36 The Northern Echo Saturday, February 26, 2011 Local Heroes Saturday, February 26, 2011 The Northern Echo 37 Football Football Sunderland and District Cameron lost 6-2 at home BACKTRACK BRIEFS against Billingham Veterans. Steels SC Over 40s The Marden Inn are doing well, Silks they defeated Darsley Park 4-1 Recalling Earl,king of the rink TUESDAY’S column was suggests. League at home. They are now in fifth headed “One wedding, two The original 10in x 8in funerals.” Tom Harvey seeks drawing is by someone N THE Robson Cup quarter- place and still have an excellent chance of gaining promotion. an equaliser. called Captain Wade and quit final Marden defeated Ryhope I Premier League Hartlepool lad and very proud appeared in the Echo, Foresters 6-2 at home. PW LD FAPts HILLING out as al- of it, Tom’s a life member of though it may well have Marden’s Ferencs Deverdics Heaton Stannington . .14 12 2042 13 38 Durham FA and still been the Sunderland Echo. scored four goals and Lowther Steels SC . .14 10 2235 23 32 ways, recent BACKTRACK refereeing at 78. “Not so As well as the reference to league Touchdown Hotel . .19 847332728 and Payne netted one apiece. columns have been much now,” he concedes, Marden’s keeper Ian Hall Blackhall Hardwick . .1681731 27 25 Tootie playing for Ferryhill Greyhound . .12 732281024 recalling the early, “but I still have my boots brilliantly saved a spot-kick. Cembryonic, master- Hartlepools, the observant Marden . .13 724302123 By polished for charity games Wearside League preview Red House WMC played Chilton WMC . .16 727444623 will notice the monkey up and-pupal days of Durham and the like.” the stick. brilliantly but lost 2-1 away to Ryhope Foresters . .18 639324521 Wasps ice hockey. Somehow By Malcolm Pratt Chilton. Scorers were Paul Lord Ashley . .12 507233615 Four years ago, his wife Josie The cartoon’s among Red House WMC . .14 3110 21 35 10 we skated over the remark- Mike English and Colin McCloud. died quite suddenly. “It was a hundreds of items being Holywell Fat Ox . .1223721 29 9 able story of Earl Carlson. terribly lonely life. If it hadn’t CLUBS have been rocked by the In the Alan Spedding Cup Red Blyth Town . .13 1111 11 49 4 auctioned at Methuselah’s House CIU lost 2-1 away to Division I He was the Canadian who Amos been for Sky TV I’d have latest sale, at Marton Hotel decision of Silkswoth to resign Hartlepool Woodcutter. Michael Middlesboro’ Captain Cook . .19 955595232 once scored three goals in 26 gone crazy,” he says. and County Club on March from the league at the end of the Angus scored and Buster Houghton Mill Inn . .18 855413029 seconds, who became just the While visiting his wife’s grave, 10 at 1pm. season. Blakelaw SC . .1476133 21 27 [email protected] The news came out of the blue Bellwood. Newcastle Blue Star . .11 812341225 second player in Britain to top however, Tom fell to chatting “It’s a rather tongue-in- Newcastle Blue Star won 3-2 at Washington Biddick . .16 745312425 600 goals and who, for love, with Lillian Ward – who was cheek insight into how and is a result of manager home against Houghton Mill Inn. Grindon Broadway . .1765629 28 23 was content to cool his heels visiting her husband’s. seriously even smaller Steven Smith now having to Michael Westwood scored along Red House CIU . .1765638 40 23 in Darlington. “We just started telling one clubs like Hartlepool were work on Saturday afternoons. LPRH . .1762931 51 20 He said: I’ve got a new role at with Graham Younger and Colin Billingham Town . .1753933 34 18 He was also an amateur, thought it would be easier to another how miserable life taking the discovery of Hudson. Hartlepool Woodcutter . .1452733 36 17 find work. was and it seems like we young players in the work which means I just can’t though an amateur in what attend the games. We had a Shildon Grey Horse won 5-2 at Shildon Grey Horse . .14 527283517 might be termed the Northern Earl was born in Canada in never stopped talking,” he 1930s,” says auction home against Langley Park. Redcar Newmarket . .185112315416 says. organiser John Wilson. meeting and it was agreed to Penshaw Catholic Club . .15 438212915 League football sense of the 1925, came to wartime Britain wind up the club at the end of Scorers were Martin Joyce Tom and Lillian marry at St Child’s play or not, the rest Division II word. Whenever a bigger club with the Royal Canadian Air the season. Only one player has scored, Harry Thompson (3), Ian Robin Hood Murton . .16 12 1345 15 37 Joseph’s church