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Dave Kerry

beagleman

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A lady i work with is going to the above gents funeral tomorrow and she said he used to play for us in the 50s and scored a famous hat trick in the fog. Had to be honest and said i did not recall him, am i being dense cos i cannot remember him. Apologies in advance.
 
beagleman said:
A lady i work with is going to the above gents funeral tomorrow and she said he used to play for us in the 50s and scored a famous hat trick in the fog. Had to be honest and said i did not recall him, am i being dense cos i cannot remember him. Apologies in advance.
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Played centre forward for (mainly) North End Reserves in the late 1950's and early 1960's with Rossy, Spav, Dave Wilson, et al. I got his autograph about 300 times. I don't recall a hat trick in the fog though.

Rest in Peace, Dave.
 
Oh cheers sid, googled him but nothing came back, reserve or not at least he played and wore the shirt, more than i did !!
 
His son (also called David) was one of my mates at school.
I think Dave senior went into the building trade after football, he used to play golf with my grandad whenever he came up to visit us. They were linked to Sarti's removals as well I think.

Very sad, a lovely guy from what I remember, haven't seen his son for over 30 years.
 
beagleman said:
Oh cheers sid, googled him but nothing came back, reserve or not at least he played and wore the shirt, more than i did !!
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As VV says he was, to all the kids who stood outside the old player's entrance on Lowthorpe Road, a really nice guy - always had time and never refused an autograph.
 
Thanks for your kind comments. Dads funeral tomorrow (Thu) at 11:30 Preston Crematorium. Dad played for 6 years at PNE 55-61 Mainly reserve team player. Centre forward wore the no 9 shirt. Roomed with George Ross and Scottish player called Alec? on Stevenson Terrace. The hat trick in the fog is true (so the story goes)! Played mid week, scored a hat trick, went to see the Manager with his Dad to pitch for a first team spot 'But Boss, I scored a hat trick, what more can I do'? Sorry son no-one saw them it was foggy'! Football- a tough school. 15 games for England Youth including European championship in Italy. Dad was bought from Derby County (played for Derbyshire County Cricket around that time but I won't hold that against him)! Sold to Chesterfield, Rochdale and finally Kettering. Dad remained life long friends with Gordon Milne) ex PNE, Liverpool, England etc who he met at Preston, and kept in touch with many ex players most now sadly passed. PNE remained a big part of Dad's and our family life until last year when his health deteriorated. I've spent a lifetime listening to his fond PNE stories - Happy days.
 
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David Kerry said:
Thanks for your kind comments. Dads funeral tomorrow (Thu) at 11:30 Preston Crematorium. Dad played for 6 years at PNE 55-61 mainly reserve team player. Centre forward wore the no 9 shirt. Roomed with George Ross and Scottish player called Alec? on Stevenson Terrace. The hat trick in the fog is true. Played mid week, scored a hat trick, went to see the Manager with his Dad to pitch for a first team spot 'But Boss, I scored a hat trick, what more can I do'? Sorry son no-one saw them it was foggy'! Football- a tough school. 15 games for England Youth including European championship in Italy. Dad was bought from Derby County (played for Derbyshire County Cricket around that time but I won't hold that against him)! Sold to Chesterfield, Rochdale and finally Kettering. Dad remained life long friends with Gordon Milne) ex PNE, Liverpool, England etc who he met at Preston, and kept in touch with many ex players most now sadly passed. PNE remained a big part of Dad's and our family life until last year when his health deteriorated. I've spent a lifetime hearing PNE stories - Happy days.
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God bless him and may he rest in peace. X
 
David Kerry said:
Thanks for your kind comments. Dads funeral tomorrow (Thu) at 11:30 Preston Crematorium. Dad played for 6 years at PNE 55-61 mainly reserve team player. Centre forward wore the no 9 shirt. Roomed with George Ross and Scottish player called Alec? on Stevenson Terrace. The hat trick in the fog is true. Played mid week, scored a hat trick, went to see the Manager with his Dad to pitch for a first team spot 'But Boss, I scored a hat trick, what more can I do'? Sorry son no-one saw them it was foggy'! Football- a tough school. 15 games for England Youth including European championship in Italy. Dad was bought from Derby County (played for Derbyshire County Cricket around that time but I won't hold that against him)! Sold to Chesterfield, Rochdale and finally Kettering. Dad remained life long friends with Gordon Milne) ex PNE, Liverpool, England etc who he met at Preston, and kept in touch with many ex players most now sadly passed. PNE remained a big part of Dad's and our family life until last year when his health deteriorated. I've spent a lifetime listening to his fond PNE stories - Happy days.
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Thank you for that post, David. Sincere condolences to you and your family. I'm very glad to be able to say I remember your dad. God Bless.

