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Hebburn Town FC 1912-2012 100 YEARS IN BRIEF
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ebburn was very different back in 1912, the year the football club was formed. The collieries that had changed it from a small agricultural hamlet to a cosmopolitan but pretty grimy industrial town were nearing peak employment of 1,864 men; the shipyards launched by Andrew Leslie were in full vigour; and the town, eleven years earlier, had welcomed a diminutive Frenchman called Alphonse Reyrolle. Reyrolle opened an engineering works, which initially employed just 50 men, in the former dye factory next to St Aloysius’s church. At its peak, Reyrolles would employ 12,000 men from a wide range of backgrounds, religions and cultures, and export to 70 countries being known worldwide. The company also started a football team, and, encouraged by industrialist and mine owner Sir Ralph Carr-Ellison, another famous name in Hebburn history, he provided the sports ground on which team still plays on in the Northern League. The football team formed in 1912 were elected to the second division of the Jarrow and District Junior League. There had been plenty of football teams in the before 1912, most notably Hebburn Argyle – who kicked off in 1882 by Father Toner, the priest at St Aloysius’s. The town had so many Scots, they became known as the Tyneside Highlanders. Pre-World War 1 derby games with Jarrow would attract crowds of 8,000. The Geordie town also had shinty and curling clubs and even an annual Highland Games which was organised by the Hebburn Celtic Society. This 1912 team progressed, and flourished in the 1930s, followed by a wartime season in the North
Eastern League, won the Durham Challenge Cup in 1943, and then returned to the Northern Combination where they stayed until 1958. In 1959-60, Reyrolles as we were still known as, had another season in the terminally ailing North Eastern League but finished bottom with just eight points. The Tyneside club then had 28 pretty indifferent seasons in the Wearside League, though they won the league in 1966 and the Monkwearmouth Cup in 1968. In 1988 the name was changed to Hebburn and an application was made to join the Northern League – though it was before the days of automatic promotion and relegation and there wasn’t a vacancy. The ground was improved, other clubs canvassed and then Hebburn got a lucky break when North Shields created a vacancy by deciding to play elsewhere. The team which had finished fifth in the Wearside League and then played its first Northern League game on August 19 1989, winning 2-1 at Shotton Comrades, before winning promotion and the Durham Challenge Cup in 1992 before being relegated – contentiously – for failing to meet ground criteria. The club then won the Craven Cup in 1999-2000. In the 2011-12 season, Hebburn Town reached the FA Cup fourth qualifying round and a dream tie at neighbours Gateshead, from whom they were separated by 125 league places. This was the club’s furthest ever run in the competition and the Hornets also secured promotion to the Northern League Division 1 for their centenary year.
Matchday Programme April 20 2013 Spennymoor Town HONORARY PRESIDENT
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HONORARY LIFE PRESIDENT
Jason Cook
CHAIRMAN
Billy Laffey
VICE-CHAIRMAN
Alan Armstrong SECRETARY
Tom Derrick
COMMERCIAL MANAGER
Ricky Bainbridge
COMMUNICATIONS & MEDIA MANAGER
Andy Hudson
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Stephen Newton Paul Hill Paul Samuels Ronnie Tatum Mick Laffey Ronnie Stidolph Dave Patterson TEAM MANAGER
Paul Bennett
ASSISTANT MANAGER
Dean Nicholson CLUB CAPTAIN
Chris Jewels
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The Platinum Lounge T oday, at our last home fixture of the season, we extend a very warm welcome to the Officials, Players and Supporters of Spennymoor Football Club. Spennymoor under the management of Jason Ainsley have epitomised the quality of the Northern League by reaching the FA Vase Final on May 4 when they play Tunbridge Wells at Wembley. This follows on from being Northern League champions over the last three seasons. Congratulations from all at Hebburn Town for this great achievement and best wishes for the Final. They are currently lying second in the league to Darlington but can still become champions if they win all their games in hand.
