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Echo calls on readers to help get a Statue for Stokoe

The Sunderland Echo and sister paper The Shields Gazette are calling on readers to help raise £73,000 to build a statue in honour of former Sunderland AFC manager and FA Cup hero Bob Stokoe.

The North East newspapers have joined forces with the club, former players and local businesses to launch the Statue for Stokoe appeal.

Legendary boss Bob helped steer the club to victory in the 1973 FA Cup final, and died last month aged 73, after a long illness.

Following his death a steering group made up of representatives from the Echo, Sunderland AFC and several other local businesses and associations was formed to look into the cost and feasibility of a lasting tribute.

And if enough money can be raised, a statue will be created and placed at the Stadium of Light.

Sunderland Echo editor Rob Lawson told readers: “Bob Stokoe may be gone, but he will never be forgotten.

“The creation of a Statue for Stokoe would be a fitting tribute and lasting memorial so that generations of fans can continue to relive the joy and the glory, not only of that great FA Cup triumph, but of the way Bob Stokoe led Sunderland back to the top flight of English football.”

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