lee coates Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Patterson Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 (edited) Welcome to Bedlington.UK Lee, What was your grandfather's name? Edited May 5 by Vic Patterson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee coates Posted May 5 Author Report Share Posted May 5 Hi Vic His Name was William Coates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 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 :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee coates Posted May 6 Author Report Share Posted May 6 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee coates Posted May 6 Author Report Share Posted May 6 Morpeth Church Institute became Morpeth Town FC in the late 30's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) Posted May 7 Report Share Posted May 7 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 :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee coates Posted May 7 Author Report Share Posted May 7 alan thank you for looking I was not aware of https://nufc-history.co.uk. the search continues lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toontimes Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toontimes Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 Another mention from 1929 and the Morpeth Church Institute seems to be his new team 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee coates Posted May 10 Author Report Share Posted May 10 Cheers Toontimes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Canny lass Posted Monday at 14:59 Report Share Posted Monday at 14:59 Fantastic bit of detective work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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