Frederick Bunce

A flying left-winger with a bustling, energetic style which endeared him to the crowd – “Open the gates” was the popular cry when he set off at a gallop – Freddie Bunce brought the club’s first England honours since Tiny Fayers won Amateur caps in 1909. He helped Highlands Park to win the South African national league title in 1964, and in February 1969 paid £250 out of his own pocket to cancel his registration with Germiston Callies in order to play back in England for Bedmond, whom he had been coaching for 18 months. He later coached under Brian Garvey in Australia, where he was employed in a sportswear company by Willie Devine, once his rival for the Watford left-wing position. He died of cancer at the age of 53.

West Herts / Watford Career