THE OLD EAGLES
BEDFORD TOWN FC
1908-82
Welcome to this site which tells, in narrative, statistics and photographs, the story of Bedford Town Football Club, the (old) Eagles, founded in 1908 and dissolved in 1982
Click on About the site to see what's on offer
or get in touch with me on dewoldpo@gmail.com
70 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
5 November 1955-the Eagles beat top London amateurs Walthamstow Avenue 6-1 at the Eyrie in the FA Cup fourth qualifying round, on their way to the epic 3rd round proper tie against Arsenal
For more details go to 1955/6 -four minutes from Cup history
(Above, Bedford's Billy Waugh (dark shirt) bears down on the visitors' goal)
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/.
Key to photographs above (left to right) the 1958/9 championship-winning team; the second goal v Arsenal at Highbury, 1955/6; and the last FA Cup tie of all, v Wimbledon, 1981/2.
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All reasonable care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of this site but where links to external sites are given, no responsibility can be accepted for the content of such sites.
