Robert Beckwith

Robert Beckwith

With Luton goalkeeper Mark Ovendale injured in the warm-up before a clash with Bristol City at Kenilworth Road in April 2003, 18 year old Rob Beckwith was thrust in at the deep end.

Acquitting himself well, he held on to the goalkeeping slot for the remainder of that season and suddenly, in view of the Hatters’ receivership, found himself the senior goalkeeper at the club that summer!

The London born shot-stopper, who had been at Luton since leaving school, was eventually replaced by Marlon Beresford and, following a serious knee injury, fell way down the pecking order leading to his release in the summer of 2006.

Rob subsequently turned out for Hitchin, Barnet, Grays and Hemel Hempstead.