 Spurdle akatanga basa rake kuOldham Athletic munaKurume 1948, mushure mekutamira kuOldham achibva kumusha kwake kuGuernsey panguva yeHondo Yenyika II kuti atize kubatwa kweNazi Germany kweChannel Islands. Akashanda muRoyal Navy munguva yehondo. Akarova zvibodzwa zvishanu mumitambo makumi mashanu neshanu yechitatu yeDhivhizheni North sezvo Latics yaBilly Wootton yakanyora gumi nerimwe uye nzvimbo yechitanhatu mumakwikwi e194748 na194849. 