HIGHGATE United are to ‘restage’ their tragic FA Amateur Cup quarter final in which centre-half Tony Allden died after being struck by lightning 50 years ago.
The Midland League Premier Division club named their main stand in honour of Allden to mark the half-centenary of the tragedy on February 25, 1967, with his widow and sister as guests of honour.
Their opponents on that fateful day were Enfield, who went on to lift the cup. Enfield Town – the highest-ranked of the two successor clubs to the now-defunct Enfield – will visit Highgate’s Tythebarn Lane ground ...