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Any oldies remember a Town player called Denzil Flanagan? 16:42 - Aug 6 with 1587 views

Apparently he was an England amateur international left winger whom we signed from Walthamstow Avenue in the Ramsey era. I'm not sure if he played for the first team, but he played for the Reserves around 1957. Apparently he then moved on to Tooting & Mitcham in 1958 & played in their famous FA Cup run & later moved on to Chelmsford City, becoming a PE teacher in Clacton. I believe he also played hockey for England.
The reason I'm asking is because I sometimes play golf with his son, who knows I'm a Town fan.

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Any oldies remember a Town player called Denzil Flanagan? on 16:46 - Aug 6 with 1568 views

Oldsmoker

A PE teacher!...and in Clacton.
No-one deserves that.

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Any oldies remember a Town player called Denzil Flanagan? on 16:50 - Aug 6 with 1564 views

fergalsharkey

i remember him well, left foot look a guided missile.

could have made it bigger but was always 2nd in line to mickey washington.

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Any oldies remember a Town player called Denzil Flanagan? on 17:02 - Aug 6 with 1538 views

PJH

I suppose I qualify as an oldie but I do not remember him.
I have in front of me at the moment the 1958/59 ITFC Supporters handbook and it seems he played most of the reserves games in 1957/58 as either an inside left or outside left.
He is listed in the teams as D.Flanagan rather than just his surname so that indicates that he played as an amateur.

Interestingly (or not) the average home attendance for Football Combination(Reserves) games in 1957/58 was 4388 and for first team league games 18284.

edit-in 1957/58 Denzil Flanaghan played 30 reserve games and scored 9 goals, in 1956/57
14 games and 2 goals.

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Any oldies remember a Town player called Denzil Flanagan? on 17:09 - Aug 6 with 1518 views

Radlett_blue

I have now found a mention of him in "The Men Who Made The Town" in the 1957-58 season:
"Local schoolteacher Denzil Flanagan, a regular in the Reserves, was selected to play for an FA amateur team against the Royal Navy." Not quite a Town legend, but maybe in those days we filled out the reserve side with a few local amateurs?

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