Peter Cartwright (1979/80 to 1982/83)

Newcastle born Peter Cartwright followed Steve Carney and Alan Shoulder from non-league football into Division 2 at the age of 21. He arrived during the summer of 1979 and described the move as "a dream come true".

Small, but gutsy, he made up in graft and strong running what he lacked in skill and had excellent speed off the mark for the first few yards.

He also had great stamina with his former boss at North Shields, Geoff Allen, saying “when you wind him up he’s all set to go for every second of ninety minutes. He’s very, very quick. He could even leave Supermac standing”.

He was a bit overawed when he first arrived, but when he scored with his first touch after coming on as a sub in the League Cup tie at Sunderland it gave him a boost in confidence and he played in nearly every game with Bill McGarry using him as a midfield 'destroyer'.

But after Arthur Cox took over, early in the 1980/81 season, he found himself out of the reckoning. He only got three more games during the campaign.

In 1981/82 Peter had to wait until February 20th for a game, when he came on as sub for the injured Mick Martin at Shrewsbury. However, he did well enough to retain his place after Martin returned and played in almost every game until the end of the season.

Although he was in the team at the start of 1982/83 he was dropped after the first four games and the signing of David McCreery soon after led to him being listed. After an initial loan at Scunthorpe commencing in December he moved to Darlington in March.