- Brothers
- Thirteen of the fifteen players in one Tynedale side
in 1905 comprised five sets of brothers: three Spencers,
three Emersons, three Pattersons, two Bates and two
Ritsons.
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- Current Internationals
- When Epeli Taione (Epi) represented Tonga in 1999 he
became the first ever Tynedale player to win a full
international cap whilst a current playing member of the
club.
F.H.R Alderson, who played in Tynedale's 1887 cup-winning
side, captained England several years later whilst playing
for Hartlpool Rovers and Bill Nanson joined Tynedale in 1907
from Carlisle the season after being capped for England
against Wales and France. Noel Humphreys toured South Africa
with the British Isles in 1910, while playing stand-off for
Tynedale.
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- Special Train
- The first special train ever run anywhere in the
North-East for a football match was from Hexham to
Newcastle for the Northumberland Senior Cup Final of 1883
between Tynedale and Tynemouth.
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- Rugby League Internationals
- Tynedale hooker Jack Suddes, who played in
cup-winning sides at 1st XV, 2nd XV, 3rd XVand 4th XV
level, later became reserve hooker for England while
playing Rugby League for Bramley. Former Tynedale forward
Bob Armstrong won a Rugby League cap before the First
World War while playing for Salford.
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- Played aginst Touring Sides
- Teddy Blench (full-back), Tommy Bland (centre) and
Jack Suddes (hooker) played in the combined
Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham side which lost
only 10-6 to thw "All Blacks" at the County Ground,
Gosforth in 1936.
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