Derek Stokes

Thanks for that, Park. Sad news. Very likeable player.

 

That is so sad. The last time I saw him he was behind the bar at Woodhall Hills Golf Club. He scored plenty of goals when playing on the wing but got even more when he moved to centre forward when John McCole went to the other side of Pudsey.

 

Remember him well. R.I.P

 

Thanks for the tip off Park. One of the old school.

 

Rip Derek it was a pleasure watching you play and meeting you a few years ago at VP

 

Also one of my all time faves. Wing or centre forward, he always came up with goals..a really likeable chap.RIP Derek and thank you for leaving us happy memories.

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Along with John McCole these were my earliest City heroes R.I.P

 

Yes indeed Park. In my then young mind he was average as a left winger but quite a revalation at CF. Think his son was/is a gk coach and played local leagues. RIP

 

Yes indeed Park. In my then young mind he was average as a left winger but quite a revalation at CF. Think his son was/is a gk coach and played local leagues. RIP

 

As kids life was innocent then for us, we'd watch the cup final on TV and then enact our favourite players in a kick about in any nearby outside space...AND the sun was always shining!.City may not have been the most successful team to support, but looking back they were all our heroes.Amazing how many made it into the England team...Subbuteo, of course. Memories of Stokes, McCole, the Jackson brothers, Martin Bakes, Tom Flockett, John Reid and the like. Down at the old VP we used to be standing in front of the main stand and if our luck was in, me and my mate would pull a couple of birds and after the match have a bit of a canoodle over the empty stalls in the open market on our way back to town! Skipping school for the odd afternoon match,Man United and Everton I think..wonderful times they were. Stokes was fairly prolific in his time as was McCole but with 34 in 43 appearances the best was by the great David 'Bronco' Layne in '61.

 

Bang on…….childhood revisited, with my dad in the Bradford End….stood on an Orange box so I could see!

 

Before my time, but RIP

 

A great favorite of mine, great memories
Thanks, RIP Derek

 

One of my favourites from the 1960's.

I remember when we transferred him to Dundalk, I was gutted.

R.I.P big guy

 

Derek had a brilliant 59-60 season when he scored in every round of the FA Cup- 10 in total before the replay defeat to Burnley.

Thanks for the memories RIP.

 

Sad news, was one of my favourite players.I was introduced to him following a match in the
late 50's,I would have been about 10 years old,at the time,and it was when city,and avenue
were in the 3rd division north.I was taken to watch city,and avenue, on alternate weeks.

R.I.P. Derek.

 

Funny,I was just thinking about him the other day after someone on here was talking about links between City and Huddersfield,one of my all time City favourites,RIP Derek.

 

Just read the thread sad news as many Derek Stokes, John Reid, John McCole, David "Bronco" Layne were all players during my early City days.
Derek Stokes R.I.P

 

Hi Dave my early years I had a mate who was a town fan remember Derek Stokes as a top player at Town and City old Skool quality . Move on up Derek R.I.P