As part of their 'bonus', the United players were given cigarettes by the club. Those who didn't smoke gave theirs to smokers. Milburn always had a ready supply. Milburn died at the age of 64 on 9 October of lung cancer , at his home in Ashington.
His funeral was held at St. Nicholas' Cathedral in Newcastle and saw over 30, people turn out to pay their respects. In addition to the Milburn Stand at St. James' Park, two statues of the footballer were commissioned. One stands on Station Road, the main street in his birthplace Ashington, the funds for which were raised by the Civic Head, Cllr. Michael George Ferrigon during his term of Office. James' Park.
Milburn was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in in recognition of his contribution to English Football. Wikimedia Foundation. Jackie Milburn — Pas d image? Cliquez ici. Milburn surname — Milburn is a surname. Jackie Milburn. Categories: Linfield F. Dictionaries export , created on PHP,.
Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet. John Edward Thompson Milburn. Ashington , England. Newcastle United. James Park. Milburn was the star of the side, scoring 20 goals in 39 league games.
Jackie was especially remembered for his ability to swivel in tight situations to power a drive towards the net Milburn could join expertly in approach play, and possessed tremendous ball control running at speed, as well as a marvellous sliding tackle that took the ball from opponents. Milburn continued his work as a coalminer at Hazelrigg Colliery and he purchased an old motorcycle. Dressed in full pit gear, he could often been seen racing to the ground after work.
Milburn told Mick Bell, who was a shop steward at the colliery, that he believed that working on a Saturday morning was affecting his performance on the field. After consulting with the other workers, who were all Newcastle United fans, Bell now went to see the colliery manager and threatened strike action if Jackie Milburn was not given the morning off on the day of a game. Faced with the threat of industrial action the colliery manager reluctantly agreed to Bell's request.
He was tremendously quick He was a good individual player, but also a team player and he worked hard for them. He would chase defenders too and try to recover the ball and then go on the re-strike. He had tremendous pace, always robbed the ball from behind defenders He started playing outside-right but could play centre-forward and it was hard to decide just which was his best position.
Soon afterwards Milburn was diagnosed with external otitis that caused inflammation of the ear. Milburn won his first international cap for England against Northern Ireland on 9th October Milburn later recalled that Matthews came over to speak to him just before the kick-off: "He told me that when I saw him running down the wing I had to get to the far post and wait on the edge of the six-yard box then he would cross the ball. He said he always put a lot of top on it to fool the keeper, to make it hang, so that would give me time to close in.
The great man was true to his word and I headed in my first international goal from his inch perfect cross. He was a genius. The greatest. Milburn also played against Wales , Switzerland and Scotland that season. That season the club finished in 4th place in the First Division. Once again Milburn was top scorer with 19 goals in 34 games.
Milburn upset the English selectors by asking to be left out of the tour of Norway, Finland, Sweden and France, preferring to go on the club tour of Canada. At least not the kind I did at St. James' Park. It seemed to me that a lot of the England players were simply out to impress as individuals, just to secure their place for the next game.
Tom Finney , one of the players who Milburn was presumably complaining about, took a different view: "Milburn had an inferiority complex.
He never thought he was as good as he was. Prior to a game he'd be talking himself down and saying the feller he was playing against was a great player. Milburn was recalled for the game against Wales on 15th October He responded by scoring a hat-trick in the victory. Milburn also made the fourth goal for Stan Mortensen. Milburn commented: "I was particularly pleased with two of my goals because I scored them with my head.
However, Milburn failed to score in these two games. However, he remained in the team that played against Spain and Wales Newcastle United continued to do well in the First Division finishing 5th in the season.
Milburn was top scorer with 18 goals in 30 league games. Newcastle finished 4th in the season. Once again Milburn was top scorer with 17 goals in 31 league games. The defences were in control in the first-half. The deadlock was broken in the 50th minute when Milburn collected a pass from George Robledo to fire home. Five minutes later, Ernie Taylor cleverly back-heeled the ball and Milburn scored with a powerful shot from 25 yards.
