Great Swindon Town debuts: Andy Caton's twin football careers and the car crash that changed everything
07.08.24, 13:29 Updated 05.06.25, 20:02 12 Minute Read
Sam Morshead
Twenty years ago today, a 16-year-old striker called Andy Caton bundled home a consolation goal against Wrexham at the Racecourse Ground.
A combative and quick centre-forward, Caton promised plenty. He was the second youngest goalscorer for Swindon Town in the post-war era, after Paul Rideout.
Fast forward two decades, however, and life has taken a slightly different path. Not that he minds.
Now happily married and a father of two, his priorities shifted dramatically in 2006 when he suffered a fractured skull and significant psychological trauma following a car accident.
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Sam Morshead is the founder and editor of The Moonraker. He was previously the chief sports writer at the Swindon Advertiser, head of sport at Total Swindon, and has been a Swindon Town fan since 1994.