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Roger Allen Aindow (born 23 October 1946) is an English former professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who played as a defender.


Football career

As a youth with Litherland Schoolboys, Aindow primarily played in goal but was converted to defense when he signed for
Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately north of Liverpool and west of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. It is the main settlement in the Borough of Blackpool ...
in September 1966. He failed to break into the first team at Blackpool and joined
Football League Third Division The Football League Third Division was the third tier of the English football league system in 1920–21 Football League, 1920–21 and again from 1958–59 Football League, 1958 until 1991–92 Football League, 1992. When the FA Premier League ...
side
Southport Southport is a seaside resort, seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. It lies on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain, West Lancashire coastal plain and the east coast of the Irish Sea, approximately north of ...
in October 1967, initially as an amateur. He turned professional in the summer of 1969 and went on to play 58 times for ''the Sandgrounders'', scoring four goals. After leaving the club at the end of the 1970–71 season, Aindow had a long career in
non-League football Non-League football describes association football, football leagues played outside the top leagues of a country. Usually, it describes leagues which are not fully professional. The term is primarily used for football in England, where it is ...
and had a spell in Wales with
Rhyl Rhyl (; , ) is a seaside town and community in Denbighshire in Wales. The town lies on the coast of North Wales, at the mouth of the River Clwyd. To the west is Kinmel Bay and Towyn, to the east Prestatyn, and to the south-east Rhuddlan ...
. He played in the West Lancashire League for Fleetwood Hesketh before retiring in 1985.


Personal life

Aindow was born in the town of
Seaforth, Merseyside Seaforth is a district in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, it is north of Liverpool, between Bootle and Waterloo, Merseyside, Waterloo. History The name of Sea ...
, and currently lives in
Formby Formby is a town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, three manors are recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 under ...
, where he worked in the motor trade.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aindow, Roger 1946 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Blackpool F.C. players Southport F.C. players Great Harwood F.C. players Runcorn F.C. Halton players Skelmersdale United F.C. players South Liverpool F.C. players Rhyl F.C. players Prescot Cables F.C. players English Football League players Formby F.C. players Ellesmere Port Town F.C. players People from Seaforth, Merseyside Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton Footballers from Merseyside