The Northumberland born stopper, played his youth football playing for his local team Prudhoe, before being picked up by Sunderland, having already represented England at every schoolboy age group...
Born in Pegswood, Northumberland, Robson came south on leaving school to join a ‘well known drapery firm in London’.
It was while turning out for the Ravensbourne club that he was spotted by the...
Mark was born in Ashington, Northumberland and first joined up with the Newcastle United academy in 2006. He spent 2 years on Tyneside before being released and joining Hull, where he would graduate...
Although coming from the North-East, Steve was a junior at Southampton but found first team opportunities hard to come by at the Dell so accepted a £60,000 move to Burnley in 1991 where he became a...
A versatile defender and midfield player, John or ‘Tumble’ as he was affectionately known, almost perfected the one step penalty kick while at Kenilworth Road until warned off by manager David Pleat...
A true journeyman striker, Steve started off as an apprentice at Nottingham Forest but to get regular football accepted a move to Preston where his career took off.
Managing 70 goals in over 200...
Born in Ashington in 1884, Ben was playing local football as a centre-half when he was spotted by Newcastle who converted him to left-back.
Although a regular in the Newcastle reserve side he only...
Born in Cramlington in 1871, Roger first came to prominence with Middlesbrough Ironopolis where he gained a reputation as an agile and acrobatic goalkeeper.
Moving to Woolwich Arsenal in 1897 he was...
Born in Bedlington in 1892 Jack played local football before coming to the attention of Tottenham in 1913.
A big, strong centre-half who took no prisoners, Jack did not make a first team start...
The winner of 16 schoolboy medals in the north-east, James, who was born in Ashington in 1891, came to Luton in March 1911 on the recommendation of his friend Sammy Wightman.
Although originally a...
Strong, stocky striker George joined Middlesbrough from Netherton in 1939
and banged in a remarkable 125 goals in 168 games for Boro during the war years.
In peacetime, George moved to Newcastle...
Another player who made only a single appearance for the Hatters, Ashington born but Hemel Hempstead raised John made a meteoric rise from the club’s fourth team to making his League debut in a...
Born in Alnwick in 1888, Thomas had spent four seasons at Middlesbrough making only 10 appearances in that time before joining Hearts in 1911.
After a year in Edinburgh he was invited to come to...
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The Northumberland born stopper, played his youth football playing for his local team Prudhoe, before being picked up by Sunderland, having already represented England at every schoolboy age group...
Born in Pegswood, Northumberland, Robson came south on leaving school to join a ‘well known drapery firm in London’. It was while turning out for the Ravensbourne club that he was spotted by the...
Mark was born in Ashington, Northumberland and first joined up with the Newcastle United academy in 2006. He spent 2 years on Tyneside before being released and joining Hull, where he would graduate...
Although coming from the North-East, Steve was a junior at Southampton but found first team opportunities hard to come by at the Dell so accepted a £60,000 move to Burnley in 1991 where he became a...
A versatile defender and midfield player, John or ‘Tumble’ as he was affectionately known, almost perfected the one step penalty kick while at Kenilworth Road until warned off by manager David Pleat...
A true journeyman striker, Steve started off as an apprentice at Nottingham Forest but to get regular football accepted a move to Preston where his career took off. Managing 70 goals in over 200...
Born in Ashington in 1884, Ben was playing local football as a centre-half when he was spotted by Newcastle who converted him to left-back. Although a regular in the Newcastle reserve side he only...
Born in Cramlington in 1871, Roger first came to prominence with Middlesbrough Ironopolis where he gained a reputation as an agile and acrobatic goalkeeper. Moving to Woolwich Arsenal in 1897 he was...
Born in Bedlington in 1892 Jack played local football before coming to the attention of Tottenham in 1913. A big, strong centre-half who took no prisoners, Jack did not make a first team start...
The winner of 16 schoolboy medals in the north-east, James, who was born in Ashington in 1891, came to Luton in March 1911 on the recommendation of his friend Sammy Wightman. Although originally a...
Strong, stocky striker George joined Middlesbrough from Netherton in 1939 and banged in a remarkable 125 goals in 168 games for Boro during the war years. In peacetime, George moved to Newcastle...
Another player who made only a single appearance for the Hatters, Ashington born but Hemel Hempstead raised John made a meteoric rise from the club’s fourth team to making his League debut in a...
Born in Alnwick in 1888, Thomas had spent four seasons at Middlesbrough making only 10 appearances in that time before joining Hearts in 1911. After a year in Edinburgh he was invited to come to...