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	Bob Stokoe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bob Stokoe (1930 - February 1, 2004) was a footballer and a manager who managed, almost uniquely, to transcend the traditional North-East rivalry between the region's footballing giants, Newcastle United and Sunderland.
		Bob Stokoe was born in Mickley, Northumberland, and began his footballing career at Newcastle United, playing the first of 288 games, usually as Centre-Half, on Christmas Day 1950.
		Stokoe took over Sunderland in 1972 and led them to their first FA Cup win since 1937.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bob_Stokoe (242 words)

	Hatton
		Bob Hatton made 111 appearances and scored 47 goals for United between July 1969 and October 1971, taking on the mantle of goal scorer expertly in the wake of the departure of Brunton Park favourite Hugh McIlmoyle.
		Bob was born on the 10th April 1947 in Hull but, somehow, was missed by the local scouting network.
		Bob Hatton had a scoring ratio of just under 2 goals per game throughout his time here and was an important part of all of Carlisle's forward play.
	www.angelfire.com /dc/3games/hatton.html (898 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Football \| News \| Stokoe and MacLeod pass away
		Bob Stokoe, the former Sunderland manager, and Ally MacLeod, who managed Scotland during the ill-fated 1978 World Cup campaign, died yesterday.
		Stokoe led the Wearside club to their famous 1973 FA Cup final win over Leeds at Wembley.
		Stokoe, 73, who had been suffering from dementia, was admitted to the University Hospital of Hartlepool on Tuesday and died yesterday.
	football.guardian.co.uk /News_Story/0,1563,1136788,00.html (254 words)

	icNewcastle - Tributes to Bob
		North-East football was today mourning the death of Bob Stokoe, who wrote himself into the history of Newcastle United and Sunderland by lifting the FA Cup while at both clubs.
		Stokoe played in the United team which won the club's last major trophy when the Magpies beat Manchester City 3-1 at Wembley to bring the FA Cup to Tyneside in 1955.
		But Stokoe's place in the folklore of the competition came when, wearing raincoat and trademark trilby, he raced on to the pitch to congratulate hero goalkeeper Jimmy Montgomery after masterminding Second Division Sunderland's 1973 FA Cup triumph against Don Revie's all-star Leeds United side at the Twin Towers.
	icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk /0200sport/page.cfm?objectid=13906478&method=full&siteid=50081 (471 words)

	BBC - Wear - Sport - Wearside mourns Bob Stokoe
		Bob Stokoe will forever remain a hero on Wearside after turning a team of second division strugglers into the winners of one of the greatest prizes in football.
		The Sunderland chairman Bob Murray has lead tributes, calling the team's victory under Stokoe in the 1973 FA cup final as the club's greatest achievement in living memory.
		Bob Stokoe was born in Gateshead in 1930 and initially made his name in football with Newcastle United.
	www.bbc.co.uk /wear/sport/2004/02/02/stokoe.shtml (397 words)

	Sunderland City Council
		THE Statue for Stokoe appeal fund has reached its target of £73,000 following the announcement of contributions from Sunderland AFC and the City of Sunderland Council.
		Subsequently a wide range of fund raising initiatives has taken place with the aim of raising £73,000 for a statue of Bob Stokoe to be sited at the Stadium of Light.
		Bob Symonds, Leader of the City Council, said: “I am delighted that the City Council and Sunderland AFC are jointly supporting this project.
	www.sunderland.gov.uk /Pages/press/pritem.asp?Id=1001 (528 words)

	Dedicated to Sunderland! -- Always loving The Sunderland!!
		In just four years, Bob Stokoe brought more glory to Sunderland than there had been for the whole of the post-War era; clinching a Second Division Championship as well as a famous FA Cup win.
		Stokoe left in October 1976, citing ill-health as the reason.
		Sunderland hero Bob Stokoe was brought in with seven games to go, when relegation to the Third Division, for the first time in the club's history, looked a certainty.
	www.freewebs.com /gwluvssafc/rollofhonour.htm (1258 words)

	Telegraph \| Sport \| This modest man was fulfilled in moments of football greatness
		When Bob Stokoe arrived late in 1972, Sunderland, in the old Second Division, had lost their last 10 matches.
		Stokoe's death on Sunday, at the age of 73 after a long illness, will tug many heartstrings on Wearside and Tyneside.
		Stokoe had matured at a club where the team effectively ran itself.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2004/02/03/sfnobi03.xml (632 words)

