How can you be sure the player hasn't been identified already Vince, just for arguments sake say Peter Shilton . The reason I ask is I have a few pictures of myself in the 60's and 70's that defy identification.
Checked all the responses and googled pics of all the people mentioned Some come close ie John O’Hare Neil Martin Geordie herd so forth and so forth But no one fits the bill my heads done in with it I need some one to take it off me and scour the world and find who the hell it is cheer mate
If its George Herd I'll pay for your next holiday, . meanwhile I will scour the world and report back with any findings. .
Yes your right, think I remember Peter Wakeman in yellow on occasions but green was the go to in those days, I may be wrong of course but I'm not convinced it is a Sunderland keeper from that era, we didn't have many, once Brown arrived I can only remember three or four, Jimmy Montgomery was such a fixture back then.
Yeh and he could be an opposing player However the kid is after is autograph Maybe that means nowt as well But it still looks like Guthrie at the back Maybe they got his autograph first I don’t know
I've asked my dad and he's showed it to everyone at the club he drinks in, and no one knows who it is.
My reply "it's not Monty" was because it is definitely the same era but not him although like another poster mentioned, sometimes you can look quite different in a photo. My first thought was goalkeeper as is others by the looks. But here's some questions. 1, was he a goalie ? 2, did he play for Sunderland ? 3, how do you know it is in Sunderland ? 4, was it a charity/celebrity match ? Could be a celebrity of the day like local broadcaster or such like.
As a child of the late sixties he does look slightly familiar, thats why am wondering if a bit of a celeb at the time and not a footballer so gerrin thrown off the scent
Yeh that’s the point no one knows so he may even be a celebrity I think he is a footballer but who he played for I don’t know With the pic been in black and white that makes it more difficult I was asked earlier were I got the pic from I now realise it was on Facebook off Syd who used to post on this site This was a couple of years ago Sorry that’s the best info I can give
I’ve thought of quite a few sunderland from the past and googled pics But unsuccessful Maybe he played for another team ?????
