Newcastle United’s FA Cup-winning brothers - George and Ted Robledo - have been honoured at the house they once lived in on Tyneside. In front of George’s only child, Elizabeth, and several other guests including Toon legend Bob Moncur, a blue plaque was unveiled at the home in Fenham.
The event was originally meant to take place before the outbreak of COVID-19 but after much delay, finally happened 70 years to the day of Newcastle’s FA Cup win over Arsenal in 1952. Both George and Ted played in that game with the former scoring the only goal of the game.
The coincidence of the unveiling happening on the anniversary of the victory at Wembley is not lost on Elizabeth who travelled from Chile for the ceremony. Speaking to Chronicle Live, she said: “I am a very positive person. I was very frustrated with the world’s situation with COVID-19 but the two years waiting [to unveil it] have paid off enormously.,
