[Lord Snooty]

Club Connections:

Further back in time, Fred Fayers signed for Town from Watford for our first Football League season in 1910. He was a central defender or right half and played as an amateur for Watford, but turned professional at Huddersfield. He played for us right up to the cessation for the First World War, but afterwards didn't return, opting to play for Stockport County.

Now I know many of you aren't interested, but I love reading about our old players and I've just found a bit more about Fred Fayers. He was born a Quaker and as such he was unable to kill another human being and so he became a conscientious objector. Every "conchie" had to go to a tribunal to prove they weren't cowards. Fred faced his tribunal in April 1916 in Stockport, where he was guest playing at the time, but still officially a Town player. He was granted exemption due to his religious beliefs and was set to work on farms in Cheshire, producing food for the war effort.