READERS have identified an old football team picture featured recently as being of Garvel Juveniles.

One of the readers who contacted me was Dan Hendry, of St Andrew's Drive, Gourock.

His late father Joe played for the team He died in 1966 and the Telegraph obituary noted that he began his football career with the Garvel team in 1906 and had the unique experience of moving from juveniles statuts to Maryhill Juniors and then the professional ranks of Morton in one season.

In 1909 he transferred to Glasgow Rangers and was with the Ibrox side until 1919. He played in a Rangers team that was defeated 5-1 by Morton.

He was then loaned to Dumbarton, after which he played for Third Lanark and St Johnstone.

His final team was Belfast Distillery with whom he won a cup medal, and was chosen to play for the Irish League against the Scottish League, but had to withdraw due to injury.

Joe was a co-founder of Morton's Blind Football Fans, and its members greatly appreciated Joe's match commentaries for them.

His obituary stated: "Football was his abiding love. He was never happier than when watching Morton at Cappielow or relating the kick-by-kick story of the games to his great admirers, the Morton blind fans, a happy coterie who owed Joe a great deal for what he did for them in various directions." Joe's son, also called Joe, the late Gourock councillor and bailie, was also involved with the Blind Fans and he too gave match commentaries.

I also received a call from reader James Cameron who told me his grandfather of the same name is in the picture. He was president of Garvel Juveniles at the time, and was the assistant trainer at Cappielow when Morton won the Scottish Cup in 1922.

My thanks to other readers who called.

Returning to Joe Hendry snr, he introduced his son Dan to golf. Dan went on to become a Greenock Champion and a Renfrewshire County Player. He is a past captain of Gourock Golf Club.