Player Profile - Robinson - page14
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Tiny terror was champion player I MAGINE having all the soccer stars of Manchester City descend on your home . A Yet such an extraordinary event actually happened at Boldon Colliery many years ago . They were visiting the grandmother of reader John Knox . She had just lost her cousin Lilian whose hus band was a champion player of the inter - war years . He was Jack Ridley , who began his career with South Shields FC , and whose footballing history John , of Ernest Street , Boldon Colliery , is compiling . Perhaps you can even help John track down a pic ture he's seeking . John George Ridley - apparently also known often as Mickey - was born at Bardon Mill in Northumberland in 1898 . He played his first game for South Shields on February 18 at Rotherham , during the 1921-22 season , which finished in a 1-1 draw . He continued to play for the side until 1927 , during which he helped take them to the fifth round of the FA Cup ( against Bolton Wanderers , which they lost 3-0 ) . He then joined Manchester City during the 1927-28 season for a large fee . He went on to make three FA Cup appearances with them , but when City got to the Cup Final in 1933 , he lost out to Sid Cann . While at City , by the way , he was described as a " terror for his size , " being only 5ft 5ins tall and weigh ing 148 pounds . From Manchester City he went to Reading , then to QPR , before returning to the north east to play for North Shields . He played his last game at the age of 40 . 120 thinks . She is buried at Harton , where she was born . " The Man City players came to my Nana Knox's home at Boldon Colliery to pay their last respects , " he says . 1 : -1 AAA SOCCER CHAMPION ... Jack Ridley is on the extreme left in the back row of this picture of South Shields FC in 1923-24 . Monkwearmouth Hospital in about 1929-1930 , John Abintan Dar 1077 ot . Dridhoo at the EHO www APA age of 79 . John's accumulated a number of pictures of Jack with Manchester City , QPR and South Shields , one of which he has sent us here . But he says : " I have been unable to get hold of a Reading team photo for the 1933-34 season , and would he grateful if anvone could find one for me . " |
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