61 FOOTBALL FANS FROM MIDLANDS ENJOY 'STAG AFTERNOON' IN BRIGG

A big group of Football fans from Mansfield in Nottinghamshire made a day trip to Brigg and gave generously to a worthy cause while they were in town at the weekend, as well as generating welcome trade for local businesses.
Followers of the Stags stopped off here for refreshments towards the end of the last football season in April, ahead of watching their club play at Scunthorpe United.
They liked our town and, as a result, arranged a more lengthy 'Stag Afternoon' return visit on Saturday (July 23) during which they gave cash in support of the Brigg group promoting Pancreatic Cancer Action & Awareness.
Brigg's Andrew Markham, a staunch member of this local fundraising team, has kindly supplied a couple of pictures showing some of the Mansfield fans in town at the weekend.
They are seen outside the Lord Nelson in the Market Place, and in the beer garden at the Dying Gladiator, Bigby Street, with landlord Eugene Irwin. Andrew is on the left of both views.
We gather 61 Mansfield supporters came on this bus trip, and Andrew reveals: "We will see them again later in the year when the Stags visit Grimsby Town for a Division 2 fixture."
Andrew is better known to many as Sass - short for Sassenach. That's what the Scots call English people, and he has Scottish heritage.
He has travelled far and wide north of the border to watch matches at their Football League grounds, which brings us to the picture seen below.
It was kindly taken by Fiona Murray, who is a follower of Queen of the South FC, based in Dumfries.
She's now a Brigg resident and took the picture at the Yarborough Hunt on Saturday night, featuring some well-known locals enjoying a chat and a few drinks in the snug.