England Youth international (see Eddie Thomas profile for team photo, front row 2nd from the left) Gordon Brown will be remembered by few supporters these days, but

he played a significant part in Saints becoming Third Division Champions in 1960, his two goals being worth three valuable points.

Signed just before deadline day in March 1960, he scored 33 minutes into his debut to earn a draw (see below) and then grabbed the winner next week at QPR.

An inside-forward, Gordon had made a name for himself at Scunthorpe, averaging nearly a goal every two games at The Old Show Ground – until Derby recruited him in their successful chase, in 1957, to Division II. Having then helped Saints to reach the second tier, his reward was scant; just three consecutive games in September and the rest of the season in the Reserves. Come the summer he joined Fourth Division Barrow, where a broken leg did not help his cause. After a flirtation in that division with Southport, he wound down with non-league Morecombe. After which he retired to Ellesmere Port, where he worked for Burma Castrol.