Shrewsbury players will wear t-shirts during their warm-up in memory of Town fan Joe Baker, from Knighton, a Royal Navy air engineering technician, who died in a road traffic collision near Yeovil, where he was stationed, on Monday, November 27. Joe played both football and rugby for Knighton Town and Tref-y-Clawdd, with both clubs paying tribute to him in the wake of his death. “Shrewsbury's players will wear t-shirts in memory of Town fan Joe Baker when they warm up against Peterborough on Saturday,” the club said in a statement on its website. “As well as being a big Town supporter, Joe – who was friends with Shrewsbury goalkeeper Harry Burgoyne – also played football for Knighton Town and was a keen rugby player.”Joe Baker played football for Knighton Town and rugby for Tref-y-Clawdd. (Image: Royal Navy/Knighton Town Football Club)Joe joined the Royal Navy in March 2020 and joined RNAS Yeovilton in November that year, becoming an air engineering technician in September of 2021.

Source: The Times December 23, 2023 08:24 UTC