A FORMER Swindon Town player wears his Robins’ colours on his sleeve, and his scaffolding.

Keith Morgan, who played alongside Town greats like Peter Noble, Don Rogers and Ernie Hunt, was spotted by numerous fans securing two banners to the scaffolding outside his son’s house in Bath Road, Old Town, which the former painter and decorator is currently refurbishing.

When the Adver visited the Keith, who lives in Moredon, at the house he said that he had put up the banners for his granddaughter Ciara, eight, with whom he regularly takes to matches at the County Ground.

The 70-year-old said he will be attending Saturday’s Wembley match much like he did in 1969, on the sidelines.

Although he played for Swindon until 1970, he missed out one of Town’s greatest victories in the 1969 League Cup.

He said: “I played 400 odd games between 1957 to 1970, but the match before the League Cup I had a kick in the bottom of my spine and couldn’t walk, meaning I was out of the final.

“It was one of the hardest things of my career, I was happy for my teamates and I eventually got over it, it must be hard for Gordon Greer – the Town captain – who is out of the final because his last match red card.

“I had to retire the year later due to injury.”

Keith said that although he will not be able to attend the Wembley match with Ciara, as she is going on holiday days before, he will be in the stands with his nephew, Harry, who is at college in Cardiff.

In Saturday’s match he expects Jonathan Douglas, Danny Ward, Charlie Austin and Stephen Darby to be instrumental to Town’s success.

He added: “I think Town have got this far by playing like a team, and I think they have a great chance to do something special against Millwall, but they need loads of tenacity.

“We have a young team and they have older pros, I think our boys have to play rugged and stay with them, if they do that their youth should provide them with chances.

“I think this is going to be a great event for the town in order to get everyone’s hopes back up, especially with all the economic worries, this will brighten the people of Swindon up a little.

“If we get into the Championship it will be great because it will mean more money and better players, because when you really think about it Swindon should be playing the likes of Sheffield and Bristol.”

However, Keith also said that watching Town get this far has left him with one nagging feeling. “I just want to lace them up and get out there, I want to play, there’s nothing like playing.”