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Bards play out proud history

Poppies were worn, wreaths were laid and a bugler played as Stratford Town marked Remembrance Day ahead of their match with Spalding United yesterday.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
10 November 2024

By David Lawrence

POPPIES were worn, wreaths were laid and a bugler played as Stratford Town marked Remembrance Day ahead of their match with Spalding United yesterday.
And the tribute coincided with the club’s inaugural Heritage Day, commemorating its links back to the Second World War.
After delving into the archives, volunteers found that Town’s origins date back to 1941 when Stratford man Paul Bartlett pulled together a team of soldiers on leave to play against prisoners of war (POWs) at a local camp. Now the club has honoured its history by wallpapering the corridors of its Knights La...

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