My friend Brian Wakefield, who has died aged 91, was one of the best amateur goalkeepers in England during the early 1960s. Making his name at Corinthian Casuals, he was reserve keeper for the Great Britain side at the 1960 Rome Olympics and also played at various times for Pegasus, Kingstonian AFC, Dulwich Hamlet and Leyton Orient.
At Corinthian Casuals he was first team manager for two seasons, honorary secretary for a decade and ran its Schools XI.
