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| Factfile: Kevin Beattie |
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| Full Name: Thomas Kevin Beattie |
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| Born: Carlisle 18/12/1953 |
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| Position: Defender |
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| International Honours: 9 Full England Caps |
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One of five brothers the "Beat" also has four sisters. | |
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His father turned down the chance of playing for Aston Villa as goalkeeper. | |
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Attended St Cuthbert's School, Carlisle, playing in the same school team as David Geddis who would later become a team mate at Portman Road. | |
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Initially played as goalkeeper for his school side. | |
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Prior to joining the Town Youth Side had a weeks trial at Liverpool. | |
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Made youth team debut against Fulham at Craven Cottage. | |
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Became reserve side regular at just 16 years of age. | |
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Played for the England Youth side and also gained 9 caps at Under-23 level. | |
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Made first team debut at Old Trafford, as an 18 year old, in August 1972. | |
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First ever recipient of the PFA Young Player of the Year award (1973). | |
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Selected four years running in the First Division Team of the Year (1973-1976). | |
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Rothman's Young Player of the Year (1973). | |
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Capped by England on 9 occasions (2 as a substitute), scoring once, a total that would have been considerably higher but for a series of short and long term injuries. | |
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Voted Town Player of the Year in 1973 and 1974. | |
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Scored his one England goal against Scotland in a 5-1 win at Wembley in May, 1975. | |
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Member of the Town side that defeated Arsenal at Wembley in the 1978 FA Cup Final. | |
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Played for an England XI in Bill Shankly's Testimonial at Anfield. | |
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Along with fellow Carlislians Robin Turner & David Geddis, was granted freedom of the City of Carlisle, following Town's FA Cup success. | |
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Was understudy to Michael Caine in the 1981 movie Escape to Victory. | |
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Between 1973 and 1981 he made a total of 296 full appearances for Town, and another 11 as substitute, scoring 32 goals. | |
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His final Town appearance was against Manchester City in the 1981 FA Cup Semi-Final at Villa Park. | |
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Joined Colchester United in July 1982, then managed by former defensive partner Allan Hunter, but played just three games for the Essex side. | |
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His testimonial game against Dynamo Kiev in 1982 was attended by 14,500 who watched Town play out a 2-2 draw. | |
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Signed by Malcolm Allison for Middlesbrough in November 1982. | |
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Made 3 league appearances for the Teeside club. | |
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After retiring from the Football League scene played a handful of games for Ipswich United in the Ipswich & Suffolk District League and Harwich & Parkeston in the Jewson League before joining pub side The Royal Oak for one season. | |
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Joined Swedish Second Division side Sandviken where he was voted the club's Player of the Year. | |
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Crossed the border into Norway where he joined Kongsberg IF. | |
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Scored 60 goals in his first season with the Fourth Division side. | |
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Next stop Nybergsund IL, of the Norwegian Second Division, for a further two seasons. | |
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Returned to the UK where he played for, and briefly managed, Jewson League side Clacton Town. | |
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Voted Greatest Ever Town Player in an Evening Star readers poll in 1993. | |
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Has scouted for Portsmouth and Norwich City! | |
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Now co-commentates Ipswich games for BBC Radio Suffolk. |