Derek Panter

[tonycoleman]

Has just had a leg off i'm afraid to say - lives in Worsley

Derek Panter
Position: Forward
Debut: Stoke City, A, 15/01/1964
Last game: Northampton Town, A, 01/02/1964
Seasons played
•1963-64

 

[Big Swifty]

I taught a lad called Derek Panter many moons ago at Baguley Hall School, Wythenshawe, very good footballer.... is he the same one?
Very sad, in any case.

 

[DuggieCcH]

I grew up on Lambton Road in Chorlton-cum-Hardy and the Panter's lived in the end house (52).
I was closer in age to his younger brother Phil. Derek played for Torquay United after leaving City, and then in non-league for Ashton United. Fred Eyre tells a good story involving the pair of them having to cut the boundary hedges in Fog Lane park during the summer break whilst apprentices.

 

[Big Swifty]

So was he the Derek who went to Baguley Hall in the 50s/60s?

 

[BlueMo']

Sad news, i wish him all the best.

 

[DuggieCcH]

So was he the Derek who went to Baguley Hall in the 50s/60s?

Not sure if the question was directed at me Swifty ? His brother Phil went to Chorlton High. It's not exactly a common surname. I'd say it must have been.

 

[Big Swifty]

Yes, thanks Duggie, very probably was him. Tragic.