Nick Pope's England shirt was going to a new home, but the goalkeeper knew it would be in safe hands as he scrawled a message on the front.
"To Colly, I would still be running under throw-ins at Morecambe if it wasn't for you!" he wrote on the match issued jersey before packaging it up. "Thank you for everything!"
Those words tell you all you need to know about Newcastle United's new signing. Pope may be an established Premier League footballer and senior international, but the 30-year-old has never forgotten those afternoons playing at stadiums like the Globe Arena or how Andy 'Colly' Collett helped him along the way.
