Quote Originally Posted by Richard Head View Post
Not sure if he played for Morecambe in his younger days, that would be before the 'wreckage of Colne Dynamos' as it puts it in the article. About 25 years ago Chalkie White, a business man from Colne launched a money no object project to get Dynamos into the League, they seemed to sign everyone in sight to full time contracts including European Cup winner Alan Kennedy, won a couple of promotions in the lower leagues but when they got as far as the Conference it all went tits up, the money ran out, the team folded and Chalkie disappeared.

Ask Dave about those days and if he knows what happened to Chalkie
Will do. When he joined Colne I do know the incentive to leave a secure job at Aerospace was the doubling of his salary. But like you say, it went tits up. Dave then went to Blackpool but was always second choice to Bamber.