Ann Allsop emailed “It is with great sadness that I have to tell you that my beautiful husband of 61 years died on the 4th of February and his funeral was on the 9th. As you can imagine our family are very sad but grateful for the life of Ray and the love he has always shown us. “Ann mentioned later that Ray played around 230 games of football for the old ES&A team and often with his great mate and colleague. the late Trevor Cookson. Ann said that the Allsop and Cookson families were very close friends and socialised together often. Many members would remember Ray.
