John Burridge
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John Burridge, nicknamed Budgie, is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. In his senior career he played for 29 clubs, 18 of them in the Football League, in a career that lasted nea
Burridge was one of the first goalkeepers in Britain to wear Latex gloves in football matches.
Newcastle United F.C.
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Newcastle United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English footba
John Burridge
…the Blades. Burridge spent three seasons at Sheffield United before joining Southampton in 1987, signed by Chris Nicholl. Two years later, he moved to Newcastle United. After two years at Newcastle United, he moved to Scotland to join Hibernian, where he won a Scottish League Cup winners' medal. After two years in…
Harry Hampton of Aston Villa scores one of his two goals in the 1905 FA Cup final.
Newcastle United in 1960. L-r, standing: Jimmy Scoular, Dick Keith, Bryan Harvey (goalkeeper), Bob Stokoe, Alf McMichael and George Eastham; front: Terry Marshall, Ivor Allchurch, Len White, John McGuigan and Liam Tuohy.
Kevin Keegan (pictured in his second spell in 2008) guided Newcastle to promotion and Champions League football from 1992 to 1997, turning United into one of the biggest clubs in England despite not winning the league.
Bobby Robson managed the club for five years, departing in 2004.