This is a tall order and this afternoon we hope to stall their ambitions by securing all three points. In the past week we have shown some form and resolve in games against FA Vase semi-finalists Shildon who we beat 3-2 at Hebburn and then were narrowly defeated by the same score at Shildon on Tuesday evening; we were
unfortunate not to come away with a point in a wind-swept game. The bottom of the league relegation scrap continues with several teams fighting for survival and we must scrap for every point to make sure that we do not get dragged into this. It has been a long hard season and for many there are still a lot of games left to play; Spennymoor have nine league games after today. I would like to thank Paul Bennett, Dean Nicholson. Shaunagh Lillie and all the players for their sterling efforts in this our first season back in the first division. We have had a bad run towards the end but we should not forget great victories over Whitley Bay, Bishop Auckland, Shildon and other top teams. Finally, today I would like to welcome our three match officials and wish them an incident free afternoon on South Tyneside and I would like to sincerely thank our loyal band of supporters who have turned up in all kind of weathers to back the team. We have three away games left – at Spennymoor, Bedlington and South Shields before starting preparations for next season.
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The Dugout W ell, a disappointing week for results. We lost against Durham City in what was probably the worst game of football I have seen. I think the lads had been up and around too early as we had spent the morning at Stu Nicholson’s wedding.
congratulations to the chairman for his vision and input and an even bigger congratulations to Jason for building something special over the last few seasons and it has reaped rewards with league titles and now an FA Vase Final which we wish them well in and hope they can keep the Vase in the North East.
The day ended on a good note though with the majority of the lads heading to the evening do and the less said about some dance moves the better; they must have saved up all their energy during the game for the dance floor.
However, we should see this as a challenge we will meet head on as we are not yet safe from the relegation zone so any result today would be a bonus. I have faith in the lads after the season we have had and it would be nice to finish at home today with a win.
Then we moved onto Shildon and a quick re-match. We struggled for 20 minutes to contain them and went 1-0 down but we gradually regained our composure and played really well and were unlucky to come away with a 3-2 defeat. Today we welcome Spennymoor and I can’t explain just how hard this game will be. They have not just a team but a squad of highly talented players. A big
Many thanks to all who have supported us this season. Enjoy the game and enjoy your summer. See you all next year!
Paul Bennett Manager
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Spennymoor Town A Brief History
by Michael Hudson
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pennymoor United’s Icarian existence in the Northern Premier League ended ignominiously in April 2005, their wings clipped by a discarded cigarette. The fire which broke out at the Brewery Field ground’s uninsured social club in the early hours of Christmas Day 2003 precipitated a series of events which saw owner Benny Mottram depart, crowds dwindle, players go unpaid and the club’s expulsion from the NPL amid a convoluted end to the season which saw three different sides claim first place. Ten league titles, more than twice as many cups, FA Trophy semi-finalists and 2-1 winners at Ipswich Town in the second round of the 1936-37 FA Cup: so ended the 101-year history of Spennymoor United FC. Enter Evenwood Town. Formed in 1931, twenty-seven years after the Moors first took to the pitch, the three-time Northern League champions had finished 2004-05 season a lowly 16th place in Division Two. By far the smallest community still supporting a Northern League team, Evenwood’s committee, frustrated in their attempts to set up a community sports trust and with the problem of a dilapidated ground, announced their decision to fold the club. The Spennymoor Supporters’ Trust - in the process of forming a side of their own to compete in the Wearside League – amalgamated with a group representing their defunct near-neighbours and, to the consternation of those who felt relegated Easington Colliery should have been given reprieved instead, took Evenwood’s place in Division Two under the new name of Spennymoor Town FC. “In effect, Evenwood are moving
ground, and then it’s a matter for Durham FA to approve the name change,” said Northern League chairman Mike Amos. The new team - playing in the Moors’ club colours of black and white stripes – returned to the vacant Brewery Field (Spennymoor’s home since 1904) in time for the start of the 2005-2006 season. After finishing eighth in their first year, they stormed to the title in their second, ex-Middlesbrough, Osasuna and Manchester City midfielder Jamie Pollock – who’d already led United to a Northern Premier League promotion in 2003 – overseeing a campaign in which the club went undefeated for six months and won their final seventeen games to clinch the title by ten points Seaham Red Star. Although Pollock departed that summer – and a row with the council saw the club served with a twenty-eight day notice of eviction before chairman Alan Courtney was able to negotiate a new 25-year lease – his assistant Jason Ainsley, an-ex United, Hartlepool and Durham City midfielder nicknamed ‘God’ by the Brewery Field fans, took over the reins. Northern League champions in each of the last three seasons, Ainsley’s all-conquering side won the 2011-12 Durham Challenge Cup and play Tunbridge Wells at Wembley next month, where they’ll be hoping to maintain the Northern League’s stranglehold on the FA Vase. Beaten only once in the league this season, under the astute leadership of Ainsley and chairman Bradley Groves the ambitious Moors are once again ready to fly. Saturday May 4th won’t be the first time Spennymoor has been represented at Wembley.
