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Eagle Star footballers roll back the years

Author: Roger Jackson, Posted: Tuesday, 24th October 2017, 09:00

Eagle Star footballers from days gone by

Eagle Star footballers from yesteryear turned back the clock for a special reunion.

The gathering place at Eagle Star’s old clubhouse in Quat Goose Lane – now called Seasons – and anyone who played for the club before 1990 was invited.

Eagle Star first started fielding football teams in 1965/66 and at their strongest had three Saturday teams and one Sunday side. And it wasn’t just quantity, there was quality as well, as the senior team won promotion from the Cheltenham League into the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League in 1995.

Former Eagle Star stalwart Terry Poulson, who helped to organise the event, said: “A good evening was had by all and we raised £576 for Sue Ryder.”

In the 1990s, Eagle Star was merged with Zurich Insurance and the Eagle Star Sports and Social Club was leased to the Union of Finance Staff, who started to run it as Seasons Business and Conference Centre.

The football club at the end of the 2003-2004 season was obliged to find themselves somewhere else to play after 34 years at Quat Goose Lane. With all ties to their origins now being severed, the club dropped the ‘Eagle’ from their name and became Star FC, setting up home at the brand new sports grounds in Bishop’s Cleeve.

In 2015 they merged with Southside and the club are now known as Southside Star, playing their home games at Swindon Village playing fields, just a long goal kick from their old home in Quat Goose Lane.

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