	The Scotsman - Sport - Sunderland legend Bob Stokoe dies at age of 73 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		FORMER Sunderland manager Bob Stokoe died yesterday at the age of 73.
		Stokoe led the Wearsiders to their famous 1973 FA Cup final victory over Leeds, when the north-east club were massive underdogs against Don Revie’s side.
		Stokoe, who had been suffering from dementia, was admitted to hospital in Hartlepool last Tuesday and passed away yesterday morning.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /sport.cfm?id=129322004 (287 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Bob Stokoe
		Bob Stokoe, who died on Sunday aged 73, was manager of Sunderland in 1973 when they won the FA Cup against the then mighty Leeds United; it was one of the most improbably romantic football results of all time.
		At the whistle, the Sunderland players seemed shocked by what they had done, and only Stokoe, who sprinted on to the pitch to hug his goalkeeper, seemed to realise the Cup was theirs.
		Bob Stokoe, the son of a miner, was born on September 21 1930 at Mickley, Northumberland.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&targetRule=10&xml=/news/2004/02/03/db0302.xml (571 words)

	This is The North East \| Sport \| Football \| Sunderland AFC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		But the abiding memory is of Stokoe, resplendent in mackintosh, trilby and tracksuit, sprinting across the Wembley turf to embrace Montgomery.
		While that may not be the greatest memory in McCarthy's childhood, the Sunderland manager will be the first to stop and lead all in the Stadium of Light in a two-minute silent tribute for the last North-East manager to win a major trophy.
		Bob Stokoe being a football man would have wanted that as well.
	thisisthenortheast.co.uk /sport/football/sunderland/news/140204a.html (530 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Funeral service for soccer legend
		Stokoe, who led Sunderland to football glory in the 1970s and also managed Carlisle United and played for Newcastle United, died aged 73.
		Stokoe was in the Newcastle United team which beat Manchester City 3-1 at Wembley in 1955.
		Stokoe died on in a Hartlepool nursing home on 1 February following a lengthy battle against a severe form of dementia.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/england/3474333.stm (433 words)

	Obituaries February / March 2004
		Bob Paisley had told Geoff that the squad needed strengthening in the full-back department, I was playing for Newcastle at the time and he came to watch me play in a pre-season game at Hull.
		The photos of a celebrating Bob Stokoe in his trilby hat is one of the most famous images of all FA Cup Finals.
		Bob Stokoe, Blackpool's manager on two occasions, has died in hospital on 1 February aged 73.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /bob.dunning/obit41.htm (3225 words)

	Footie Threads - Black Cats legend passes away
		Stokoe had been ill for several years and passed away in the University Hospital of Hartlepool on Sunday morning.
		Stokoe left the club in 1976, but returned for a brief caretaker stint in 1987 and also had spells in charge of Carlisle United, Bury and Rochdale.
		Stokoe played nearly 350 league games during his playing days, turning out for Newcastle United and Bury in a 17-year career.
	footiethreads.com /forum/showthread.php?t=6195 (241 words)

	rochdaleafc.com - Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Although Stokoe was a long way from turning the entire situation on its head the board were happy to reward him for his efforts by retaining his services.
		Promotion was eventually gained promotion but Stokoe decided he would be returning a little nearer to his roots early on in the season by resigning his post to join Carlisle United a moderate team from the Second Division.
		At this stage Stokoe was 57 years of age but was persuaded to make one more when a struggling Sunderland facing the prospect of life outside the top two divisions for the first time.
	www.rivals.net /?sid=967&p=2&stid=8225562 (1474 words)

	Carlisle United Online Archive
		Bob Stokoe began the season as manager in what he had already confirmed would be his last before retiring.
		United won just one of their first eleven league fixtures, with the last straws for Robson being the 6-1 thrashing at Brighton and a 4-0 home defeat to Norwich City a week later.
		QPR were dumped out of the FA Cup, and although the Blues went out in the next round to 4th division Peterborough, useful league draws at Crystal Palace and Sunderland in the February were followed by home wins over Hull, Huddersfield and Sheffield United.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/square/ad969/archive/1985-86.htm (333 words)

	The Magpies Zone Hall of Fame; Jackie MILBURN
		Milburn's famous trick of sliding on one knee to tackle a defender, hooking the ball and then sprinting away is one that surprised many a centre-half.
		Bob Stokoe was to remark, "He was the most exciting thing I have ever seen on a football field".
		By the turn of the decade Milburn was the spearhead to United's double FA Cup triumph in 1951 and 1952.
	www.geocities.com /~shearyadi/hall/milburn.htm (1471 words)

	BBC - Cumbria Sport - Carlisle
		Stokoe, who spent three spells at the club over an eighteen year period, also managed Bury in the 1960's and 70's.
		Stokoe led Carlisle to a League Cup semi-final in 1969 and promotion to Division Two in 1982 during three spells at Brunton Park.
		Stokoe, who had three spells as manager at Brunton Park, passed away in hospital in Hartlepool yesterday.
	www.bbc.co.uk /cumbria/sport/clubs/carlisle/02_2004.shtml (2505 words)

