getting hurt by a dog when you were very little.

[Welling Rover]

64  next month and still got the scars !!

[tommy toes]

Ha! Got your name wrong but remembered the dog.
Still see Graham Townsend. He and my brother are still friends.

[ravenrover]

both of you must know my brother in law, Maurice Farmery.
I seem to remember that Andy went off to the USA for a short spell

[Lifelong supporter]

Mate of mine from Skeller, Andrew Cameron played for England youth at Wembley.
He signed for Coventry but hated it so packed it in soon after. He died in his thirtoes.

Andy Cameron was one of the best schoolboy footballers to come out of Doncaster around that time.
I think it was in the 1970s when I watched him a few times playing for Doncaster Boys.
Didn't know of his early demise.
What a shame.

[Filo]

George Bailey from Stainy played for England Schoolboys, signed for Man Utd but never made an appearance, I think he played a couple of times for Rovers on loan

[tommy toes]

Andrew would have been about 60 now had he lived. Thinking on he may have been in his 40's when he died. Complications from diabetes.
He told me he couldn't hack it as a pro footballer. Not ruthless enough. He was s very intelligent bloke.
Would have been 1960's when he played for Donny Boys.

[tommy toes]

Yes I remember Maurice.  Tall good looking lad

[klindle]

I was at one of the England schoolboy games at Wembley when Venables was playing, and we had a lad called Adametz (might not be the correct spelling) playing in goal and a forward called Taylor, both from Donny.