Famous Goalkeeper Passes. The death of a goalkeeper, a Welsh international, who did not concede a single goal in matches which gave his club the F.A. Cup, was recently announced. He was Lieut.-Colonel Robert Herbert Mills-Roberts, of Festiniog, North Wales. He died in a Bournemouth nursing home, aged 73. The club which achieved this remarkable record was Preston North End, and the season was 1888-89. In that same season the club were champions of the Football League—losing « match.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 45, 22 February 1936, Page 4
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