IN MEMORY OF...
...THOSE TOWN SERVANTS WHO DIED ON THIS DAY
August 17
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2000
Aged 93 |
Herbie WEBSTER
Herbie was the unfortunate 'keeper who played in Town's worst ever defeat - the 10-1 humiliation at Maine Road, Manchester in 1930. After being released he quit League football to join a local club near his home town. |
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1985
Aged 79 |
Ernie BEECHAM
Signed as cover for an injured Jack Rutherford, Ernie was soon appointed manager of Spartan League side Ware Town - a job he combined with that of a plasterer ! He died in the same house that he was born in at Hertford. |
Full career history for these and every other STFC player can be found in the new book SWINDON TOWN: THE REGISTER 1895-2015 - available now from our ON LINE SHOP
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