Ahead of Remembrance Day, we are taking a look at former Northampton Town players who served in the military during the First or Second World War…

The Scottish international John Goodall discovered George Badenoch while he was playing in Scotland. The winger joined second division Glossop and played in over half the team’s league games helping them to a creditable mid table position in his two seasons there.

He helped Watford to win the Southern League division Two championship and gave them another two season’s in division one of the Southern League. He would well remember one game he played in Watford colours He was cycling to the ground when he was stopped by a committee member and despatched into the town to buy a set of shirts, as there was a colour clash with the opponents and no one realise until the day of the match!

He joined Tottenham but spent the season in the reserves making just one appearance for the senior side. It was here he played alongside Herbert Chapman and when the latter became manager of Northampton George (Geordie) Badenoch was one of his first signings.

Although not a prolific goal scorer he did manage a hat trick against Sutton in the F.A, cup and followed this with another goal against his old club, Watford.

Although he won himself a Southern League championship medal in 1909, to go with the second division one he won with Watford in 1904, he lost his place towards the end of the season He was released and emigrated to Canada with his new wife who was the Town criers daughter, and played football there however he returned to the Country when World war one broke out with a Canadian regiment. The first battalion of the Western Ontario regiment

Sadly he lost his life in June 1915 on the battlefields of Givenchy.