Born in the Durham mining village of Horden Stan Anderson didn’t go far from home in a career that spanned more than 500 games. He was a midfield player with, respectively, Sunderland, Newcastle United and Middlesbrough, the north east’s big three. And was the only player to captain them all.

Good enough to win two England caps, Stan played in the same Sunderland team as Len Shackleton, another star to turn out for Newcastle and Sunderland, Brian Clough and Don Revie, two men who made an indelible mark on football management.

Stan chose that route too, replacing another Sunderland legend, Raich Carter, as manager of Middlesbrough in April 1966 before he, too, was succeeded by another illustrious son of the north east, Jack Charlton.

Stan spent a year in Greek football, managing AEK Athens, before returning briefly to Queens Park Rangers and then back north to Doncaster. He stayed for three years before joining Bolton Wanderers, giving up management in 1981.