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Back to 1989, when we were starting to make an impression in the world of junior county matches.

My first Saturday morning club was in a hut on Wooler Road, Hartlepool. The hut was owned by Teesside Positive People and after a little bit of negotiating they agreed to help our county squad by donating team sweatshirts.

I remember I had to return mine directly after this photoshoot and I never saw it again!

Things were becoming more professional (the photographs were taken during an Under-11 training day) but it still took another four years for one of our teams to qualify for the finals.

TPP helped us for just the one year. We then switched to another sponsor, but that's another story...