Eddie Reynolds

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Born: c.1935, Belfast
Died: 1993
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Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap / 1 Goal (1963).
Club Honours: (with Wimbledon) Isthmian League Champion 1958/59, 1961/62, 1963/64; Southern League Division One Runner-Up 1964/65 (promoted); FA Amateur Cup Winner 1962/63.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Others
R.A.F.	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tooting & Mitcham U.	-	-	Amat	(Isthmian League)
Wimbledon	57/8-65/6	-57	Amat	215/231	*	*102/99
				(Isthmian Lge / Southern Lge)
Ashford Town	65/6	-66	-	(Southern League)
Derry City	66/7	-66	-	-	-	4/ 0
TOTALS	-	-		-	-	-

* all cup games.

Wimbledon Career in Detail (from Historical Dons):

Season	Div	League		Cup		TOTAL
		Aps	Gls	Aps	Gls	Aps	Gls
1957/58	Isth	13	10	7	7	20	17
1958/59	Isth	28	34	9	3	37	37
1959/60	Isth	22	19	15	20	37	39
1960/61	Isth	28	32	17	15	45	47
1961/62	Isth	27	30	16	20	43	50
1962/63	Isth	29	32	21	21	50	53
1963/64	Isth	24	28	9	7	33	35
1964/65	Sth-1	34	40	5	4	45	53
1965/66	Sth-P	10	6	3	2	19	9
TOTALS		215	231	102	99	329	340

Biography:
‘Burly’ forward Eddie Reynolds has a special place in Wembley lore – he was the scorer of four headed goals in a Wembley Final. The report of the 1963 FA Amateur Cup from the News of the World read as follows:

Wimbledon 4 Sutton United 2 (Empire Stadium, Wembley, 4th May 1963. Attendance: 45,000. Receipts £16,700)
Jubilant Eddie Reynolds achieved the amazing feat of heading four superb goals to give Wimbledon their first Amateur Cup triumph... yet the result of this exciting final between Surrey rivals was in the balance until the burly Irish leader netted his last two in the closing three minutes of the game.
In fact Sutton were the more polished side for most of the time and, though centre-half Terry Price was partially concussed by a nose injury, they hit back to equalise through Mickey Goodall and Trevor Bladon after Reynolds had put star-studded Wimbledon two up in the first eight minutes of the second half.
Reynolds was the undisputed hero but Wimbledon, with six internationals in their side, could be rated lucky to have pulled off this smash and grab victory in their third final. Sutton deserved a better fate at the first attempt and it might have been a different tale had Price escaped injury.

Six days after his Wembley performance Reynolds was rewarded with an Amateur Cap, and he marked the occasion with the final goal as Scotland were beaten 5-2 at the Oval. While with Totting & Mitcham he had been kept out of the team by another goalscoring Irishman, Paddy Hasty.

In 1964/65 (Wimbledon's first as a professional club) Reynolds scored a club record 40 League goals. The record has only since been 'surpassed' by AFC Wiimbledon's Kevin Cooper. In 2008 Reynolds was honoured as the housing development built on the site of Wimbledon's old Plough Lane ground was named "Reynolds Gate". (story)

By mid-way through the 1965/66 Reynolds was no longer a regular starter for Wimbledon and he joined Ashford Town where he stayed only briefly. He returned "home" to join Derry City, but once again his stay was brief and amounted to just four early season appearances.

Video clips of 1963 Amateur Cup Final
Eddie Reynolds - A True Don
Historical Don

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
10-05-1963 Scotland H W 5-2 1 Goal

Summary: 1/1. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 0.

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