Morpeth Sunday League

The names listed below are people who have been involved with the Morpeth Sunday League throughout the years who have sadly passed away. A lot of the names were young men when they died, some in tragic circumstances. Many of the older persons on the list had long and supportive careers in football not only in the Morpeth Area but in Local football in general.

Arthur Cordrey	Longframlington	Longframlington Secretary, also a good player
Duncan Angus	Alnwick	A real character with Alnwick St Mary's
Aubrey Tait	Ashington	Referee from Ashington
Eddie Alexander	Morpeth	Bus driver from Morpeth & Stobhill YC
George Cave	Ashington	Grand old man of football in our area, President
'Rocky' Stone	Morpeth	Terrific player with St George's Morpeth etc
'Skip' Wilkinson	Choppington	Manager of Choppington Travellers FC
Billy Ward	Bedlington	Great Manager of both Saturday & Sunday Clubs
Stan Seymour	Morpeth	Morpeth based NFA President
Eddie Dent	Ashington	Former C.I.S.W.O Sec, succeeded Stan as NFA President
Geoff Dickinson	Widdrington	Great motivator with Widdrington YC
Billy Smith	Morpeth	Wee Morpeth character, devoted to football
Stephen Emery	Ashington	Ashington lad played for several local clubs
Steven Tait	Ashington	'Spud' was both useful player, then referee
Bob Nelson	Morpeth	St George's octogenarian bag man
Cissie Charlton	Ashington	A great supporter of this league
Donald Straughan	Morpeth	A very capable secretary, with Wallington & Morpeth clubs
Arthur Clark	Tynemouth	Northern League President and pioneer in football
Darren Gibson	Stakeford	Good player for Bomarsund, tragic early demise
Michael Hogg	Pegswood	Prominent player with Morpeth Social & Pegswood clubs
Nathan Kennedy	Bedlington	Bedlington North Arms player, killed in a car accident
Mark McGlen	Bedlington	Bedlington North Arms player, killed in a car accident
Jimmy Stevens	Lynemouth	Another octogenarian bag man with Lynemouth Inn
Harry Adamson	Morpeth	Morpeth lad, great character, tragically killed in an accident after winning his first honours in a Rocky Stone Final
Stu Lawson	Ashington	Well respected league member in Ashington area
Ian Horton	Morpeth	A founder player in the league with Morpeth Rovers
Bill Reveley	Ashington	Life member & great servant to League Committee
John Freathy	Ashington	Starred at Bomarsund, also tragically died young
Robert Nichol	Guide Post	One of the best players ever to play in the League, spend all his career with Guide Post SC
Bill Merryweather	Guide Post	Guide Post SC stalwart for many years
Bob Simpson	Ashington	Served Ashington Comrades well for many years
Tom Kelly	Morpeth	Founder player with Blue Rangers
Eddie Nesbitt	Ashington	Former player with Ashington Comrades & Ashington RAOB
Quentin Moffat	Morpeth	Secretary of Morpeth Comrades until 1994 when team folded
Terry Lee	Blyth	Former member of Bedlington Celtic, became secretary of Cramlington Sunday League and NFA Councillor