Eric Tunstall

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Eric Tunstall
Personnel
Surname Eric Walter Tunstall
birthday November 21, 1950
place of birth Hartlepool ,  England
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
St Patricks Juniors
Hartlepool United
1969 Newcastle United
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1968-1969 Hartlepool United 1 (0)
1969– Newcastle United
Reeds Cases
1 Only league games are given.

Eric Walter Tunstall (born November 21, 1950 in Hartlepool ) is a former English football player .

Career

Tunstall joined Hartlepool United from St Patricks Juniors , a local club in Hartlepool ; on his 18th birthday he signed a professional contract. After he had convinced with his performances in the reserve team, he made his debut for the first team in the third division on December 21, 1968 by substitution in a 1: 2 defeat against FC Barnsley .

The junior team led the midfielder in December 1968 as captain to a 2-1 win against Newcastle United at St. James' Park as part of the FA Youth Cup . This game was also decisive in his being signed on January 23, 1969 by Newcastle's head coach Joe Harvey for a transfer fee of £ 3,500. To negotiate the contract, he was driven by Hartlepool coach Gus McLean , who had described Tunstall in November 1968 as a "powerful, tenacious player in the style of Joe Harvey and Jimmy Scoular, " and who negotiated the transfer fee at the same time.

Under coach Benny Craig , he won an international junior tournament in Rotterdam , the Netherlands , in the summer of 1969 alongside Keith Dyson , Chris Guthrie , Keith Kennedy and Martin Burleigh , but he was denied a breakthrough in Newcastle's professional team. After his professional career, Tunstall worked for Reeds Corrugated Cases , a cardboard box manufacturer, and played for their works team in the Hartlepool League for many years .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ barryhugmansfootballers.com: Profile Eric Tunstall , accessed July 1, 2020
  2. ↑ a b thenorthernecho.co.uk: Prestigious cup final beckons (29 Aug 2008) , accessed on 13 January 2019
  3. ^ Roker youths visit pools . In: Newcastle Evening Chronicle , December 9, 1969, p. 14.  (paid link)
  4. ↑ HARVEY SET TO SIGN 'DOUBLE' . In: Newcastle Evening Chronicle , January 23, 1969, p. 28  (paid link)
  5. ↑ Ramsey runs rule over 'Pop' Robson . In: Newcastle Journal , January 24, 1969, p. 16.  (paid link)
  6. ↑ gettyimages.de: Newcastle United Junior team, 1969 , accessed on January 13, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Tunstall, Eric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tunstall, Eric Walter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Hartlepool