Eve Whitfield, a local artist was invited to create a mural at the club that recognise the players from over the years and a number of old players were here today to see the covers finally come off.
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00:37 We've unveiled this fantastic mural at Stafford Rangers.
00:40 Eve, it's your handiwork.
00:42 Yes.
00:43 You're a busy girl and you made the golden mural the other week in Wolverhampton.
00:47 Yeah, I've got myself extra busy.
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00:50 They've just said they can leg and wing you if you're as hard as a tradition.
00:55 Yeah, I do.
00:56 So, lads, you are some of the faces from the years of Stafford Rangers.
01:01 Icons, legends.
01:03 And what do you think of the mural?
01:06 It looks great, doesn't it?
01:07 Amazing.
01:08 It's a great piece of work.
01:10 Amazing.
01:11 You've done really well.
01:12 Yeah, and Wayne, we've got you.
01:13 It's wasted on us.
01:15 You're down here, aren't you?
01:16 I know.
01:17 Just hiding yourself.
01:18 Oh, yeah.
01:19 I love it.
01:20 Absolutely love it.
01:21 I love it.
01:22 What did you say?
01:23 Too good to be wasted?
01:24 I said, yeah, it's not good.
01:25 It should have been wasted on us.
01:26 Wasted on you.
01:28 And, gents, what do you think yourselves?
01:31 Good stuff?
01:32 Not very good on the camera.
01:36 And, Eve, you must be pleased with how it's turned out.
01:38 And a great spot here as well, at the club, isn't it?
01:41 Yeah, it's a great day.
01:42 The wind's held out after the last week of the hail and the rain.
01:46 So it's lovely to have all those colours shown through.
01:49 I didn't realise we were that good looking, actually.
01:52 Well, it's called artistic license.
01:54 That's what it's used, isn't it?
01:56 Hair brushing.
01:57 You see me ageing.
01:58 Hair brushing.
01:59 So happy memories, lads, for Stafford Rangers, being back here.
02:02 Yeah, definitely.
02:04 Happy days.
02:05 What do you think of where the club's going at the minute?
02:08 I'm not doing well at the moment.
02:11 I hope it's going to be a good point.
02:13 You're not itching to get a pair of boots on?
02:16 Or them days, well, some crunchies.
02:20 Well, I'll leave you to enjoy the rest of your day.
02:22 Thank you, lads.
02:23 Thank you.
02:24 My arms should be going in shortly.
02:27 So, Wayne, we got you here next to your mush.
02:30 Wayne Daniel, it's a shooter, wasn't it?
02:31 Shooter, that's the one.
02:32 That's the one.
02:33 That's why everyone knows me as.
02:34 Is that because she used to bang the goals in?
02:35 That's completely opposite.
02:37 I play 437 games, got 11 goals.
02:40 437?
02:41 437, yeah.
02:43 Well, I've got you kneeling down to come next to your portrait.
02:46 So there's still a bit of life in the knees.
02:48 Wait till I get up.
02:50 You'll be crying.
02:51 Yeah.
02:52 So what's your memories of being here like?
02:54 You're obviously a fan.
02:56 When they asked for, you know, who should we put on the wall,
02:58 the artist was telling me your name was coming straight up.
03:01 That's what she was saying to me just.
03:03 So it's quite nice to be held in that regard, isn't it, by the fans?
03:06 Yeah, it's amazing.
03:07 When I got the call to say I was on the wall, it was amazing.
03:11 It was amazing.
03:12 And yeah, when I come back, I mean, the fans are always appreciating me
03:16 and always want to say hello and shake my hand.
03:19 I think that's amazing because I love the club.
03:22 You know what I mean?
03:23 I love the club so much.
03:24 It's a nice community feel, isn't it, sometimes,
03:26 on these slightly smaller scale clubs, you know what I mean?
03:28 It becomes a bit more personal, doesn't it?
03:30 Definitely, definitely.
03:31 I consider this place as my second home because I spent so much time here.
03:35 And the fans, even the young fans who remember me,
03:39 it's just great coming back here and seeing them all.
03:41 Did you keep in touch with any of the old players,
03:44 colleagues that you used to be on the pitch with?
03:46 Yeah, yeah.
03:47 I've got some of them because I spend a lot of time here
03:49 and a lot as friends, you know what I mean?
03:51 Rather than just playing companions.
03:53 Like Levi Reid, he's a good friend of mine.
03:56 Yeah.
03:57 You know what I mean?
03:58 That's stuff.