1920's football

[lee coates]

Hi there been doing some research regarding my grandfather who played as a Goalkeeper for a few teams from 1920's to 1930's looking for any info or photo that might be floating around

he played for:

Choppington United 1922/23 and 1925/1927

NUFC 1923/1924

Blyth Spartans 1927/1928

Bedlington Colliery 1928/1929

Morpeth Church Institute 1929

 

I hope someone might be able to help or point me in the right direction 

 

 

[Vic Patterson]

Welcome to Bedlington.UK Lee, What was your grandfather's name?

Edited May 5 by Vic Patterson

[lee coates]

Hi Vic

His Name was William Coates

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

On 04/05/2024 at 22:47, lee coates said:

Hi there been doing some research regarding my grandfather who played as a Goalkeeper for a few teams from 1920's to 1930's looking for any info or photo that might be floating around

he played for:

Choppington United 1922/23 and 1925/1927

NUFC 1923/1924

Blyth Spartans 1927/1928

Bedlington Colliery 1928/1929

Morpeth Church Institute 1929

 

I hope someone might be able to help or point me in the right direction 

 

 

Welcome to the group @lee coates. 

My initial thoughts are that we don't have any info for any teams, other than Bedlington, from the 1920s. In the Gallery section. Under the Gallery>Sports section there are two Albums = Local Football & Local Football 2 that contain team photos but there are only two that are believed to be c1920s and one is an unknow team and the other is a Bedlington Primative Methodist team from the 1929-30 season.

I did a search of this group for the name - coates - and the only coates (other than yours) that gets a mention is for a Vicar and his sons from Bedlington in the 18th & 19th centuary.

I'll have a Google for Newcastle United AFC teams but no doubt you have already done that.

I'll get back to you, and your sister @Juliejule with anything I find.

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

On 04/05/2024 at 22:47, lee coates said:

Blyth Spartans 1927/1928

 

@lee coates I checked of the Facebook 'Blyth Remembered & Memories' as I knew there was a lad on there who had recorded a load of info on the Spartans team and crated a web site :-  https://blythspirit.wordpress.com/2023/10/18/blyth-spartans-team-photograph-archive/ and I see you have already been in contact with him :- 

 

 

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

On 04/05/2024 at 22:47, lee coates said:

Hi there been doing some research regarding my grandfather who played as a Goalkeeper for a few teams from 1920's to 1930's looking for any info or photo that might be floating around

he played for:

Bedlington Colliery 1928/1929

 

@lee coates can't find anything that I have on any Bedlington teams that goes back to the 1920's.

When you have been doing your research what team name have you been looking for?  Back in the 1920's there two collieries in Bedlington - the Doctor Pit and the Sleekburn 'A' pit and the Sleekburn 'A' pit later changed it's name to the Bedlington 'A' pit.

[lee coates]

hi Alan, i have the Blyth and Newcastle info about when he signed and games he played it more the other clubs information I was looking for. I know he signed for Newcastle in 1923 and left in 1924 due to injury about the same time his father was killed in Woodhorn pit, but its almost 3 years later he turns up signing for blyth in 1927. claiming he been playing at choppington again

[lee coates]

Morpeth Church Institute became Morpeth Town FC in the late 30's 

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

I know you have said you have checked out the NU_AFC sites but as I had been digging around I will post what I found (and what you probably alread have) :- A site that covers NU_AFC through 1890 to 1990 (and is still 'work in progress') is :-

https://nufc-history.co.uk

Unfortunately your granda does not get named anywhere that I have looked on the site so it could be worth giving them the info you have to update their records.

Using the NU_AFC 1923-24 squad photo your sister @Juliejule sent to me with your granda on I checked the names on the photo against the names the nufc-history.co.uk site had and there are three names, Coates, tate & Coulthard, on the photo that I can't find on the nufc-history site :- 

 

 

[lee coates]

alan thank you for looking I was not aware of  https://nufc-history.co.uk. the search continues lol

[Toontimes]

Hello Lee - I am the person creating the toontimes website. I had a Quick Look on the BNA website for your grandfather and found a couple of snippets from 1927 - I’ll do a bit more looking over the coming weeks and post again.

[Toontimes]

Another mention from 1929 and the Morpeth Church Institute seems to be his new team

 

 

[lee coates]

Cheers Toontimes

 

[lee coates]

[lee coates]

[Canny lass]

Fantastic bit of detective work!