Lydon: George Michael (Micky)

1954-1955 (Player Details)

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Born: Sunderland: 05-11-1933

Debut: v Bury (h): 15-01-1955

5’8 1/2” 10st 7 ½ lb (1957)

Lydon enjoyed an outstanding schoolboy career before arriving at Leeds via Sunderland. He went to school at St Bennet’s and represented Sunderland Boys and Durham County Boys before winning English Schoolboy and two England Youth caps in 1949. He joined Sunderland as a seventeen-year-old from Durham Junior League club, Hylton Colliery Juniors in December 1950. Anxious for first team football, he moved to Leeds in June 1954 but, unable to make an impression there, as he was up against Andy McCall and the emerging George Meek with Jackie Overfield already showing signs of the quality left winger he turned out to be, Lydon signed for Gateshead in November 1955. He made one hundred and six League appearances for them, scoring twenty-four goals, until he stopped playing in June 1959.