26-04-76: Sunderland (a) 2-1 (HT 1-1) Crowd (24,880)

Born in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland on 16th November 1947 Robert (Bobby) Kerr, started his football career with Sunderland Juniors before signing professional terms in November 1964. He made his League debut two years later, in a 1-0 win over Machester City at Roker Park, when he scored the goal in an auspicious start, but his progress was twice halted by broken legs. He did, however recover from those setbacks to become a highly competitive midfielder and club captain, who led the Black Cats to a famous 1-0 F.A. Cup Final victory over Leeds United in 1973 and promotion as Champions of the Second Division at the end of the 1975-76 season. After those two injury blows, one of which being against Leeds United, in an F.A. Cup tie in 1967, he missed very few games and played forty or more games in each season in the five seasons from 1971-72 to 1975-76. He had scored fifty-six goals in three hundred and sixty-eight League appearances, of which thirteen were as a substitute, a total of sixty-nine goals in four hundred and thirty-three in all games, before leaving Roker Park to join former boss Bob Stokoe at Blackpool in March 1979. He scored twice in eighteen starts and four games from the bench in League games before returning to the North-East with Hartlepool Unitedin July 1980. There he scored twice in forty-nine League games, one of which was as a substitute before moving to Non-League side Whitby Town, where he finished his football career. After football he managed several public houses in the North-East. Kerr had two older brothers who were also footballers. George, who was born on 9th January 1943, played as an Inside Forward with Vale of Leven, Barnsley, Bury, Oxford United and finally Scunthorpe United before going on to manage Lincoln City and Grimsby Town.

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