September 2007
Brian Collyer, of 38 Cheapside, Codford, writes:
Highbury football pitch was a field owned by Major Oskar Teichman who lived at Highbury House. Highbury Football Club (HFC), which was a successful side in the Wilts League, rented the field, for a nominal sum, up until the time of Major Teichman’s death (April 1959). Roy Dunstan was the Chairman of HFC. He organised and set up a fund for HFC to purchase the field. As I remember, all of the HFC first eleven and nearly all of the committee signed as guarantors and had to pay £25 each. The deal, when completed, made HFC the owners of their pitch. I had a long and successful playing career with HFC, as did Dennis Grist, Arthur Pulham, Teddy Bond, Gary Lapham and Johnny Fear, to mention a few.