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Brigg memories will never fade

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
28 August 2022

FANS’ FORUM

I REALLY enjoyed reading about Brigg Town in The NLP.
My memory of Brigg Town is going to watch them at Wembley when they won the FA Vase in 1996 against Clitheroe. I lived in Grimsby at the time and myself and about a dozen other lads went football training every Wednesday night and were coached by Dave Collins, who played for Brigg Town at the time.
Great days indeed.
JOE REID, Nailsworth, Gloucs

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