WHATEVER event we mention in Memory Lane, the chances are that reader David Brown will have been there with his camera.

And the charity football match between the Radio Oxford Rockers and the Radio One Top DJs’ XI was no exception.

He has produced these excellent pictures of the action and the personalities who took part in the game at the White House ground, Oxford City’s former ground off Abingdon Road, on Sunday, December 5, 1976.

As we recalled (Memory Lane, April 6), the celebrity players included Simon Bates, David Hamilton, Tony Blackburn, Noel Edmonds, Kid Jensen, Ed Stewart, John Peel and Paul Gambaccini.

The Radio Oxford team featured some of the presenters who made their mark in the early days of the local radio station.

They included Mark Kasprowicz, Garry Richardson, Tony Adamson, Phil Rapps, Mike Dickin, Gordon Rogers, Henry Aubrey Fletcher and John Simpson.

No report of the game appeared in the Oxford Mail – Radio Oxford was considered a rival in those days!

Mr Brown, of Jordan Hill, North Oxford, writes: “I remember it very well (but not the score). The action shots show the large crowd that supported the game.

“The ground was covered in a thin layer of snow which soon melted as the sun moved across the pitch.”

We were reminded of the game when Oxford City secretary John Shepperd found a copy of the programme in his extensive archives.

In it, celebrity captain David Hamilton wrote about the “incredible footballing talent” in his team.

“Noel Edmonds, flying down the wing in his wellies, is a rare sight to behold. Then there is our answer to Norman ‘Bite Your Leg’ Hunter, Tony Blackburn.

“John Peel, the self-styled most boring man in the world, will display his expertise at boring holes in the opposition defences.

“Failing that, he has promised (or threatened) to bring along a copy of Tony Blackburn’s latest 78.

“If you think Americans know nothing about football, Paul Gambaccini is here to show you how right you are. Kid Jensen is Canadian and Canadians know as much about football as the Americans!

“And let’s not forget our striker – Simon ‘Blaster’ Bates – an incredible lineup of DJs never seen together in one enclosed space – other than Wormwood Scrubs!”

The game wasn’t the only entertainment that afternoon – a jousting tournament was staged by the Medieval Knights’ Society at half-time.

It was one of a number of charity events organised by Radio Oxford.