IanReid

Former player

About Ian

Former England skipper who represented Slough in the 1973 Amateur Cup final defeat to Walton & Hersham at Wembley.

A native of the North-East, Reid came south in his full-time role as a schoolteacher. Ian won his first Amateur Cup winners medal for Crook Town after a 2-1 win against Enfield in 1964, and won another in 1967 for Enfield against Skelmersdale, before his runners-up medal at Slough in 1973. Although a full-back, Reid was a regular goalscorer for the Rebels.

He also played for Hitchin Town, signing from Enfield in 1968. An established England international, he enjoyed an outstanding career. He became a popular and key member of the Hitchin side that finished runners-up in the Isthmian League in 1968-69 and a year later, lifted the London Senior Cup.

In total, Ian made 28 appearances for England, and also represented Great Britain at the 1972 Olympics. Ian died in 2011 aged 68, having been suffering from Huntington's Chorea for some years.