You might not connect World cup winners Brazil with Crook Town but Ronaldo's toe-poked goal in the World Cup finals reminded Cardiff City physio Jimmy Goodfellow of a Crook player who had a toe-poke technique of his own.

Goodfellow an amateur cup winner with Crook Town in 1964 recalls: "I have seen some great toe-pokers of a ball but not many better than former team mate Allan Brown at Crook.

"I played with Allan from 1962-1966 and he seemed to know instinctively when he would deliver one of his lightning toe-poke crosses. It would often catch defenders out and I scored a lot of goals from them.

"He also possessed good close ball skills which took him into the opposition penalty box where he would have a quick toe-poke at goal.

"Another of Allan's trademarks was winning penalties. He won one against Walthamstow Avenue in the FA Amateur Cup Fourth Round replay in 1964. He picked himself up, winked at me and said: "I've got the penalty, now you stick it away!

"The game was delicately poised at 0-0 and Crook coach George Wardle later told me that if I'd missed that spot kick the committee had all agreed that I'd never play another game at Crook. Thankfully I scored and we went all the way to Wembley and won the Amateur Cup."

Goodfellow joined Crook from Consett and made his debut on March 10 1962 in a league cup game against Stanley United. He added: "I was only 19-years of age and in the same dressing room as amateur legends Ray Snowball, Jimmy McMillan, Seamus O'Connell, Arnold Coates, John Heatherington and of course Allan Brown. Before a game the committee would pick the team and then a hand would appear through the dressing room door with the team sheet. If your name wasn't on it, you picked up your boots, wished everyone all the best and walked out. You would then bump into the committee and eight or nine would tell you they had voted for you to be in the team every week. There were only 13 on the committee!"

Goodfellow joined Lawrie McMenemy at Bishop Auckland for the 1965/66 season but turned professional at Port Vale a year later with Stanley Matthews as his manager. He later played for Workington Town, Rotherham United and Stockport County making over 500 football league and cup appearances. He then had spells as trainer/coach/physio with Newport County )when they reached the quarter finals of the European Cup Winners Cuo) with Cardiff City, Plymouth Argyle, Sunderland and finally back at Cardiff City in 1987.