Gary Talbot was a professional footballer in the 1960s with Chester

Chester City F.C.

Chester City Football Club was an English football team from Chester. The club was founded as Chester F.C., and joined the Football League in 1931, spending most of their time in the lower divisions. They changed their name to Chester City in 1983. Chester won their first league title in 2004, the...

, where he set a record as the second highest Football League goalscorer, and Crewe Alexandra

Crewe Alexandra F.C.

Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional football club based in Crewe, Cheshire. Nicknamed The Railwaymen due to the town's links with the rail industry, they currently play in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football, and are based at the Alexandra Stadium.The club...

. He has also worked as a photographer.

Playing career

Talbot was signed by new Chester manager Peter Hauser

Peter Hauser

Peter Benjamin Hauser played professional football for Blackpool before becoming player-manager of Chester in 1963...

 in September 1963 as a 25-year old, after the press photographer was spotted playing in a charity match. Within days he made his Football League debut against Newport County, scoring in a 3-0 victory. He then netted twice as Chester drew 2-2 at Barrow

Barrow A.F.C.

Barrow A.F.C. are an English football club founded in 1901 based in the town of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria. Following promotion at the end of the 2007–08 season, they currently play in the Conference National. The club spent over fifty years in the Football League between 1921 and 1972, and have...

 and he was comfortably the club’s top scorer with 23 league goals to his name by the end of the season.

The 1964–65

1964-65 in English football

The 1964–65 season was the 85th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:* After a three-way tussle for the League title between Manchester United, Leeds United and Chelsea, Manchester United came out on top and were crowned champions....

 season saw Chester score 141 goals in Division Four, FA Cup

FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

 and Football League Cup

Football League Cup

The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

, with Talbot and fellow forwards Jimmy Humes

Jimmy Humes

Jimmy Humes is a former English professional footballer who played as a winger. He played in The Football League for four clubs.-Playing career:...

, Mike Metcalf

Mike Metcalf

Mike Metcalf is a former English professional footballer who made more than 300 appearances in The Football League for Wrexham and Chester....

, Elfed Morris

Elfed Morris

Elfed Morris is a former Welsh professional footballer. He played in The Football League for Wrexham, Chester and Halifax Town.-Playing career:...

 and Hugh Ryden all netting at least 20 goals. Talbot bagged 35 of them (28 in the league), including a hat-trick in two minutes and 57 seconds in the closing stages of an FA Cup

FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

 5-0 derby win over Crewe.

Injuries limited Talbot’s appearances and goal tally over the next two seasons, and he was allowed to switch to Fourth Division

Football League Fourth Division

The Fourth Division of The Football League was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season...

 rivals Crewe Alexandra in the summer of 1967. He netted 20 times in 37 league appearances before surprisingly returning to Chester in time for the 1968–69

1968-69 in English football

The 1968–69 season was the 89th season of competitive football in England.-First Division:Leeds United won the League for the first time in their history, finishing six points ahead of Liverpool...

 campaign. Talbot once again broke the 20 goal barrier, with his tally of 22 leading him as the Division Four leading scorer.

Talbot then opted to retire from professional football, with his final game being a 2-0 win over Lincoln City

Lincoln City F.C.

Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....

 in April 1969. This match also marked the debuts of Nigel Edwards

Nigel Edwards

Nigel Edwards is a Welsh former footballer who played as a full back. He made more than 400 Football League appearances for Chester City and Aldershot.-Playing career:...

 and Grenville Millington

Grenville Millington

Grenville Rodney Millington was a professional footballer who played in The Football League as a goalkeeper. He enjoyed a long career with Chester City and was voted the club's BBC Cult Hero in 2005. Millington is now an established goalkeeping coach...

, with the pair going on to play more than 500 league matches for Chester between them. Talbot left as Chester’s record Football League goalscorer (previously held by Frank Wrightson) with 83 goals, and it was not until September 1992 that Stuart Rimmer

Stuart Rimmer

Stuart Rimmer is an English former footballer who is Chester City's record goalscorer. He scored 134 league goals in two spells for Chester, and also represented seven other clubs during his professional career....

 would pass the total.

Talbot then had a spell playing for Irish side Drumcondra. He has worked for many years as a photographer in the Chester area.