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TRAFFORD FC’S

NEXT SPORTSMAN’S DINNER

With  Guest Speaker

Former Leeds United & England

Defender NORMAN HUNTER

& Comedian Billy Bean

Friday 13th April 2012 at the Flixton Golf Club

Tickets: £30.00 Contact: Dave Law - 07772-287086

Norman Hunter (born 29 October 1943 in Eighton Banks, Gateshead, England) is a former English footballer who was a member of the Leeds United team of the 1960s and 1970s. He was also part of the 1966 FIFA World Cup winning squad, receiving a medal in 2007.[1] He has since been included in the Football League 100 Legends. Known for his tackling, he was nicknamed "Bites Yer Legs" Hunter.

In a team full of hard men Norman Hunter stood out as someone not to mess with.

His strength in the tackle and uncompromising approach earned him the nickname, 'bite yer legs' Hunter. A towering centre-half at Leeds for 14 years, Hunter is one of the best remembered of Don Revie's all-conquering Leeds side of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Despite his reputation as an enforcer Hunter could also play. Originally an inside

forward, it was Revie who moulded the lad from Gateshead into a centre-half, but his composure on the ball and eye for a pass marked him out as a player who could hold his own higher up the pitch

Norman with his PFA Player of the Year Award in 1974.

The first player to received

the award.

One of the finest moments of Hunter's illustrious career came in 1972 when he finally picked up an FA Cup winner's medal at Wembley. By that point he had already been on the losing side in two Cup finals and could be forgiven for thinking United were jinxed in the competition. His long pass started the move for Billy Bremner's goal in the 1965 final but Leeds ended up losing 2-1 to Liverpool. Five years later and he was involved again when United lost a bad-tempered final to Chelsea after a replay.

In 1972, things were different. It was the centenary of the great competition and the holders, Arsenal, stood in the way of Hunter and his Leeds team-mates. In a tense game, Hunter and the United defence snuffed out the threat of Arsenal's strike pairing of John Radford and Charlie George.

With the defence holding firm, it was left to striker Allan Clarke to provide the moment of quality that won the Cup. Clarke's spectacular diving header decided the game and Hunter's celebration – an ecstatic star jump – was captured by the cameras and remains one of the enduring images of Revie's great Leeds side. After the game, Hunter went up the famous Wembley stairs not once, but twice. After collecting his own medal he came back to help the injured Mick Jones to the Royal Box in what was a poignant moment.

Along with the FA Cup Hunter won two First Division titles, a League Cup and two Fairs Cups while he was at Leeds. His England career was hampered by being a contemporary of two of the country's greatest ever centre-halves – his team-mate Jack Charlton and the great Bobby Moore.

The success of that partnership meant that Hunter was an unused squad member in the 1966 World Cup-winning campaign and was mainly an understudy during his international career. Nonetheless, he still won 28 caps for his country and is still remembered as one of the best, and toughest defenders of his generation.

    Years Team Apps† (Gls)†

   1962–1976 Leeds United 540 (18)

   1976–1979 Bristol City 108 (4)

   1979–1982 Barnsley 31 (0)

                Total 679 (22 )

   National team

   1965–1974 England 28 (2)

Teams managed

1980–1984 Barnsley

1985–1987 Rotherham United

1988  Leeds United (caretaker)

Norman Hunter

‘FLASH’ RECEIVES FUNDING FOR COACHING BADGES

Trafford winger Paul ‘Flash’ Ashton was recently presented with a cheque for £400 for his UEFA B bursary award from Mark Ogley the Northern Premier League Representative & Evo-Stik League Coach Development Officer.

These funds are to assist Paul obtain his coaching qualifications.

We all wish him luck with his studies.