Winston Arthur Foster is an English

England

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 former professional football

Football (soccer)

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er. He played more than 150 games in the top two divisions of the Football League

The Football League

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 for Birmingham City

Birmingham City F.C.

Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

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Born in South Yardley

South Yardley

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, Birmingham

Birmingham

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, Foster joined Birmingham City as a junior, making his first team debut at the age of 19 as a full back

Defender (football)

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. For the next three seasons he played occasionally for the first team either at full back or as Trevor Smith

Trevor Smith (footballer)

Trevor Smith was an English footballer, who played as a centre half for Birmingham City and the England national football team.- Biography :...

's deputy at centre-half, most notably in the first leg of the 1961 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1960-61

The third Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was the first to be played over a single season, namely the 1960–61 season. Birmingham City once again reached the final, but lost again over two legs, this time to Roma...

 against A.S. Roma

A.S. Roma

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When Smith sustained the injury which resulted in him leaving the club, Foster took over at centre half and kept his place for another couple of seasons. He was used less frequently in his last two years at the club, and spent three months on loan at Crewe Alexandra

Crewe Alexandra F.C.

Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional football club based in Crewe, Cheshire. Nicknamed The Railwaymen due to the town's links with the rail industry, they currently play in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football, and are based at the Alexandra Stadium.The club...

 before making a permanent move to Plymouth Argyle

Plymouth Argyle F.C.

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 where he ended his Football League career. He went on to play for Chelmsford City

Chelmsford City F.C.

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 and Bromsgrove Rovers

Bromsgrove Rovers F.C.

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, and spent one season as Bromsgrove's assistant manager.

Honours

• with Birmingham City
  • Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
    Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
    The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials...
    
     runners-up 1961
    Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1960-61
    The third Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was the first to be played over a single season, namely the 1960–61 season. Birmingham City once again reached the final, but lost again over two legs, this time to Roma...
    
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