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orn in Hebburn in 1923, Johnny Dixon left Tyneside for Spennymoor United in 1940, spending four years with the North-Eastern League side before moving on to Aston Villa. In his 17 years as a player at Villa Park, Dixon made 430 appearances, scored 144 goals and captained the club to the last of their seven FA Cups. “A remarkable gentleman; a great Villain and ambassador for the club,” Peter Morris, Villa’s official historian, later wrote. A teetotaller and non-smoker, Dixon is among a vanishing breed of Geordie footballers who attained legendary status as much for their conduct off the pitch as on it. “His job,” Morris wrote, “was to generate spirit among his teammates…no footballer can have worn the club’s claret and blue colours with more pride and dignity.” Topping Villa’s scoring charts four times in six seasons, the genial Tynesider scored 28 times in helping Villa to sixth in 1951-52 but came no closer to an England cap than a single call-up to a training squad.
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From Hebburn to ey via the Moors In May 1957, Dixon, by now in his thirties, skippered Aston Villa against a Manchester United side that were hoping to become the first English team of the 20th century to lift the double of league title and FA Cup. The champions lined up with Bobby Charlton, Duncan Edwards and another Hebburn man, Ray Wood, in their side. Eight minutes into the game Wood had his cheekbone broken in a collision with Villa’s Peter McParland. With no substitutes allowed, he was replaced in goal by defender Jackie Blanchflower, returning to play as an emergency outsideright for the final eight minutes. By then Aston Villa were 2-1 ahead, the “colossally influential” Dixon involved in both the Birmingham side’s goals. “With about 10 minutes to go, I realised suddenly we were going to win,” he later recalled. “For 13 years I had been at Villa Park without winning a thing. Now the Queen
was going to be handing me the FA Cup. I nearly burst into tears on the spot.” For Villa fans, the afternoon’s enduring image is of a
forgotten,” was just one of the many tributes. “To all that knew him Johnny was a legend and a true gentleman.
beaming Dixon carried on the shoulders of teammates Peter Aldis and Stan Lynn, the Cup held aloft. After retiring, Dixon spent six years as a youth team coach before opening an ironmonger’s. He died, aged 85, in 2009. “His impact and legacy will never be
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f we are one place above the relegation zone at the end of the season then we’ve achieved our aim, Paul Bennett said at the start of the season.
New signings, including Mark Rasmussen, Paul Wardle, Az Croft, James Luccock and Jonny Davis, joined for pre-season and the Hornets went west to Stranraer to face Northern Irish Premier League teams Glenavon and Lisburn Distillery to start their preparations for life in the Ebac Northern League Division 1. The season started for real in mid-August, Davis and Cal Charlton dashing from the airport to join the squad in Thackley for a 3-1 victory in The FA Cup, with Stu Nicholson scoring the first competitive goal of the campaign before notching his second and the Hebburn Hitman grabbing a late third goal.
