BOB BOND TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE CAREER OF FORMER PRESTON AND NOTTINGHAM FOREST FORWARD PETER HIGHAM…

Commitment: Nottingham Forest’s Peter Higham, left, challenges West Ham’s Malcolm Allison in November 1955

FRATTON Park, February 1950. Defending First Division champions Portsmouth had an injury crisis. Into the centre-forward position, to play against Birmingham City, was brought a 19-year-old Marine, Peter Higham. And he’d made only two appearances for Pompey’s reserve team!
Peter didn’t score - future England goalkeeper Gil Merrick den...