From THE AMATUER FOOTBALLER, DECEMBER, 1967

MY AMATEUR DAYS By ROGER HUNT LIVERPOOL and ENGLAND

Ever since my National Service days in the Army I have remembered with pleasure the games I had as an amateur with Devizes Town. In fact I can truthfully say that these comparatively relaxed and free and easy games then were just as enjoyable as those I play in carrying so much tension today.

While with Devizes I was thrilled to be picked for an FA Amateur XI which played London University at Motspur Park. I had a very quiet game, and the side as a whole didn't excel. We were beaten 0-1, the winner being a wonderful effort by Hugh Lindsay who has since had such a sparkling amateur career.

Soon after this I was demobbed, and signed professional forms for Liverpool. As I had previously been turned down by Bury I was particularly pleased to be accepted, and have been amazed how the luck has gone with me ever since. However I will always remember with pleasure the happy months I spent as an amateur in the South and especially the spirit that existed in Devizes.

This is taken from an article Roger Hunt wrote for the Amateur Footballer magazine in 1967 just months after he won a World Cup Winners medal.