Ron Swan

Ron Swan

Scotsman Ron began his football career as a centre-half and during his four years with East Stirling also turned out at centre-forward, scoring twice against Dundee. He was in goal, though, when East Stirling won promotion to Division One in 1963.

Signed by Oldham a year later, Ron enjoyed a couple of good seasons at Boundary Park before losing his place in the 1966/67 campaign. The call from new Luton manager Allan Brown in January 1967 came as a relief therefore but soon turned out to be a disaster as the Hatters were enduring the worst season in their history.

Ron managed 14 consecutive Division Four League games before handing the shirt back to Tony Read.

After many years in the Greater Manchester Police, Ron retired in 1999 and became a security man in the Oldham Athletic players’ tunnel.