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The league started at home to Guisborough where Razza notched if a 3-1 defeat, but then a midweek trip to Newton Aycliffe saw Hebburn control the game with Liam McBryde scoring twice in a 4-1 win. The win came at a cost, with the Hitman going
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2012/13 season‌ off injured and disappearing from the scene until the very end of October. Ossett Albion visited the Hebburn Sports Ground in The FA Cup and left victorious while Holker Old Boys eventually lost to Northern League opposition when the Hornets travelled to Barrow and left with a 2-1 win with David Borley and Tony Stephenson finding the back of the net.
gained revenge two weeks later with a league win. South Shields comprehensively won in the South Tyneside Derby. October brought the start of a ridiculous series of spin, with misleading and inaccurate quotes from both Mike Amos and BBC Look North after heavily edited, and false footage, of the Hebburn management team was aired. Private conversations
September saw the best and the worst of Hebburn, though mainly the former. Darlington visited in the Durham Challenge Cup and lost 3-0, though the Quakers would certainly win if excuses were added to the scoreline. With both teams making as many changes as possible, Darlo were second best all evening with pitiful excuses an embarrassment to their club, and to the Northern Echo who would continue with them up until February.
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Stephenson inspired victory over Billingham Town with his first of two hat-tricks during the season, while Benfield claimed a point in the final seconds of injury time and after an FA Vase defeat away to Consett, Hebburn then
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were captured by a hidden microphone in the dugout at Synners – where Hebburn drew 1-1 – and private conversation, unheard by the crowd, were presented as a tirade of abuse. Hebburn and Paul Bennett were named and shamed before the footage was aired. The BBC and Amos then went to great lengths to try and sully the club’s name further with a shocking series of quotes thereafter. Requests from the club to view all footage were declined; all had been wiped apart from what was aired. Viewer manipulation had been achieved – the sign of a campaign that is for the benefit of only the few and of those looking for self-promotion. On the pitch Whitley Bay visited and were stung with Hebburn winning 4-1, while the Hornets eventually suffered their first away defeat in the
league at Celtic Nation before late Paul Gardiner winner sealed the points away to Bishop Auckland. The Club said “goodbye” to Razza who left for Australia. November brought the TV show Hebburn firmly into the public view and the writer of the award winning comedy, Jason Cook, was made Honorary Life President. Andy Brown joined the club from Durham City and the Hebburn Hitman left for Jarrow Roofing after a phenomenal 49 goals in 52 appearances for the club. Jonny Davis, after a number of stand-out performances, left for Darlington and another Stephenson hat-trick saw off Whitehaven in the League Cup in December as the Hornets went through the month unbeaten, sitting comfortably in the top eight of the league, before starting 2013 with a bang when they smashed Synners 4-0 at home. And then Hebburn lost their next nine games. During the horrendous run, Wayne Gredziak joined and Darlo won twice in two controversial games within a week, both ruined by horrendous refereeing decisions that were made with only the opposition crowd in mind. For the first time in years, an ejection occurred from the ground as a Darlo fan tried to confront Lee Harrison after the full-back had been wrongly sent-off. Good news during this run was left to the return of John Toomey. There was a fear that his career was over at the start of the season following a horrendous injury, but an emotional return to action occurred against West Auckland. Meanwhile, Stephen Forster joined the 100 Club after a century of appearences. He’d be joined later in the season by
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Stephenson and Gardiner should get there over the final four league games. March started with TV star Neil Grainger taking over microphone duties and the Hebburn star brought good luck as Hebburn picked up only their fourth point of the calendar year in a 1-1 draw with Consett. A second win of 2013 followed in the middle of the month as Celtic Nation were sent away from South Tyneside, defeated 4-3 with Stu Nicholson scoring twice and joined on the scoresheet by Stephen Forster and Luccock. After a 0-0 draw with Bishop Auckland, Hebburn entered April and Dean Nicholson – who had eventually made a return to the playing side of the club – inspired the team to victory with two goals. Goals from Gardiner, Stu Nicholson and Gredziak saw off the FA Vase semi-finalists Shildon in a 3-2
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home win before Hebburn were unlucky to lose one week later in the reverse fixture by the same scorelines, despite two spectacular strikes from Dean Nicholson and Harrison. With four games to go – starting today against FA Vase finalists Spennymoor – and continuing with away trips to Bedlington, South Shields and then the season closer at the Brewery Field in a reverse of this fixture, Hebburn still need points to be mathematically safe. Will Paul Bennett’s season aims be realised? Over the mammoth season so far, with the resources at the club in terms of budget and attendances, remaining in the league would be a huge success. Whatever happens, the lads have given their all. See you back at the HSG for next season to welcome South Tyneside’s Team of the Year for 2012.
