Irving Nattrass

Irving Nattrass

Personal information
Date of birth	(1952-12-20) 20 December 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth	Fishburn, England
Position	right back [1]
Youth career
	Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1979	Newcastle United	238	(16)
1979–1986	Middlesbrough	191	(2)
Total		429	(18)
International career
1976	England U23	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Irving Nattrass (born 20 December 1952) is an English former footballer who played primarily as a right back for Newcastle and Middlesbrough. ^[1]

Born in Fishburn, England, Nattrass attended Ferryhill Grammar School and signed with Newcastle at age 16 on an apprenticeship.

As a youth player Nattrass lacked confidence and made slow progress within the club, even going so far as to look for employment elsewhere as a mechanic. However, he soon found his stride and went on to sign professionally for the club in July 1970, aged 17. A year later Nattrass went on to make his debut against Derby.

The then Newcastle manager Joe Harvey once commented "Nattrass is my Paul Madeley and I can't pay him a bigger compliment than that". Madeley was a Leeds and England player who was dubbed the "Rolls-Royce" of footballers.

Hampered by injuries and disagreements with the Newcastle board he eventually moved to Middlesbrough for the sum of £375,000. Nattrass made his league debut for them against Arsenal on 15 September 1979.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ^{[2] [3]}

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Newcastle United	1970–71	First Division	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	1971–72	First Division	24	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	28	1
	1972–73	First Division	25	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	27	3
	1973–74	First Division	14	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	16	2
	1974–75	First Division	33	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	41	0
	1975–76	First Division	39	3	7	0	8	1	0	0	54	4
	1976–77	First Division	40	2	3	0	3	2	0	0	46	4
	1977–78	First Division	38	3	4	0	1	0	4 [a]	0	47	3
	1978–79	Second Division	21	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	24	3
	Total		238	16	23	1	22	3	4	0	287	20
Middlesbrough	1979–80	First Division	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	0
	1980–81	First Division	31	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	38	1
	1981–82	First Division	27	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	31	0
	1982–83	Second Division	29	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	36	1
	1983–84	Second Division	42	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	47	0
	1984–85	Second Division	30	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	34	0
	1985–86	Second Division	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
	Total		191	2	18	0	11	0	0	0	220	2
Career total			429	18	41	1	33	3	4	0	507	22

1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup

Honours

Individual

• Newcastle United Player of the Year: 1977–78 ^[4]

References

1. "Born on this day: One of Newcastle United's best-ever right-backs". Chronicle. Newcastle: chroniclelive.co.uk. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
2. Joannou, Paul; Swann, Bill; Corke, Steve (1990). Newcastle United: A Complete Record, 1882-1990. Derby: Breedon Books Sport. p. 91. ISBN   978-0-907969-79-2.
3. Glasper, Harry (1989). Middlesbrough: A Complete Record, 1876-1989. Derby: Breedon Books Sport. p. 125. ISBN   978-0-907969-53-2.
4. Rory Mitchinson (16 May 2022). "Joelinton scoops Newcastle United Player of the Year award". Newcastle United F.C. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

External links

• Sporting Heroes Irving Nattrass record and photo
• Evening Chronicle Interview with Irving Nattrass
• Toonarama Irving Nattrass Biography
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