Percy Ames

Percy Talbot Ames (13 December 1931 – 4 December 1998) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Colchester United, where he made 422 appearances in all competitions between 1955 and 1965. He was also on the books at Tottenham Hotspur but did not make a first-team appearance.

Career Born in Bedford, Ames began his career at Tottenham Hotspur in 1951 having arrived from now-defunct club Bedford Avenue. He failed to make a first-team appearance for Spurs between 1951 and 1955, and on the advice of the Tottenham first-team and England goalkeeper Ted Ditchburn, Colchester United manager Benny Fenton signed Ames up in 1955 following a short trial. Over the period of ten years, Ames would make 397 Football League appearances for Colchester and made 422 appearances in all competitions. Ames was then made inaugural Colchester United Player of the Year at the end of the 1964–65 season, his final season with the club. At one point during his career, West Bromwich Albion came in with an offer for Ames, but keen to keep his custodian, manager Fenton decided not to tell him until two years later. On leaving the U's, he turned out for non-league Romford before returning to Bedford to play for his hometown club Bedford Town.

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Honours

Club Colchester United 1961–62 Football League Fourth Division runner-up (level 4)

Individual 1965 Colchester United Player of the Year

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