"We have already begun to sign well for the next campaign, " insisted chairman John Wilkinson.

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With caretaker manager Mick Hogg at the helm following John Wilkinson's departure the Gingerbreads lost 4-1 at Clitheroe, with Jamie Gyoury-Hales on target for them.

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John Wilkinson, chairman of the Cinema Exhibitors' Association, told BBC News Online that the reason cinema operators were lobbying councils was so they were not harangued by angry parents of children who wanted to see it.

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But it is the diminishing talent pool of young English players to succeed the likes of John Terry, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard that has been concerning Wilkinson most.

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Ferguson has a well-known love of racehorses -- he sued former United shareholder John Magnier over stud rights of a horse in 2003 -- but Wilkinson said his charity work is not so widely appreciated.

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Captain John O'Grady, of the Lancashire Fusiliers Museum, confirmed his full name was Harry Wilkinson and he came from Hollins in Bury.

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Seeing Newcastle team-mate Wilkinson axed by England came as a shock and it was compounded by Newcastle parting company with Flood's mentor John Fletcher, who is no longer the Falcons' director of rugby.

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