in Hartlepool of the catalogue’s on made an offer, Earl’s expenses Force, was posted first to Mid- left and we will complete our 14 Thompson and Doug Grant. Darlington Croft . .16104254 21 34 on June 25 and will methuselahltd.com escalated. dleton St George and then to fixtures, hopefully going out in a In the Echo Cup quarter-finals Easington CIU . .16 952432232 honeymoon in Paris. “Fancy, Wearmouth S Carpets . .1692550 24 29 Croft, near Darlington. With blaze of glory.” bottom of the league Hedworth Whatever his status, none meeting in a cemetery of all NOT two weeks after we Darlington Railway . .1784534 31 28 his mate Gordy Bellmond, reported the theft of a large Ahead of today’s fixture with Murrays, despite a fine effort, West Cornforth . .12 714482822 doubts his supremacy. “A n places. Now it’s a different he’d join other Canadian ser- Cleator Moor Celtic on lost 3-0 at home to Rutherford. Bede CAFC . .1363431 24 21 outstanding skater and stick life altogether,” he says. amount of floodlight cable Consett . .13 634343121 vicemen at the recently built from Boldon CA’s ground Wearside, Silksworth are fourth Pelton Crown went nap to win 5- handler,” says the citation in It’s a joyous story. 2-2. 2 at home against Wearmouth Sedgefield Utd . .13 544302519 the British Ice Hockey Hall of rink by the river in Durham. comes news of the lights’ from bottom during their fourth Hebburn . .1753934 57 18 official switch-on. season in the league. They were CW. Graham Cook notched four Hartlepool Catholic Club . .16 277213713 Fame. Rob and Stuart, Earl’s sons, TERRY FARLEY,another veteran referee – same age They’ll be called the Sam re-formed in 1998 and after goals and Bell scored one. Houghton Swifts . .1433826 61 12 A coach had once deputed two believe that’s how the Wasps Peterlee Helford . .1131718 25 10 as Tom Harvey – collects Bartram Floodlights after the spells in the Hetton and District In the Ironside Cup West men to mark him. “If he goes were incubated. “They’d just Cornforth lost 4-3 at home to Durham City Strollers . .13 139928 6 his MBE at Buckingham club’s greatest player, League, the Tyne and Wear Thornley Celtic . .15 1113 21 64 4 take a couple of sticks and a Easington CIU. Steve Hope to the toilet,” he added, “you Palace on Tuesday. Will he inaugurated by his daughter League and Durham Alliance, Division III go there with him.” puck and play about on the ice successfully applied for scored a hat-trick for Cornforth. Horden Catholic Club . .19 12 4358 26 40 after skating. Icy Smith asked still be wearing the Moira – flying from Canada Rutherford AFC . .17122344 24 38 He still scored four. Wasps promotion to the Wearside In the league, leaders Robin them to help him form a team. manager coat from which for the occasion – before a Hood Murton won 3-1 at home Esh Winning Cricket . .15 10 3249 13 33 won the Northern Amateur these past forty years he’s match with York City, the club League. In 13 years they have against Hartlepool Catholic Deneside WMC . .2093842 43 30 Tournament five times be- “Dad and Gordy were virtual- seemed inseparable? Sam managed, on April 13. donated more that 12,000 to Pelton Crown . .15 924502729 ly inseparable, the main dif- local charities and signed a total Club. Ivy Legends . .1674534 35 25 tween 1949-55. Earl Carlson “You mean to tell me Spotted as a stand-in goalie In the Billy Lorraine Cup, Wearmouth CW . .1566343 30 24 was king of them all. ference that Gordy always they’re no longer in at Boldon, Sam made over of 190 players. British Telecom . .17 638353421 liked a fight. He didn’t think “It’s sad to call it a day but we Hartlepool Park Hotel lost 5-2 at His forebears were Swedish, fashion?” says Terry, 800 appearances for Charlton Times Inn . .17 638333921 he’d been in a hockey match all agreed there was no other home to the unbeaten St Mary’s Roker Queen Vic . .1662836 33 20 called Blom, emigrated to Elderly Secretary of the Athletic over 22 years and unless he’d been in a fight. option. On behalf of the club I College Yarm. Trevor Robinson Marsden Vets . .18 549284719 North America and changed Bishop Auckland Referees was widely regarded as scored two for Pools. St Mary’s Houghton CC . .17 467354918 Dad liked to let his ability Society. England’s best uncapped want to thank league officials their name because they Peter Maguire and George scorers were Card (2), Lawler, Wingate Conservative Club . .16 529303717 speak for itself; he didn’t need It’s thought that the Palace keeper.