A Palace fan has advised me (from the Exeter City website) that former goalkeeper John Smout has recently passed away aged 77.
Although only at the club for the 1965-66 season he was back up to both Tony Millington & John Jackson, playing regularly for the Reserves and London Challenge Cup sides.
His only first team appearance came in the home Division Two game against Cardiff City on 4th December 1965 when both Millington and Jackson were unavailable through injury or illness.
It was also a dramatic occasion as, having suffered an injury to his ribs in the first half, John was stretchered off in the fifty-fourth minute after diving at the feet of a Cardiff player. In those days of no substitutes Brian Whitehouse went in goal and the match finished as a 0-0 draw.
In the summer of 1966 John left the club for Exeter City where he played for two seasons before returning to his hometown club of Newtown in Wales where he became player-coach.
Although only at the club for the 1965-66 season he was back up to both Tony Millington & John Jackson, playing regularly for the Reserves and London Challenge Cup sides.
His only first team appearance came in the home Division Two game against Cardiff City on 4th December 1965 when both Millington and Jackson were unavailable through injury or illness.
It was also a dramatic occasion as, having suffered an injury to his ribs in the first half, John was stretchered off in the fifty-fourth minute after diving at the feet of a Cardiff player. In those days of no substitutes Brian Whitehouse went in goal and the match finished as a 0-0 draw.
In the summer of 1966 John left the club for Exeter City where he played for two seasons before returning to his hometown club of Newtown in Wales where he became player-coach.
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