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Paul Robinson
JOHN RYDEN
All at the Club were saddened to hear of the recent passing of our 1950s captain John Ryden.
He was 82 and died at his home in Keston, Kent, on Friday following illness.
John was born at Alexandria, Dumbarton, and started out on a part-time basis with Alloa Athletic before moving to Accrington Stanley.
Equally adept at centre-half or in a defensive midfield role, he joined us in November, 1955, and made a goalscoring debut at Preston North End the following April.
He went on to make 68 senior appearances for us, scoring twice, before moving to Watford in June, 1961.
We extend our sincere condolences to John’s family and friends at this sad time.
Ryden began his career at non-League club Duntocher Hibernian before signing for Alloa Athletic on 13 May 1950.
The strong tackling, uncompromising, centre half made 108 appearances in all competitions and scored 13 goals in three seasons.
In February 1954 he joined Accrington Stanley in a £1,000 transfer deal where he scored once in 80 matches.
Tottenham Hotspur paid £10,000 for his services in November 1955.
Ryden spent five seasons at the White Hart Lane club and was made club captain in the 1957–58 season.
He made a total of 68 appearances and found the net on two occasions in all competitions between 1955–59.
Ryden was involved in two memorable matches for the Lilywhites. In the first 4-4 draw against rivals ****nal on 22 February 1958 at Highbury and featured again in manager Bill Nicholson's first game in charge on 11 October 1958 at White Hart Lane in a 10-4 victory over Everton.
Ryden was listed as one of the top 12 Scots to wear the Spurs shirt.
In June 1961 he joined Watford and went on to make a further 24 appearances and scoring one goal.He then moved into Non-League football with Romford then in 1965 he moved to Tunbridge Wells Rangers and then on to Bexley Utd as player/manager where he ended his career.
All at the Club were saddened to hear of the recent passing of our 1950s captain John Ryden.
He was 82 and died at his home in Keston, Kent, on Friday following illness.
John was born at Alexandria, Dumbarton, and started out on a part-time basis with Alloa Athletic before moving to Accrington Stanley.
Equally adept at centre-half or in a defensive midfield role, he joined us in November, 1955, and made a goalscoring debut at Preston North End the following April.
He went on to make 68 senior appearances for us, scoring twice, before moving to Watford in June, 1961.
We extend our sincere condolences to John’s family and friends at this sad time.
Ryden began his career at non-League club Duntocher Hibernian before signing for Alloa Athletic on 13 May 1950.
The strong tackling, uncompromising, centre half made 108 appearances in all competitions and scored 13 goals in three seasons.
In February 1954 he joined Accrington Stanley in a £1,000 transfer deal where he scored once in 80 matches.
Tottenham Hotspur paid £10,000 for his services in November 1955.
Ryden spent five seasons at the White Hart Lane club and was made club captain in the 1957–58 season.
He made a total of 68 appearances and found the net on two occasions in all competitions between 1955–59.
Ryden was involved in two memorable matches for the Lilywhites. In the first 4-4 draw against rivals ****nal on 22 February 1958 at Highbury and featured again in manager Bill Nicholson's first game in charge on 11 October 1958 at White Hart Lane in a 10-4 victory over Everton.
Ryden was listed as one of the top 12 Scots to wear the Spurs shirt.
In June 1961 he joined Watford and went on to make a further 24 appearances and scoring one goal.He then moved into Non-League football with Romford then in 1965 he moved to Tunbridge Wells Rangers and then on to Bexley Utd as player/manager where he ended his career.