Howay the Hornets!
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Scott Donaldson Jeff Forsyth Chris Jewels Dan Kirkup John Toomey Lee Harrison Martyn McGonigal Kieron McDonald
The Squad 2012/13
Action photos by John Stock Photography
Dan Regan Martin Hunter
Stephen Forster Dean Walker Paul Gardiner Andy Brown Aaron Croft Scott Robson James Luccock Dean Nicholson Stuart Nicholson Tony Stephenson Wayne Gredziak Garry McCartney
Daniel Regan GOALKEEPER Debut: 1 October, 2011: Hebburn Town 1 Runcorn Linnets 0
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Former club: Washington Signed from Washington when the club had a goalkeeper injury crisis. Since signing, Dan has made the number one shirt his own with a number of classy performances and fantastic shot-stopping.
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Debut: 20 August, 2011: Gillford Park 1 Hebburn Town 2
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Former club: West Allotment Celtic Capable goalkeeper who has provided back-up to Dan Regan since signing for Hebburn Town. A good shot stopper and a is always focused.
Scott Donaldson DEFENDER Debut: 12 January, 2011 Guisborough Town 1 Hebburn Town 4
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Former club: Chester-le-Street Town Classy centre-back who played 15 games in 2011 for the club, scoring twice, after signing from Newcastle Benfield. After spells with South Shields and Chester-leStreet, the player re-signed for the Hornets at the start of March 2013.
Jeff Forsyth DEFENDER
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Former club: West Allotment Celtic A classy, ball-playing defender, Jeff started his career in promising circumstances at West Brom, with the club fighting to hold on to him amidst huge interest from bigger clubs. Moving back to the north-east, Jeff eventually moved to Hebburn Town shortly after Paul Bennett taking over the managerial duties at the club.
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Former club: Washington Club captain and defensive rock, Chris has battled through injuries since signing for the club. The big South African is a commanding presence at the centre of defence.
Dan Kirkup DEFENDER Debut: 19 November, 2011: Hebburn Town 4 Thornaby 3
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Former club: South Shields A defensive rock who can also play as a forward, Dan is an exprofessional who started his career at Carlisle Utd and enjoyed loan spells while at the club. Dan played in New Zealand and Australia before entering non-league football upon moving back to Northumberland.
John Toomey DEFENDER Debut: 8 March, 2011: Whitehaven 1 Hebburn Town 0
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Former club: Ryhope CW After an eventful first full season with the club, John suffered injury heartache. With a recovery period of about one year, John, who was Clubman of the Year for 2011-12 and a vital member of the Hebburn Town squad, has joined Paul Bennett’s backroom staff.
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Former club: Chester-le-Street Town. A no-nonsense left-back who is also a set-piece specialist, Lee was a key member of the Hebburn Town squad that gained promotion in his first season at the club.
Martyn McGonigal DEFENDER
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Debut: 12 February, 2013: Ryhope CW 3 Hebburn Town 1 Former club: Bedlington Terriers Defender who spent much of the 2012/13 season training with Hebburn after making a comeback from a long term injury. Martyn proved his fitness and signed for the club in January 2013. A very highly-rated defender, Martyn was previously at Bedlington before a three year spell on the sidelines after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament and tearing the cartilage in his knee.
Kieron McDonald DEFENDER Debut: 18 December, 2012: Hebburn Town 2 Team Northumbria 2
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Former club: Chester-le-Street Town Kieron is a left-back and replaces Adam McGuinness who moved back to Sunderland RCA after a month at Hebburn. With Lee Harrison having returned from long term injury, there will be strong competition between the two full-backs for the number three shirt.
