Excellent tribute! My first ‘real’ season of watching us was 78-79, so the Withe & Shoulder partnership were my first ‘heroes’ in our shirt! Though what Withe was doing playing for us has always been beyond me! Alan Shoulder was an excellent foil to Withe & gave his all for the club when we were pretty average & only had a couple of other decent players - Mick Martin, Stuart Boam, possibly Peter Cartwright. Great times to be 8 years old though! Superb Bukta kit ( ‘you look like a stick of Blackpool rock!’, said my primary school football teacher in the Boro heartland of Redcar!), watching ‘Shoot’ & Monday night ‘Look North’ & ‘Northern Life’ for brief highlights . Then, occasionally, the huge excitement of us being on ‘Match of the Day’ or ‘Sportsnight’!Which then evaporated immediately when we got hammered 6-0 away at Chelsea & 4-1 by bloody Exeter City. Alan Shoulder brought some excitement to the club & is a great mam to remember. R.I.P.
Great tribute. Not many if any will do what Alan done n basically come from nowhere so quickly at the highest levels of our pyramid. All credit to Alan. He done the north east proud. “They never die who live in the hearts they leave behind”!
Excellent tribute! My first ‘real’ season of watching us was 78-79, so the Withe & Shoulder partnership were my first ‘heroes’ in our shirt! Though what Withe was doing playing for us has always been beyond me! Alan Shoulder was an excellent foil to Withe & gave his all for the club when we were pretty average & only had a couple of other decent players - Mick Martin, Stuart Boam, possibly Peter Cartwright. Great times to be 8 years old though! Superb Bukta kit ( ‘you look like a stick of Blackpool rock!’, said my primary school football teacher in the Boro heartland of Redcar!), watching ‘Shoot’ & Monday night ‘Look North’ & ‘Northern Life’ for brief highlights . Then, occasionally, the huge excitement of us being on ‘Match of the Day’ or ‘Sportsnight’!Which then evaporated immediately when we got hammered 6-0 away at Chelsea & 4-1 by bloody Exeter City. Alan Shoulder brought some excitement to the club & is a great mam to remember. R.I.P.
Great tribute. Not many if any will do what Alan done n basically come from nowhere so quickly at the highest levels of our pyramid. All credit to Alan. He done the north east proud. “They never die who live in the hearts they leave behind”!
Nice tribute Wallace. As my late father in law would have said - a “proper” footballer.
Superb Wallace, it actually sounds hard to believe!
Great memories of not only one of my favourite players but also one of the nicest blokes you could meet.