Although Brigg Town Cricket Club has been going continuously since 1974, local amateur football teams have not generally been long-running, with the exception of stalwart Geordie Fox's Brigg Servicemen FC and Adrian Gibbons' Briggensians (in more recent times). Brigg Town FC, of course, are on a different level.
Brigg Amateurs could once boast three Saturday teams, and Wrawby Athletic used to play their home games at Brigg Rec.
Sundays saw (at varying times) Ancholme Wanderers, Brigg Royales, Ancholme Valley Royals, Black Bull, White Hart and Falcon Cycles. Perhaps you can add a few more to that list.
Back in the mid-1980s, derby matches between Black Bull/Ancholme Valley Royals and Falcon were fiercely contested, with the Cyclemen always on top...if only narrowly.
Can anyone recall whether Bowness and Gray were a Saturday or Sunday side in the 1960s? I seem to recall they played in claret and blue, as worn by West Ham and Aston Villa, among others.
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The White Horse were one of the most successful sides to play at Brigg Rec. Managed by Steve Brown and had players of a good standard . Peter Wainwright I remember scoring well into double figures in one game when I think they won 17 nil !
You could say White Horse FC was an off-shoot of Brigg Town Cricket Club.
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