Photograph of Stockton Football Team, 1960.
Photograph courtesy of Benny Brown.
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Photograph of Stockton Football Team, 1960.
Photograph courtesy of Benny Brown.
The players in the picture are from the left Brian Armstrong now 87 years old, living in Norton ex Captain of Norton Cricket Club, Trevor Cockerill now 80 years old I think… and Benny Brown 85 years old, ex Stockton Cricket club, living in Australia for the last 50 years. I think Trevor Cockerill may have turned professional in later years as Benny Brown did while playing in South Africa in the sixties. Another member of this team was Neil Moody who is also living in Australia now aged 87 years. Sorry for taking so ling to reply to you Trish, Alan Bates did not play in this team. I would guess he played later for Stockton.
The Player behind Trevor Coickerill is Brian Armstrong the Norton Cricket all rounder, who was a very useful footballer, and is still living in Norton near to the Norton Cricket Ground. Brian is an avid Gardener these days and his garden must be one of the best on Teesside. He delights in feeding the Woodpeckers that nest in his back garden. The garden is a double block and how he manages to keep it in such a pristine condition is a wonder to me as Brian is in his early eighties.
Brian has a nice garden but he has plenty of competition in that area there are some top gardeners of a similar age & it is a wonder his Woodpeckers have survived with all the foxes that visit them gardens from the surrounding farm land.
The player 2nd left is the Stockton legend Trevor Cockerill & the Stockton player challenging for the ball looks like Benny Brown. The game looks like Stockton v Middlesbrough Reserves. Alan Bates is not in this photo but he was a good footballer who played for Primrose Hill,Billingham Synthonia & Norton C.C.T.(now Norton & Stockton Ancients).
Hey, thanks Anon, for clarification of photo. Cheers!
Can anyone name the lads in the picture? Just that one of the lads looks like my uncle, Alan Bates…..