Russell Gordon signed for Tamworth in December 1987 from then-Conference side Cheltenham Town.
He previously had played for Coventry City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Banbury United, Dudley Town and Stafford Rangers.
He scored a hat-trick on his debut for the Lambs against Wolverhampton United - the first player to do so since 1935/36.
In total he played 238 games in six seasons with Tamworth and scored 84 goals.
He was a member of the FA Vase winning team in 1989.
He sadly died in January 2015, aged just 51.
Born close to his beloved Villa Park, Alan Deakin had his dream come true when was signed as a professional by Aston Villa in November 1958.
He really established himself in the Villa first team in 1960/61 and he helped secure the Second Division championship and won a League Cup winner`s medal and later helped Villa to runners up in the League Cup in 1962/63 and a semi-final in 1964/65 and also won England under-23 caps.
However, he also suffered two relegations with the club, falling into Division Two after the 1966/67 relegation season and then three years later - in his final season - seeing Villa fall into the Third Division - a level to which they had never previously fallen.
He made just one appearance during the 1969/70 campaign, playing his final game for Villa in October 1969 still aged just 27 following which he moved on to Third Division Walsall, having made 231 appearances for Villa, scoring 9 goals.
He added another 50 League games to his tally with the Saddlers before joining Tamworth in 1972.
He spent two years with the Lambs in the Southern Division One North before hanging up his boots.
He sadly passed away in January 2018, aged 76.
Des Lyttle was a regular with Nottingham Forest during their spell in the Premier League in the mid-1990s.
After an unsuccessful period as a youngster with Leicester City, Lyttle caught the eye with his performances for Worcester City in the Southern League Premier Division from in 1990 to 1992, making 64 appearances.
He was signed by Swansea City and played 46 times before being signed by Frank Clark, who had just taken over from the legendary Brian Clough, in August 1993.
He went on to make 185 appearances for Forest, winning promotion to the Premier League with Nottingham Forest and then, after a brief spell with Walsall, repeated that success with West Bromwich Albion.
Following a season with Northampton Town, Lyttle returned to non-League football with Conference side Forest Green Rovers and then spent two years back at Worcester City until being released in 2007 when he joined Tamworth as a player – the Lambs being members of the Conference National at the time.
He was appointed player-manager at The Lamb in November 2010 after a spell as caretaker manager.
He had failed to win any of his five league games as caretaker boss but had guided the Lambs to the Second Round of the FA Cup with victories over Grimsby Town and Crewe Alexandra, before losing 3-2 at League One side Carlisle United.
But he quit Tamworth only six months into his tenure after a disagreement with the Board of Directors over their decision to bring in an advisor to assist him.
After a short period out of the game, he joined then-Northern Premier League side Hucknall Town as manager in 2011 but left after just one season when the club decided that they needed someone with more experience of the local north Nottinghamshire non-League scene.
A seven-month spell as assistant coach at York City preceded his current role as director of football at Thomas Telford academy in Shropshire.
Striker Mark Stanton was with the Lambs for six seasons from 1987 and scored an amazing 111 goals in 184 games, including a brace in the FA Vase Final replay against Sudbury Town at Peterborough United in 1989.
An April `87 signing from Southern Midland Division side Dudley Town, he helped the Lambs to promotion from the West Midlands (Regional) League before adding a Vase winner`s medal to his collection.
Stanton, who had trials with Walsall as a defender, was voted as Tamworth`s player of the year for 1988/89.
Defender Colin Brazier began his career with Wolverhampton Wanderers as an apprentice in 1973, turning professional two years later.
He went on to make over 90 appearances for Wolves until 1981 and was then tempted over to the United States to join the North American Soccer League circus with Jacksonville Tea Men.
He played 42 times in two English summers for the Tea Men, where amongst his team-mates were former Scotland midfielder Archie Gemmill, ex-Peterborough United defender Jack Carmichael and one-time Ipswich Town striker Keith Bertschin.
In October 1982 he returned to England and signed for Birmingham City but played only 11 games before leaving St Andrews and, after a brief one-game spell in the Southern Premier Division with AP Leamington, he finished the 82/83 season with Third Division Lincoln City.
He returned to the Midlands in 1983 and scored 4 times in 115 League outings for Walsall prior to joining Conference side Kidderminster Harriers in October 1986.
He gained England semi-professional honours during four years at Aggborough and helped Harriers win the FA Trophy in 1987 and reach the final of the 1989 Welsh Cup.
He moved to Southern Midland Division Tamworth in 1990 and spent almost five years at The Lamb before retiring in 1995. He is now a factory foreman living in Measham in Leicestershire.
Andy Maddocks was a forward and a lethal finisher with a great eye for goal.
He signed for then Northern Premier League side Tamworth in 1981 from West Midlands (Regional) League outfit Atherstone United.
He was previously with Aston Villa, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Port Vale, Lincoln City and Birmingham City.
He made 160 appearances for the Lambs and scored an incredible 103 goals, including one against Wealdstone in the FA Cup in 1987 which helped earn a First Round trip to Colchester United.
After leaving Tamworth, he returned to Atherstone and then moved to then-Southern Premier Division VS Rugby in 1988.
He made 88 appearances for Rugby and then signed for Gresley Rovers, then in the West Midlands (Regional) League, in February 1989.
He left the Moatmen in June 1991 to take on the managerial role at then-Midland Combination side Stapenhill.
Steve Fox`s early career saw him play for his local club Tamworth at the age of 15, having represented Birmingham County schoolboys.
