Non-League Paper

UCL WILL ALWAYS MISS ‘MR RUSHDEN’

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
22 October 2017

By Matt Badcock
THE UNITED Counties League are mourning the passing of their President Ken Ambridge – known as ‘Mr Rushden’.
Ambridge, who was 97, followed in his father’s footsteps at Rushden Town and was their secretary from 1952-1978 before becoming chairman.
He became a member of the United Counties League Management Committee in 1958, in 1981 was elected Vice Chairman and President in 1990 – a position he held on several occasions until 2011, then permanently until his passing.
UCL chairman John Weeks said: “Ken moved from Rushden to the Lincolnshire...

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