Winston Foster

Winston Foster
Personal information
Full name Winston Arthur Foster
Date of birth (1941-11-01) 1 November 1941
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1955–1958 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1969 Birmingham City 153 (2)
1969Crewe Alexandra (loan) 13 (0)
1969–1971 Plymouth Argyle 33 (0)
1971–1972 Chelmsford City
1972–1973 Bromsgrove Rovers
Managerial career
1973–1974 Bromsgrove Rovers (assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Winston Arthur Foster (born 1 November 1941) is an English former professional footballer. He played more than 150 games in the top two divisions of the Football League for Birmingham City.

Born in South Yardley, Birmingham, Foster joined Birmingham City as a junior, making his first-team debut at the age of 19 as a full back. For the next three seasons he played occasionally for the first team either at full back or as Trevor Smith's deputy at centre-half, most notably in the first leg of the 1961 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final against A.S. Roma. When Smith sustained the injury that resulted in him leaving the club, Foster took over at centre half and kept his place for another couple of seasons. He was used less frequently in his last two years at the club, and spent three months on loan at Crewe Alexandra before making a permanent move to Plymouth Argyle where he ended his Football League career. He went on to play for Chelmsford City and Bromsgrove Rovers, and spent one season as Bromsgrove's assistant manager.