sentences:  Under the guidance of stalwarts Tommy McCarthy, Dave Atkinson and Keith Bateman, Marriot brought together a group of Clayton products such as the Flannagan brothers, Ian, Kevin and Steven, Robert 'Bob" Keeble, Mark Anderson I,
  
  Alan Dodsley, Richard Tempest-Mitchell, The Hobson twins who were supplemented by the likes of Martin Potts 
  
  Timmy Southgate, Neil Marriott, Dean Raistrick and many more.Several professionals came through the ranks such as Andy and Phil Stevenson, Scotts Pendlebury, and later Steve Crossley.Due to excellent work from MacCarthey and Bateman in the mid-1970s, the squad had many well drilled young players to call on who brought all their skills and experience together in a golden era that paved the way for a subsequent exciting future at Lidget Green.