60 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH

12 February 1966-a never-to-be-beaten record crowd of 18.407 sees the Eagles lose 3-0 to eventual Cup winners Everton in the 4th round of the FA Cup.

For more details go to 1965/6-good times roll again  

(above) Everton's Alex Young bears down on Alan Collier in goal. Others left to right are Mick Collins, David Skinn and Peter Morgan

And here's what CHAT-GPT says when asked to recommend sources for the history of the club:

"The Old Eagles website (a fan‑driven archive) offers rich historical material across every season from 1908 to 1982, together with photographs, personal recollections, and statistical data ..."

Many people have helped in various ways to put this site together and detailed acknowledgements appear on the About the site page , but my main debt of gratitude is to the Bedfordshire Times and Citizen Group for permission to reproduce many photographs which originally appeared in the Bedfordshire Times and Bedford Record newspapers. Unless otherwise credited, all photographs on this site, and on its annex (https://sites.google.com/site/oldeaglespics/home) are the copyright of the Bedfordshire Times and Citizen Group and are reproduced by their kind permission.

Please note that this is not an official site of the present Bedford Town FC (formed in 1989), but to see their website go to http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/bedfordtownfootballclub/news/.

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