	Ananova - Sunderland mourn FA Cup-winning boss
		Stokoe, who had been suffering from dementia, was admitted to the University Hospital of Hartlepool on Tuesday and passed away on Sunday morning.
		Stokoe, a former Newcastle player, also guided the club to the Second Division title in 1976 with a team which included the evergreen Bryan 'Pop' Robson.
		Stokoe began his managerial career at Bury in 1961, whom he managed again in 1977, before he moved on to Charlton, Rochdale (twice), Carlisle (three times), Blackpool (twice) and, of course, Sunderland (twice).
	www.ananova.com /sport/story/sm_861784.html (216 words)

	Soccer365 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Former Sunderland boss Bob Stokoe is to be honoured on the 31st anniversary of his biggest day in football at a special memorial service.
		Stokoe, who died in February, will be remembered at a civic service at Sunderland Minster on May 5, the date on which he guided his then Second Division side to victory over Leeds in the FA Cup final at Wembley in 1973.
		The FA Cup will be on display, and fans and invited guests will be able to sign a memorial book.
	www.soccer365.com /Home/page_89_71476.shtml (169 words)

	BarumReport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		There were 10 crews filling the Expert class with Scott Jonas and Andy Ballantyne, and heading a strong group from Wessex MC were Paul Swindells/Andy Coshan.
		Bob Wisniewski/Paul Lettington from Wessex MC, Clive and Verity Anstey from Devizes and the homegrown duo of Ben and Jason Byrom headed the 6 Novices.
		Conditions were mild and dry and the threat of rain did not materialise, so penalties were slow in coming but unaccountably novices Hickman/Lodder dropped a minute at TC2 and Dixon/Barnard a minute at TC3.
	www.ndmc.org.uk /Events/Reports/2002/Barum.htm (477 words)

	TheFA.com - Pay your tribute
		Bob Stokoe celebrates Sunderland's remarkable win over Leeds United in the 1973 FA Cup Final.
		Mick McCarthy, Sunderland's current manager, and Bob Murray, the club's chairman, have expressed their personal tributes in the on-line book.
		Once the book closes, all messages of condolence will be sent to Bob Stokoe's family.
	www.thefa.com /TheFACup/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2004/02/Stokoe_BookCondolence.htm (133 words)

	TheFA.com - Shocks do happen
		Bob Stokoe celebrates as his Sunderland team beat Leeds United in the 1973 FA Cup Final.
		Leeds, superlatively efficient matured in the conflicts of the First Division and of European competition, a team with ten international players, came to Wembley as Cup holders, for their third Final in four years.
		Suderland came from the Second Division, and when their new manager, Bob Stokoe, took over in the season, they were third from bottom.
	www.thefa.com /TheFACup/TheFACup/History/Postings/2003/11/46982.htm (731 words)

	GiveMeFootball.com - The Professional Footballers' Association
		Bob Stokoe became part of football folklore as much as any of his Sunderland team on that magical day in 1973 when an FA Cup Final triumph, over Leeds United, became, perhaps, the ultimate 'giant-killing act'.
		It's past tense now because Bob sadly passed away on Saturday and will be mourned by many beyond the boundaries of the North East that encompassed his kingdom.
		When Bob Stokoe led his team out at Wembley on May 5th, 1973 they had finished sixth in the Second Division, despite fighting relegation for most of the campaign, well before the introduction of play-offs, while Leeds had finished third, behind Liverpool and Arsenal, in the top flight.
	www.givemefootball.com /display.cfm?article=3870&type=1 (1010 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| My Club \| Sunderland \| Sunderland mourn Stokoe
		Former Sunderland manager Bob Stokoe has died at the age of 73.
		Stokoe, who had been suffering from dementia, was admitted to the University Hospital of Hartlepool on Tuesday and died on Sunday morning.
		Stokoe led the club to their famous 1973 FA Cup final victory over Leeds, when the north-east club were massive underdogs against Don Revie's side.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3450211.stm (176 words)

	Ready To Go : Independent Sunderland AFC
		The city was saddened by Bob's death at the age of 73 on February 1st
		Rufus, added: "Bob Stokoe and his team pulled off one of the biggest FA Cup upsets of all time and in doing so gave the people of Sunderland a
		Councillor Bob Symonds, leader of City of Sunderland Council, said: "The City of Sunderland are delighted to support this campaign to erect
	www.readytogo.net /archives/000473.html (815 words)

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