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AN Ellesmere Port school will unveil a special plaque in June celebrating one of its former pupils – footballing great Stan Cullis. Now they have confirmed that the plaque will be unveiled on the school building at 1.30pm on June 17, which is the day before the Three Lions face Scotland in this summer s European Championships – a fixture Cullis played in on two occasions. Special guests on the day are Cullis son, the Reverend Andrew Cullis, PFA chief Gordon Taylor OBE, Wolves director John Gough, former Wolves and England player John Richards, and the mayoress of Ellesmere Port, councillor Lisa Denson. It has also now been confirmed that another Ellesmere Port footballing hero – former Everton, Arsenal and England great Joe Mercer – will also be honoured with a plaque at the town s Civic Hall later this year.
Back in November last year,
The Standard reported that the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) was working with Cambridge Road Primary School to celebrate its legendary former pupils, Stan Cullis and Joe Mercer. The plan was to unveil plaques in their honour on the school building this summer. However, the decision has now been made to put the Joe Mercer plaque in a yet to be confirmed more central location . The Stan Cullis plaque will be unveiled at the school in June during a special event that will include members of his family and some star guests . In an update, organisers of the project told