Milburn had won his first FA Cup winners' medal. Arsenal had finished 3rd in the First Division championship whereas Newcastle managed only 8th place, their lowest position since promotion in In the 19th minute Wally Barnes was injured in a tackle with Milburn.
He tried to carry on but he was forced to leave the field in the 35 minute. Arsenal's ten men fought magnificently against the marauding Newcastle forwards. They held out until the 85th minute when George Robledo headed in a Milburn cross. Milburn had won his second FA Cup winners' medal. Newcastle United struggled in the First Division the following season and finished in 16th place.
Milburn had a niggling knee problem and only played in 16 games. He eventually had his cartilage removed but even when back to full fitness he only managed to score 16 goals in 39 games in the season. That year Newcastle secured a top ten position. Milburn later recalled how the game started: "I won a corner on the right and Len White ran over to take it. Manchester City's captain, Roy Paul, was standing next to me as Len placed the ball, but he suddenly yelled, 'Bloody hell, I should be marking Keeble,' so off he darted to find big Vic, who was more widely noted for his prowess in the air.
Len fired the ball in my direction and there was I standing all alone like Grey's Monument. I headed the ball past their keeper, Bert Trautmann and that was it. The situation got worse for City when Jimmy Meadows suffered a serious knee injury in the 18th minute. Just as in Newcastle had just ten men to beat. In the second-half Newcastle United made their numerical advantage count. In the 53rd minute Bobby Mitchell made a run down the wing before scoring from an acute angle.
Soon afterwards George Hannah scored from a pass from Mitchell. Milburn and Newcastle had won the FA Cup for the third time in five years. Vic Keeble developed a very good relationship with Milburn. He later recalled: "My partnership with Jackie was great.
I'd nod them on and he could really move off the mark. Sides all look for balance and that is why we complemented each other. Jackie was a prolific striker, not great in the air, but had two terrific feet.
Pace is everything and that made him very dangerous. He could really thump a ball. Even from 30 yards, the ball would go in like a rocket. Jackie would burst the ball today! He scored so many goals with his nut that I swear he had studs in his forehead. Milburn was recalled by England against Denmark on 2nd October England won with Nat Lofthouse and Don Revie both scoring two goals each.
Milburn failed to score and later admitted: "In spite of being moved into the middle late in the game, I'm afraid I left my shooting boots at home. I just so desperately wanted to do well. He had scored 10 goals in 13 games for his country.
Milburn's form continued to deteriorate. Jack Charlton played against him in the season. I got to the ball first and thought, he's not as quick as he used to be. I tackled him a couple of times and he fell down. Milburn was a heavy smoker and this affected his stamina.
As his son later remarked: "At just 33, he was beginning to feel like a much older man. My confidence had completely gone. In Milburn decided to leave Newcastle United. He had a tremendous goal scoring record at the club: in Football League games and 23 in 44 FA Cup games. Although Milburn was not good enough for the First Division in he received an offer to join Linfield as player-manager in the Irish League.
Milburn was a great success in Ireland and scored over goals in two seasons. In Milburn was appointed as manager of Ipswich Town. At the time they were league champions but that season they finished in 17th place.
The following season they finished bottom and were relegated. Milburn resigned and became a journalist working for the News of the World. Jackie Milburn died of lung cancer at his home in Ashington on 9th October Also sharing the flat were his mother Nance and father Alec. Little could they have known at the time the significance of the initials they had him christened with: JET. He would be better known as Jackie.
As a youngster, he would wave to his miner father from his bedroom window as he crossed the back lane to the pit yard just a few yards away.
Even at that early age, he just knew he did not want to spend his own life down that black hole. Alec was well known as one of the best coal-cutters at the colliery, and because of that ability, the family probably lived a little more comfortably than many of the other 30, folk in the town. Being on piecework, he was prepared to break his back to earn enough for the essentials the family needed to get by, and then some more for a few little luxuries.
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