[Wynonie Harris]

I must admit I never imagined that anyone would see the poem as being about anything else but Stanley. But I suppose you've got to be a little football-minded (or have lived near the old ground like Willow) to pick up on the subject matter.

Yes, the ghosts are the players who played on "the field of dreams" and the many thousands of fans who cheered them on...in particular my dad, Fred Pilkington, who was a dedicated Peel Parker and whose ashes are now scattered on the old ground.