Jackie Milburn's mining roots
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"Tomás’ appointment forms part of Newcastle United's ongoing strengthening of its talent identification and recruitment structure."
"James' Park or Newcastle United, but the North East as a whole, his remarkable rise serving as a source of inspiration for those in black and white as much today - during a period of great change - as it has at any point since his final game for the club in 1957."
""From my bedroom you could see the pityard and the shaft leading down to the coalface," Milburn recollected. "It was a familiar view in the North East in the mid-Twenties and one which drew most of the lads like a magnet. The money to be made down the pit - and the beer it could ..."