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Stanley Anderson (27 February 1933 – 10 June 2018) was an English football player and manager. The only player ever to have played for and captained all the big 3 NE teams, Sunderland, Newcastle and Middlesbrough.


Playing career

Anderson seemed set to finish his career with Sunderland, but after 400 appearances and 12 years he signed for
Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional Association football, football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League – the top flight of English football league system, English football. The club was ...
for £35,000 in November 1963.


Managerial career

He succeeded
Raich Carter Horatio Stratton "Raich" Carter (21 December 1913 – 9 October 1994) was an English sportsman who played football for Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland, Derby County F.C., Derby County and Hull City A.F.C., Hull City, as well as representing Engla ...
as Middlesbrough manager in April 1966 and remained at the club until resigning in April 1973 to be replaced by
Jack Charlton John Charlton (8 May 193510 July 2020) was an English footballer and manager who played as a defender. He was part of the England national team that won the 1966 World Cup and managed the Republic of Ireland national team from 1986 to 1996 ...
. In his time the club were relegated from and promoted to
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second division. After leaving Middlesbrough he managed in Greece for
AEK Athens FC AEK FC ( el, ΠΑΕ A.E.K. ; Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; ''Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos'', meaning ''Athletic Union of Constantinople'') is a Greek professional football club based in Nea Filad ...
and in England, where he became boss at
Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England, which compete in the . After a nomadic early existence, they have played home matches at Loftus ...
,
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The team compete in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club play their home games at T ...
and
Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pik ...
before giving up management after resigning in 1981. He continued as a scout for various clubs including Newcastle.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Stan 1933 births 2018 deaths English footballers England international footballers England under-23 international footballers 1962 FIFA World Cup players Sunderland A.F.C. players Newcastle United F.C. players Middlesbrough F.C. players AEK Athens F.C. managers English football managers Middlesbrough F.C. managers Queens Park Rangers F.C. managers Bolton Wanderers F.C. managers English Football League players Association football midfielders