| Long-serving keeper born |
| Norman Oakley was born in Stockton-on-Tees on this day in 1939. He served as Pools' goalkeeper for much of the torrid period of the early 1960s, when he attracted the interest of other clubs despite occasionally losing his place to Joe Wilkinson as Pools struggled anually at the foot of the league. He eventually joined Swindon in a cash deal in 1964. |