Corsham Print
Wiltshire Senior League
Alan Eastwood, Purton FC
All at the Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Purton FC Secretary Alan Eastwood.

Throughout the county of Wiltshire, Alan was rightly known as Mr Purton having first joined the club back in 1972 and remained with them for 47 years until his sad passing on the eve of the 2019-20 Season.

Despite serious ill health Alan had continued to fulfil the Club Secretary role at the club and carried out the role with such skill and diligence that he was honoured with the Wiltshire Senior League’s Club Secretary of the Season award in Season 2017-18.

As a player Alan had formed a successful goal scoring partnership with Allan Coole back in the 1970’s. Whilst Coole was invariably Purton’s top scorer Alan was himself Purton’s top goal scorer in Season 1974-75 hitting 24 goals that season. Alan went on to score 125 goals for the club before hanging up his boots and taking on the administration at Purton, holding down just about every role in the club since and becoming the recognised face of Purton Football Club to everyone in Wiltshire and beyond.

Alan was rightly proud of the season his Purton side went the whole league season unbeaten in Season 2003-4 to win the Hellenic League Division 1 West title, having previously lifted the Division 1 title back in 1995-96. Alan’s match day programme for Purton became renowned for the impressive historical information it contained, with Alan having kept a copy of each season’s final programme going back to when he first joined the club enabling him to trace past results and reports for his programmes.

All our thoughts are with Alan’s family at this sad time. Alan will be deeply missed by all those in the Wiltshire football family but none more so than at Purton the club he served with such dignity and esteem for 47 years.

Today’s game between Purton and Pewsey Vale Development at the Red House will still go ahead, as the club believe this is what Alan would have wanted. There will be a minute’s silence before the match as a mark of respect to Alan, as there will be at all the other seven league games in the Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League being played this afternoon.
Saturday 17 August 2019
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