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
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106 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
11 October 1919-the Eagles make their first appearance in the FA Cup since the end of the First World War, but at the County School ground in Elstow Road, since the Eyrie was still requisitioned by the Army. They go down 6-1 to Kettering who played in the Central Alliance, at least one level above the Eagles' Northants League.
For more details go to Seasons on the Field-the 1920s and The story of the Eyrie, 1908-39
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.