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David Kerry said:
Thanks for your kind comments. Dads funeral tomorrow (Thu) at 11:30 Preston Crematorium. Dad played for 6 years at PNE 55-61 mainly reserve team player. Centre forward wore the no 9 shirt. Roomed with George Ross and Scottish player called Alec? on Stevenson Terrace. The hat trick in the fog is true. Played mid week, scored a hat trick, went to see the Manager with his Dad to pitch for a first team spot 'But Boss, I scored a hat trick, what more can I do'? Sorry son no-one saw them it was foggy'! Football- a tough school. 15 games for England Youth including European championship in Italy. Dad was bought from Derby County (played for Derbyshire County Cricket around that time but I won't hold that against him)! Sold to Chesterfield, Rochdale and finally Kettering. Dad remained life long friends with Gordon Milne) ex PNE, Liverpool, England etc who he met at Preston, and kept in touch with many ex players most now sadly passed. PNE remained a big part of Dad's and our family life until last year when his health deteriorated. I've spent a lifetime listening to his fond PNE stories - Happy days.
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Sincere condolences to you and your family.

Having checked through "Loud & Proud Preston North End FC" which lists all first team appearances and goalscorers, it would appear unfortunately that the game in question was not for the first team.

Considering the players that we had at the time, his achievement of being part of our squad at that time is one that all of us would have loved to have been able to have had, and must have been made even more special by him having kept up his friendship with many of the rest of the squad at that time.

RIP Dave
 
Hello 'Vice Verse', thanks for the post and kind words. I hope you are well, I am intrigued re your ID!! Dad did go into the building industry after football. He was a joiner and started life on the railway carriages at Carriage side in Derby his birth town. An insurance policy for players at the time was that they generally had a job in the trades running along side the football. Tom Finney plumber, Alan Kelly painter etc etc. He owned a contracting business for many years. He retired at 74 years of age as contracts manager for a maintenance contractor at Aerospace. Must have been the oldest employee on all Bae sites! I spent many an afternoon with Dad watching PNE home games with his mates from Aerospace. Mum and her brothers owned Sarti's removals, a long standing Preston firm but sold out to a bigger concern in the 90's or so. Thanks again, best wishes, kind regards, David.
 
Hi, thanks for the post. I believe that it was a reserve game, his performance I think led to him bringing his Dad up from Derby and going to see the Gaffer to fight for a first team position.
Kind regards, David.
 
just a bit early for me to remember him, he would have been up against Finney and Tommy Thompson for the striker's position, some competition. always sad to hear of a former player passing away, RIP.
 
David Kerry said:
Hello 'Vice Verse', thanks for the post and kind words. I hope you are well, I am intrigued re your ID!! Dad did go into the building industry after football. He was a joiner and started life on the railway carriages at Carriage side in Derby his birth town. An insurance policy for players at the time was that they generally had a job in the trades running along side the football. Tom Finney plumber, Alan Kelly painter etc etc. He owned a contracting business for many years. He retired at 74 years of age as contracts manager for a maintenance contractor at Aerospace. Must have been the oldest employee on all Bae sites! I spent many an afternoon with Dad watching PNE home games with his mates from Aerospace. Mum and her brothers owned Sarti's removals, a long standing Preston firm but sold out to a bigger concern in the 90's or so. Thanks again, best wishes, kind regards, David.
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sent you a private message pal.
 
BeteNoir said:
just a bit early for me to remember him, he would have been up against Finney and Tommy Thompson for the striker's position, some competition. always sad to hear of a former player passing away, RIP.
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Also competing against two other players for a spot as a striker in the first team at roughly the same time:

Dennis Hatsell…...115 games--54 goals (1953-1959) and Alex Alston......102 games--26 goals (1957-1962).

Hatsell was never a regular first teamer, but today, with that goal scoring record in the top division in England, he would be worth maybe 40 to 50 million pounds, possibly more if Everton had anything to do with it.
 
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