The 90 plus club

[upthemaggies]

My dad's favourite player Peter Russell is 90 years old today, one of a small number of ex-post war Notts players to have reached that age.

As far as I'm aware the only other 90 plus players currently still going are John McGrath (who would be 92) and Harry Jarvis (96).
John MacDonald has presumably passed on but if not he would be 102 now and the only survivor from the Lawton era.

Post war players who died age 90 or over
90 on 05-Feb-2018 Ken McPherson (1950-1953)
91 on 22-Mar-2023 Jackie Lane (1956-1959)
93 on 13-Apr-2017 Fred Evans (1947-1950)
94 on 16-Sep-2015 Terry McCavana (1949-1949)
94 on ??-Jun-2018 Bobby Crookes (1949-1956)
94 on ??-Jan-2019 Danny Flanagan (1946-1947)
95 on 24-Feb-2021 Leslie Stancer (1945-1945)

The oldest first team squad in which every single player who made a league appearance is still alive is Jimmy Sirrel's last season of 1986/87.

[since41]

Ken McPherson and Bobby Crookes 2 off my favorites players when. I was a whippersnipper, plus Ian M cPherson and Frankie Broome.
Good post.

[nw6pie]

The oldest first team squad in which every single player who made a league appearance is still alive is Jimmy Sirrel's last season of 1986/87.

I assume 1986 is when Pedro left the club?

[Wedgie_pie]

Dick Edwards is 82 one of my favourite ex Notts players...First player I saw with a long throw....

[upthemaggies]

I assume 1986 is when Pedro left the club?

Yes, though before 1986/87 there are always at least two players making 1st team apps in any given season that are no longer with us apart from 1981/82 where it is just Pedro (Ian Hesford is the other deceased from 1985/86, Fashanu before that from 1982/83-1984/85 and Jim Doherty before 1981/82).

John MacDonald would probably be the only ex-Notts player of any era to make it to 100 if he is still going, but there's next to no info on him out there other than that he was an ex-Scots Guardsman born in Edinburgh and signed from Carshalton, making just the 1 app for Notts before leaving for QPR where he didn't make any apps.

Ex-Bury and Leicester player Arthur Smith was apparently the oldest ever ex-Football League player making it to 106.

[upthemaggies]

Dick Edwards is 82 one of my favourite ex Notts players...First player I saw with a long throw....

The long serving Gerry Carver (debut 1953 aged 18, last match 1966) is apparently still going at 89. He will turn 90 in June.

[cypruspie]

Happy Birthday
Mr Peter Russell still remember him coming out of the Nav. most home games + plus putting a player (who had injured our little winger)
In to row 6. shoulder barge ref. could do with someone like him nowadays but streetwise to the rules of the game.

[Old_pie]

The long serving Gerry Carver (debut 1953 aged 18, last match 1966) is apparently still going at 89. He will turn 90 in June.

Classy midfielder and thanks for the reminder Wedgie, Dick Edwards a tower of strength seen here on the back row, Carver 2nd from the end on the front (thanks to UTM's site): http://carousel.royalwebhosting.net/...15.html?196061

[upthemaggies]

Bumping this thread because I didn't want to start a new RIP thread for somebody who died three years ago, but I'm pretty sure nobody mentioned it at the time and I hadn't realised until now.

Ken Arnstrong, a defender on loan from Southampton towards the end of the 1983/84 top flight season died in July 2002 aged 63. We tried to sign Ken permanently that close season for the return to the 2nd tier under Larry Llloyd, unfortunately Birmingham stepped in and signed him and they went on to win promotion back up again whilst we crashed into tier 3.

Ken's made 10 apps, helping Notts to keep a clean sheet in half of them, including against Fword, Liverpool and Man Utd....

1. 17/Mar/1984 tier 1 COVENTRY CITY W 2-1 no.5
2. 24/Mar/1984 tier 1 birmingham c. D 0-0 no.5
3. 31/Mar/1984 tier 1 NOTTM FOREST D 0-0 no.5
4. 07/Apr/1984 tier 1 wolverhampton W 1-0 no.5
5. 14/Apr/1984 tier 1 MANCHESTER U. W 1-0 no.5
6. 21/Apr/1984 tier 1 luton town L 2-3 no.5
7. 28/Apr/1984 tier 1 aston villa L 1-3 no.5
8. 01/May/1984 tier 1 WOLVERHAMPTON W 4-0 no.5
9. 05/May/1984 tier 1 QPR L 0-3 no.5
10. 07/May/1984 tier 1 sunderland D 0-0 no.5

[chaincey.ncfc]

The long serving Gerry Carver (debut 1953 aged 18, last match 1966) is apparently still going at 89. He will turn 90 in June.

I used to sit with Gerry on Sunday nights doing the quiz in the Flying Horse in Arnold,a true gentleman who was happy to talk about his Notts days if asked but never in a big headed way,great to hear that he is still going 🍻