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Stephen Forster MIDFIELDER
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Debut: 6 November, 2010: Chester-le-Street Town 2 Hebburn Town 1 Former club: West Allotment Celtic A flying winger who joined the club shortly after Paul Bennett’s appointment as manager, Stephen has been an integral member of the team ever since. Equally adept at defending as he is going forward, Stephen was one of the top performers during the 2011-12 season.
Aaron Croft MIDFIELDER Debut: 22 August, 2012: Newton Aycliffe 1 Hebburn 4
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Former club: Chester-le-Street Town Young, ball playing midfielder who is also a football coach at Sunderland’s Academy of Light. Signed for Hebburn Town during the summer of 2012 after a spell playing for Chester-le-Street Town.
Paul Gardiner MIDFIELDER Debut: 13 August, 2011: Horden CW 1 Hebburn Town 4
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Former club: West Allotment Celtic Goalscoring midfielder who was Mr Consistent for the club during the 2011-12 season and scored twice in the Cup giant killing of Radcliffe. Paul was Player of the Season as Hebburn clinched promotion out of the Northern League Division 2.
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Debut: 24 November, 2012: Hebburn Town 0 Dunston UTS 3 Former club: Durham City Composed player who is comfortable playing at full-back and in midfield. After spending a year at Yavapai in Arizona on a football scholarship, Andy moved back to the north-east and signed for Durham City before signing for Hebburn Town in November 2012.
James Luccock MIDFIELDER Debut: 27 August, 2012: Team Northumbria 0 Hebburn 2
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Former club: North Shields A rapid winger and a graduate of Nottingham Trent University, James played for his Uni during his student days before signing for North Shields on his return to the north-east. After a number of stand-out appearances for The Robins, James moved to Hebburn Town at the start of the 2012-13 season.
Scott Robson MIDFIELDER
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Debut: 11 August, 2012: Thackley 1 Hebburn Town 3 Former club: Whickham Hebburn Town beat off competition from a number of clubs to sign Scott ahead of the 2012-13 season with the classy central midfielder’s signature being chased by Paul Bennett over an 18-month period before he eventually got his man.
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Dean Nicholson MIDFIELDER
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Debut: 29 October, 2010: Hebburn Town 2 Seaham Red Star 1 Former club: West Allotment Celtic A former WBA midfielder, Dean has been an integral member of the squad since 2010. Hebburn’s current longest serving player, he replaced Andrew Wood in the dugout during the 2011-12 season after suffering from a long term injury and started the 2012-13 campaign as Player/Assistant Manager.
Stuart Nicholson FORWARD
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Debut: 6 November, 2010: Chester-le-Street Town 2 Hebburn Town 1 Former club: Moreland Zebras Ex-England U19 star who made his Premier League debut for West Brom away against Sunderland a week after his professional debut in FA Cup against Reading. The childhood Bristol Rovers fan then signed on loan for The Gas. Stuart is in his third spell with the club in between playing professionally in Australia.
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Debut: 6 February, 2013: Darlington 1 Hebburn Town 0 Former club: Northallerton Town Experienced, all-action forward who signed for the club on the eve of the Darlington away clash in February 2013. A fox in the box and a proven leader of the line.
Tony Stephenson FORWARD
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Debut: 22 March, 2011: Chester-le-Street Town 3 Hebburn Town 0.
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Having joined the club as a centre forward, Tony has proved equally comfortable and capable playing on the left-wing and terrorising opposition right-backs with his trickery. A committed player and fine finisher, Tony was a regular scorer during the 2011-12 promotion winning season.
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Shaunagh Lillie
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Shaunagh joined Hebburn Town at the start of the 2012-13 season after achieving a 2:1 in her Bsc (hons) degree in Physiotherapy at Teesside University. Born in 1990 and growing up in Fulwell, Shaunagh is awaiting full-time work within the NHS, but helps out at events such as the Great North Run with sports massages on athletes. This is Shaunagh’s first role in football and as well as being of great experience to her in dealing with sports injuries, she’s been a great asset to the club as she embarks on what should be a great career in her profession.
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