Blether: Broughty Athletic’s Britton signed for Forfar By John Brown January 14 2019, 9.45am [[title]] [[text]] An error occurred. Please try again. [[success]] Email address Sign up In a new feature, I’ll look back on the information which appeared in newspapers when local footballers stepped up to the senior grade. From February 1971 . . . Forfar capped Saturday’s 3-0 win over Queen of the South by signing Broughty Athletic right-back Billy Britton after the game. Twenty-one-year-old Billy, who lives in Dundee, has filled the right-back berth like a veteran in his two trials for the Loons. A stuffy defender, he showed a flair for attack against Queens, too. Billy (a more recent photo, above) had a spell with Chelsea colts, but had the misfortune to break a leg. Already a subscriber? Sign in [[title]] [[text]] Close This article originally appeared on the Evening Telegraph website. For more information, read about our new combined website. More from The Courier Forfar complete double signing with defensive duo returning to Station Park Forfar Athletic boss Gary Irvine addresses Ross Meechan exit and highlights signing ‘priority’ Forfar Athletic make double signing with Nathan Flanagan and Ben Armour deals Darvel swoop for Forfar Athletic captain Ross Meechan in five-figure deal