Why research a blog for today when the BBC and others have come up wth this artistic work based on footballs lost around the world? Then there are ideas from others inspirational photographs, including the impact of the game around the world, goalposts and past Olympic Sites; All in the aim to highlight marine pollution in some cases by country.
Mandy Barker has a motive for this series of photographs including 769 washed footballs and it is all explained in the links from this:.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/da81027d-93bf-4e3b-8a72-4476052f7ecb
But I've got another subject that I have been alerted to by my Derbyshire branch! Thank you, Chris!
Reg Harrison, the oldest surviving FA Cup Winner from Derby County FC 1946.
https://www.facebook.com/DerbyCountyOfficial/videos/10154081773085797/
Reg suffers from dementia, so his daughter has plenty of stimulants on his walls to remind him of his "glorious" past. The 1946 FA Cup Final against Charlton Athletic will be centre piece in the memory wall.
Reg, born 22 May 1923 at Normaton started his footballing career playing for non-league Derby Corinthians as a youth. 97 years old in May and surviving pneumonia during the lockdown, Reg is the oldest living FA Cup winner and he took on this honour when team mate Jim Bullions died in 2014. They were the two youngest in the team in 1946. It was back to basics in those days with a mile and a half walk to the training ground for Reg and changing for training sessions in an old railway carriage, then running to a suitably distanced, named village and back, decided by the manager, Stuart MacMillan! Presumably there would be a ball involved somewhere.
The post final parade in the city was arranged with deckchairs on an open truck owned by Offilers Beer Company. Reg had a hundred tickets for the final which no doubt helped him pay his way!
His girlfriend, when war broke out, was Win (whom he married in 1945) who with a friend would cycle to Newark, on a tandem to meet up with her future husband, an 80 mile round trip. No explanation of what her mate did once in Newark! They celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary in March 2015.
During the war he guested for Sheffield Utd, Notts County, Charlton Ath and Hartlepool United.
Reg played for Derby County from 1944-55, making 281 apps and scoring 59 goals. He then joined Boston United in the Midlands League and in 1955-6 went to Derby's Baseball ground in an FA Cup tie 2nd Round, which Boston won 1-6. In Rd 4 they met Spurs and lost 4-0. Spurs lost the semi-final to Manchester City 1-0. City won the Cup in 1956.
Reg played and managed at Long Eaton United from 1958-62 and after that he managed at Wilmorton and Alveston FC and at Alfreton Town FC. He continued to work in the Community for the Derbyshire County Council and retired at 63 years old, when he was given the Freedom of the City in 2018.
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