When regular goalkeeper Norman Oakley failed to shake off a back injury that he picked up in the previous league game, 16-year-old Danny Godfrey, a member of the Pools ground staff, took his place between the sticks for George Luke's testimonial against Sunderland, but could do little to prevent the classy visitors running out 7-1 winners. Oakley wasn't the only absentee that evening, with George Luke himself missing the game after injuring himself falling from a ladder at his home.