Long-serving club official Wes Allison (left) has provided this picture of himself with Phil Neal, now an important figure in the England management set-up, who played for Scunthorpe's Appleby-Frodingham when Wes played for Caistor in Lincs League div one in the early 1970s when Phil was only 14. "I was unlucky that day - Phil won the battle with a big score," Wes recalls.
Strokemaker Phil was one of the last sportsmen to combine professional football (Lincoln City) with professional cricket (Worcestershire).
He hailed from Bottesford and was educated at John Leggott College, Scunthorpe, helping the Scunthorpe Steelmen to the Lincs League title in 1972, when only a very young player.
Left-armer seamer Wes took well over 1,000 wickets for Caistor CC.
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