Pat Lindsey: A True Lydder
Title
Pat Lindsey: A True Lydder
Subject
Pat Lindsey
Description
Pat Lindsey began his association with Lydd Town Football Club as a seven-year-old, when he went to watch his older brothers play for the team. He's been a 'Lydder' ever since. Learn about Pat's playing days at the club, his sport-filled childhood, and what it was like to help build the Dungeness power stations in the 1960s and early-1970s. We also hear about the state of football in Lydd today, and why the club's home ground is named 'Lindsey Field'.
Contributor
Pat Lindsey; Michael Romyn
Collection Items
Pat Lindsey Oral History Transcript
Transcription of an oral history recording of interviewee Pat Lindsey
Lydd Town Football Club
Lydd Town Football Club, winners of the Kent Amateur Football League in 1969/70. Pat Lindsey is pictured front row, far left.
Poster for the official opening of Lindsey Field
A poster advertising the official opening of Lindsey Field, Lydd Town Football Club's new home ground, on 19 August, 2000. For a brief history of Lydd Town, see here: https://scefl.com/directory/clubs/lydd-town-football-club
Pat Lindsey: A True Lydder
A portrait of Pat Lindsey at Lindsey Field, home of Lydd Town Football Club, in 2019.
Playing Football Against Miners in the 1960s
In this excerpt, Pat Lindsey describes what it was like to play football against miners' teams from in and around Deal as a teenager; the limited football facilities on the Rype; and post-match routines.