Skatey...The life of Les Skate
Biography of Les Skate edited and prepared for publication by volunteer biographer Lorraine Blythe on behalf of Eastern Palliative Care October 2019
Biography of Les Skate edited and prepared for publication by volunteer biographer
Lorraine Blythe on behalf of Eastern Palliative Care October 2019
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<strong><strong>Skate</strong>y</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> Life <strong>of</strong> <strong>Les</strong> <strong>Skate</strong><br />
Coldstream Football Club…a big part <strong>of</strong> my <strong>life</strong>.<br />
My experience in football at Coldstream started back in 1952, when we started our club.<br />
We had a cricket club that had been going for a couple <strong>of</strong> years, so we were able to draw<br />
on the cricketers to help build up a football team. We chased around and a lot <strong>of</strong> the<br />
farmer boys came to play. <strong>The</strong>y turned up in their hob-nailed boots to play! One <strong>of</strong> my jobs<br />
was to drive in these leather nailed stops on the Saturday. <strong>The</strong>n knock them out on Sunday<br />
so they go home and work! I used bags and bags <strong>of</strong> stops. Eventually they could afford a<br />
pair <strong>of</strong> footy boots. But that’s how we started.<br />
A lot <strong>of</strong> the farmer boys came<br />
to play. <strong>The</strong>y turned up in<br />
their hob-nailed boots to play!<br />
<strong>The</strong> 1949 Coldstream Cricket Club that provided some players to start the football club. <strong>Les</strong> is in the<br />
back row, second from left. His brother Ge<strong>of</strong>f is in the front row, first left.<br />
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