Ted Harston

Edwin Harston (10 April, 1907 – 1971 (27.5.71) was an English footballer who played in The Football League for six different clubs and notably scored 55 league goals in a single season for Mansfield Town.

A native of Monk Bretton near Barnsley, Harston began his professional career at Sheffield Wednesday, whom he joined in 1928 from amateur team Cudworth Village. He remained a reserve on Wednesday, and he joined Barnsley in May 1930. He then spent three years at Reading, where he despite an excellent goalscoring record only played sporadically.

In 1934, he joined Bristol City where he spent just over one season, before Mansfield Town paid £250 for his services in October 1935. also scoring three goals in two FA Cup games. In all, he scored three or more goals eight times during the 1936–37 season, including an astonishing seven goals in Mansfield's 8–2 win against Hartlepools United on 23 January 1937.

In the summer of 1937, Harston moved to Liverpool for a £3,000 transfer fee. He scored three goals in five games for the Reds but then suffered a broken leg which effectively ended his career.

His wife Irene May died in 1956 and Ted died in 1971, in Rochester, Kent. He had three daughters Patricia, Linda and Sandra.