He also played for Aston Villa Boys before he signed for Birmingham City as a n apprentice at the age of 16 in 1874.
He spent almost four years at St Andrews, mainly as understudy to Trevor Francis, making his Football League debut for the Blues in February 1977 as a substitute for Kevan Broadhurst in a 2-1 defeat at neighbours West Bromwich Albion.
He went on to make a further 28 appearances for Birmingham, scoring one goal in a 2-1 defeat to Newcastle United in April 1977.
Blessed with searing pace and sporting a mass of curly hair, he was an unmistakable sight on the pitch and was signed by Wrexham in December 1978 for a £95,000 fee and went on to spend four years at the Racecourse Ground, mostly playing in the old Second Division and also tasted European football against East German side FC Magdeburg in the Cup Winners` Cup.
Following Wrexham`s relegation to the Third Division in 1982, Fox was allowed to leave and signed for Port Vale.
He went on to help the Valiants` to promotion in 1982/83 and was voted into the Fourth Division`s team of the year.
At the end of the 1983/84 season, he moved to Chester but after falling out with new manager Harry McNally, Fox had his contract released in October 1985.
He stayed in the area to join then-Northern Premier League side Rhyl and then Welsh Leaguers Llangollen Town before returning to live and work in his home-town of Tamworth and re-signed for the Lambs during their early days in the Southern League.
But in 2012 he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and died in December of that year at the age of just 54.
Steve Cartwright originally joined the Lambs from local side Picadilly in 1986.
One of the best servants in the Lambs` history, he was transferred to Fourth Division Colchester United in the summer of 1988 for a four-figure fee.
He made a dozen League appearances before returning to Tamworth for a similar four-figure fee in October 1988.
The reliable defender was part of the Tamworth side that won the FA Vase in 1989 and went on to make 348 appearances and score 12 goals for the club.
He ended his playing days with Atherstone United and in 2000 was voted as Tamworth`s greatest player.
Billy Gallier turned out for the Lambs during their Birmingham League days and was a player who these days would be classed as a `utility` man as he was able to fill most positions on the pitch.
After starting out as a junior with West Bromwich Albion, Gallier signed for Walsall in 1955 and went on to make 10 League appearances in the old Third Division for the Saddlers.
In 1956 he joined Tamworth and made 39 appearances, scoring 9 goals in his first season with the club.
He totalled 109 games in Lambs` colours, netting 18 goals.
The 1959/60 season saw a Gallier still in the Lambs line up but this was son Paul as Bill had moved onto league rivals Hednesford Town.
After a spell with the Pitmen, Bill Gallier went onto manage West Midlands (Regional) League side Armitage.
He died in February 2011 at the age of 78 and still residing in the same house he had when playing for Tamworth.
David Foy was signed by Tamworth towards the end of October 1994 for a four-figure fee from Stafford Rangers.
Foy started out on the books of Birmingham City where he made a handful of first team appearances under Terry Cooper.
In 1993 he moved to Scunthorpe United after being released by the Blues and played 3 times in the Iron`s senior side.
When his spell at Scunthorpe came to an end after a year, he moved to Stafford Rangers in the Conference where they finished sixth before signing for Tamworth.
He enjoyed a successful seven years with the Lambs and helped them to win the Southern League Midland Division title in 1996/97.
In May 2002, only days after the club had finished just two points away from promotion to the Conference, finishing runners-up to Kettering Town, Foy left for league rivals Worcester City.
A damaged cruciate ligament injury curtailed his appearances for City and in 2004 he moved on to join then-Conference North side Moor Green.
A year at the Moorlands was followed by a season with Southern Division One West side Bedworth United under Mark Hallam
He finished his playing days with then-Midland Alliance outfit Stratford Town, where he had spent time on loan whilst with Worcester.
Martin Devaney will always have a special place in Tamworth supporters` hearts for being the player who scored their goal at Wembley in the 1989 FA Vase Final which ended 1-1.
The Lambs went on to win the replay against Sudbury Town 3-0 at Peterborough United.
Devaney signed for the club in the summer of 1988.
He had started out with Ilkeston Town and Notts Polytechnic and Hanford Town before signing for Gresley Rovers in 1987.
He topped the Moatmen`s scoring charts with 15 goals in 87/88 which prompted his move to The Lamb.
Devaney, who made a number of appearances for Stoke City`s reserve side whilst with Tamworth, missed five months of 1990/91 season as he went travelling around the world.
After a short spell with Leek Town, he re-joined Gresley in 1992 and helped them to win promotion to the Southern League Premier Division, top scored again with 24 goals and was voted player of the year for 92/93.
He transferred to neighbours and Southern Premier rivals Burton Albion in August 1995.
He later played for Eccleshall in the North West Counties League before hanging up his boots.
Another hero of Tamworth`s FA Vase Final win was Martin Finn.
The box-to-box midfielder has the distinction of being awarded the man-of-the-match award for both the initial game at Wembley and the replay at Peterborough!
He started out with Boldmere St Michaels and made his first team debut for the Mikes at the age of 15.
He moved on to play for Sutton Coldfield Town, mostly in their youth side where he was spotted and offered the chance to trial with Third Division Exeter City.
He was awarded an apprenticeship with the Grecians and went on to make a handful of senior appearances, making his League debut against Portsmouth.
But he was released in 1987 and returned to the Midlands where he had spells with Paget Rangers and then re-joined Southern League Midland Division side Sutton Coldfield.
In the summer of 1988 he moved to Tamworth, who had just won promotion to the Southern Midland Division after being champions of the West Midlands (Regional) League.
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