Scores of teams featuring hundreds of footballers are featured in this photo gallery of memories from the Wakefield & District Sunday League. This wonderful collection showcases team spirit and camaraderie among those band of brothers who played alongside family, friends and work colleagues back in the day. The photos have been plucked from the YEP archive and teams featured include Waterloo, Eastmoor FC, Thurston, Normanton St Johns, Cliff Tree Cossacks, Vine Tree AFC, Slipper Inn and British Oak. Is your team featured or anyone you remember playing against? READ MORE: Welcoming photos take you back to Wakefield in 1996 YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of nostalgia

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Division 1 team Vine Tree AFC pictured in October 1997. Back row, from left, are Ian Keyworth, Lee Riley, Gavin Bateson, Simon McHale, Andrew Cope and Alan Holmes. Front row, from left, are Julian Rayner, Jaron (Esteve,Neil Hammond, Stuart Bateson, Roy Fairbrass and Alistair Richardson. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme

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Cutsyke AFC, who played in Division 3, pictured in April 1997. Back row, from left, are Paul Taylor, Steve Thornton, Dave Hewitt, David Walker, Frank Dobson, Stephen Sample and Gareth Allsop. Front row, from left, are Ian Gledhill, Sean Copley, Anthony Baker captain, Andy O'Leary and Craig Worsley. | Peter Thacker Photo: Peter Thacker

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Division 2 team Millers FC pictured in March 1997. Back row, from left, are Eric Richards (manager), Neil Javens, Mel Wood, Paul Booker, Richard Fenwick, Gary Jones and Ken Winpenny. Front row, from left, are Matthew Wood, Neil Snowden, Richard Charlton, Alistair Nield and Lee Watson. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme

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Belle Vue AFC, who played in Division Three, pictured in April 1997. Back row, from left, are Jeffrey Bussey, Raheese Khan, Hussain Zahid, Salim Mohammed, Walyat Khan, Nigel Bull, Abdul Gafoor and John Nicholson (manager). Front row, from left, are Peter Cooper, Shane Cooper, Imhaz Akram, Mohammed Imran, Nabil Alyas, Pazeer Butty and Khalim Mahmud. | Peter Thacker Photo: Peter Thacker

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Waterloo pictured in February 1997. Back row, from left, are Stuart Padgett, Martin Latham, Andy Teal, Gary Northern, David Scarff, Andy Hirst, John Grey and Tony Latham. Front row, from left, are Richard Stanley, Darren McNeece, Stuart Stoner (captain), Cliff Wright, James Grandidge and Andy Wormstone. | James Hardisty Photo: James Hardisty

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Vine Tree pictured in February 1997. Back row, from left, are Malcolm Hazell (club president), Alan Holmes (captain), Michael North, Simon Mc Hale, Lee Riley, Gary Walker, Andrew Kitchen, John Osborne and Julian Rayner. Front row, from left, are Ian Keyworth (manager/secretary), Stephen Broadbent, Stuart Bateson, Barry Haresign and Gareth Walker. | James Hardisty Photo: James Hardisty


