We were not given a BMW to use, and I remember the hassle of crossing London by tube train to get to the stadium of Chelsea, where among other chores I cleaned Roy Bentley's boots.
The next season saw me with Hartlepool United but by then I just could not compete at that level any longer, having sustained a serious knee injury that stayed with me from my Darlington days.
Golf is still an interest even after having held a 9 handicap for nearly twenty years, snooker in recent times because it was a far less strenuous activity.
Bobby's family later made this article freely available to the people of Washington and was reproduced verbatim.
This biographical article related to association football in England, about a midfielder born in the 1930s, is a stub.