On 30 March 2002 Burscough played Alty at to Moss Lane and I will not mention the result, except to say they went away happy including their Secretary Stan Strickland. Stan had seen the photo and asked if he could have a copy. Not having seen the photo I said I would scan it and send him a print. However the photo was too big for my equipment and it had to be done professionally. It was scanned, printed and sent to Stan.

I was interested in the story behind the picture and here it is. It is based on long term memories of several so if any of the visitors to the site can confirm or expand on the story I would be most grateful.

After leaving Liverpool Bill Shankley  a long time friend of Tony Saunders, then the manager of Altrincham acted as advisor to the club. He and Gerry Berman went to a pre-season friendly at  Burscough in August 1979 to evaluate a possible signing for Alty. It is not clear who the player was or whether the player was signed. Also it was not clear  whether Alty were Burscough opponents or what was the result.

The photo, the original of which is held by Gerry was probably taken by a photographer from the Daily Mail and appeared in that paper in August 1997 with the caption "We know who you are Gerry Berman but who is that with you?" 

I found it an interesting piece of Alty folk lore. If you can add to it please do