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LEGEND SIGNED FOR US – AT 80!

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
12 July 2020

WHEN SIR STANLEY MATTHEWS LANDED AT CLEVEDON

By Paul Davis Clevedon Town FC

WE’RE STOKED! Sir Stanley Matthews in action for Stoke City and the commemorative Clevedon Town team sheet, inset
PICTURE: PA Images

The tale of Sir Stanley Matthews’ appearance at Eynesbury Rovers in The NLP on June 7 revived memories of another remarkable story involving the great man when he signed for then Beazer Homes League side Clevedon Town in 1995 at the age of 80.
Thanks to some contemporary material collected by Clevedon historians Steve Small and Paul Davis, we can piece together an oft...

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