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The Three Horseshoes

A great, friendly, traditional pub in Great Mongeham where you
will find a warm welcome from
Landlords Rachel and Johnny.
01304 379216
POOL TABLE - DART BOARDS
and all football matches
shown on HD screens

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priority list in the full time professional game. So I thought it would be interesting to have a
look at some other notable top appearance players that turned out for just one club; here are
a few.
John Trollope (Swindon Town) 889 appearances
John joined the club in 1960/61 as a full back and played 889 times
for the Robins including a run of 368 consecutive appearances,
halted because of a broken arm in August 1968. He came back later
that season having missed the club’s League Cup run to the final at
Wembley. He played in the first game beating Torquay United before
the break, but played in the final. He retired at the end of the 1980/81 John receiving a plaque
commemorating his
season. He received an MBE. 700th game for the club
Jimmy Dickinson (Portsmouth) 828 appearances
Jimmy joined Pompey in 1946/47 as a trainee and quickly settled
into the side and won two First Division League titles in 1948/49 and
1949/50. He also gained 48 England caps. He was never booked or
sent off which earned him the nickname of ‘Gentleman Jim’. He retired
after the 1964/65 season and went onto to manage Portsmouth in
1977 to 1979. He died in 1982 aged 57.
Roy Sproson (Port Vale) 842 appearances
Roy played for Port Vale from 1950/51 to 1971/72, mainly in Divisions
3 and four apart from three seasons in the fifties when they had gained
promotion to Division 2. After he had ‘hung up his boots’, he managed
Port Vale from January 1974 to October 1977. He died in 1997 aged 66.
He wrote, “I have always loved the game and I have always loved the
club. The satisfaction of playing the game I love for the club I love has Roy Sproson’s staue
always been enough for me”. Now that’s old fashioned loyalty! outside Vale Park
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