19 fantastic photos show Preston school football teams, players and coaches from 1940s to 2000s

By Claire Lark

Digital Journalist

Published 16th Oct 2025, 12:08 GMT

This gallery of photos remember school football teams in the past.

Classic line-up scenes, some clutching silverware after hearty wins on the playing field remember games of the decades. Can you spot anyone you know?

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1. School teams

Lostock Hall High School U-13's football team | National World

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2. School teams

Cottam Primary School winners of the Preston Schools six-a-side football tournanment, back row, from left, Jack Rae, Rhys Turner, Sam Walker, Sam Heafield and teacher Gareth Hollinghurst, front row, from left, Ben Clayton, Josh Milne and Olivia Millington | National World

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3. School teams

Preston Grammar School, 1952 | National World

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4. School teams

Preston Grammar School under 14s football team of 1946/7 | National World

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