Chelston club drew players from Hele village
NUTBUSH Rovers Football Club may only have existed for a few short seasons playing in the lower divisions of the South Devon League but some of its players went on to become professional footballers.
Among the faces in these 1960-61 teams are Bruce Stuckey, who went on to play for Torquay United and Sunderland, and Barry Redwood, who ran out for Exeter City.
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NUTBUSH ROVERS: Taken at King George V playing fields, Watcombe on Saturday, September 10, 1960, when they played Stoke and Maidencombe United and drew 4-4. Standing, from left, Dave Phillips, Jim Ivins, Colin Brooks, Ken Barrett, Ken Satterley and Pete Radford. Kneeling, from left, Dave Moore, Peter Northcott, Richard Turl, Johnnie Yeo and Mike Pearce
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MEMORIES: Taken at King George V playing fields, Watcombe, on Saturday December 3, 1960, when they played Coombe Pafford A in a friendly game and beat them 7-3. Team standing, from left, Barry Redwood, Geoffrey Gaye, Charlie Hill, Dave Padden, Jim Archer, Fred Perryman. Kneeling, from left, Keith Metcalfe, Roger 'Peps' Newton, Peter Northcott, John Kirby and Bruce Stuckey
Back in the early 1960s they were just two of the lads which Nutbush founder and coach Eric Charlton had signed up.
It probably started as a Chelston club, after Nutbush Lane, but it played at the King George V playing fields at Watcombe and drew players from Hele village.
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Among was Peter Northcott who has kindly sent in these images.
He'd started playing for Hele Spurs but when he returned after a year in London, joined the young club.
Peter, now 70, thinks Nutbush Rovers petered out after four to five years. If you can fill in the history, please write in.
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