Terry Matthews, the former English footballer who played for West Ham United, Aldershot and Gillingham, has died at the age of 90. He passed away on August 27, 2026. Born George Terence Leonard Matthews in Leyton on February 25, 1936, he came through the Hackney and Middlesex Schools systems before joining West Ham United as a youth player.
He signed professional forms with the club in August 1952, beginning a career that would span the Football League and later the non-League game. Matthews made his senior debut in October 1953 in an Essex Professional Cup defeat by Colchester United.