Graeme Aldred

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Graeme Aldred
Personnel
birthday September 11, 1966
place of birth Ferryhill ,  England
date of death February 22, 1987
Place of death Newcastle upon Tyne ,  England
position Full-back (right)
Juniors
Years station
0000-1984 Newcastle United
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1984-1986 Darlington FC 44 (0)
1986 AFC Barrow 7 (0)
1986-1987 Whitley Bay FC
1 Only league games are given.

Graeme Aldred (born September 11, 1966 in Ferryhill , † February 22, 1987 in Newcastle upon Tyne ) was an English football player . Aldred made 44 appearances in the Football League for Darlington FC before he died in a car accident at the age of 20 in 1987.

Career

Aldred represented the Durham County's selection of students in the U-15 and U-19 age groups. After his school days he was accepted by Newcastle United as an apprentice (German trainee) and played together with Paul Gascoigne , among others , but it was not enough for Aldred to a professional contract in Newcastle. In September 1984 he joined the fourth division club Darlington and made his debut in a goalless draw against Blackpool FC . During the season Aldred played 28 league games, two-thirds of them as part of the starting line-up when Darlington was third in the table at the end of the season and was promoted to the third division . In addition, he also played in the 1984-85 FA Cup , in which Darlington in the third round after a replay of the nearby second division FC Middlesbrough 2: 1 hit, a lot of the supporters of the club in 2002 the best game in the home stadium Feethams was elected .

In the following season 1985/86 started Aldred as a regular player, but lost it after the arrival of Chris Evans in October 1985. At the end of the season Aldred left after 57 competitive match inserts (1 goal) the club and joined the 1986/87 season the in the Northern Premier League playing AFC Barrow at. By mid-September, Aldred came to Barrow seven league and one FA Cup use; From December 1986 at the latest, he played in the Northern League for Whitley Bay FC and helped his new club in the first round game of the FA Trophy against Barrow by his late equalizer to a replay in which Whitley Bay prevailed.

In February 1987, Aldred was a passenger in a car when the vehicle crashed near Bishop Auckland and he was thrown out of the vehicle. Aldred died of his injuries two days later at Newcastle General Hospital .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life data according to the English National Football Archive (ENFA) , accessed on May 27, 2018
  2. ^ A b Accident verdict on footballer . In: Newcastle Evening Chronicle , July 10, 1987, p. 12.  (paid link)
  3. ↑ durhamcountyschoolsfa.org.uk: Past Players (A) , accessed May 27, 2018
  4. ↑ CARNEY BOOST FROM BIG JACK . In: Newcastle Evening Chronicle , July 11, 1984, p. 16.  (paid link)
  5. ^ A b Frank Tweddle: The The Definitive Darlington FC SoccerData, Nottingham 2000, ISBN 978-1-899468-15-7 , pp. 81-82 .
  6. ↑ thenorthernecho.co.uk: Quakers recall Boro win (13 May 2002) , accessed on May 27, 2018
  7. ↑ Michael Gardner: The Definitive Barrow AFC SoccerData, Nottingham 2000, ISBN 978-1-899468-14-0 , pp. 93 .
  8. ↑ barrowfc.com: Holker Street Newsletter 256 (Jan. 9, 1999) , accessed May 27, 2018
  9. ↑ barrowfc.com: Holker Street Newsletter 1876 (Dec. 16, 2007) , accessed May 27, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Aldred, Graeme
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Ferryhill
DATE OF DEATH February 22, 1987
Place of death Newcastle upon Tyne