Sammy Price: Long Melford FC Legend
It is a great honour for the club that the Long Melford FC legend Sammy Price wished for his ashes to be scattered on the Stoneylands pitch.
The ceremony took place on Saturday 2nd June 2018 and was attended by supporters, officials and former players who joined the family to scatter the ashes of Sammy at Stoneylands.
As captain at Long Melford FC, Sammy took the Suffolk Senior Cup at Portman Road for Melford three times on the bounce in the 1950s.
Sammy was one of ten children born in Cradley Heath, and came to the Bury St Edmunds area as a National Serviceman.
He married a local girl and before joining Melford played Junior Football in Bury St Edmunds. He impressed the mighty Leeds United and was offered a trial but due to personal circumstances did not turn up!
It is quite clear that Sammy loved his time at LMFC and hence the wish for his ashes to be scattered on the Stoneylands pitch.
Sammy is pictured above with team mates, he is holding the 1953 Suffolk Senior Cup. Picture appears with thanks to John Nunn, Long Melford Heritage Centre.
