A small County Durham village has a remarkable connection to Newcastle United history, having produced the man who would become known as 'Mr Newcastle United'.
Kelloe, a former mining village south-east of Durham, was the birthplace of Stan Seymour, one of the most influential figures in the history of the Magpies.
Seymour's association with Newcastle stretched far beyond his achievements as a player.
He went on to manage the club and serve as chairman and director, earning a reputation as one of the men who helped shape United through some of their most successful decades.
But long before St James' Park, Seymour's story began in Kelloe.
From Kelloe to Newcastle United
George Stanley Seymour was born in Kelloe on May 16, 1895, according to several football records, although some historical sources give 1893 as his year of birth.
His beginnings were a world away from the heights he would later reach with Newcastle.
Seymour worked locally as a pitman and, as a teenager, was initially rejected by Newcastle United.
Accounts of his career record that he was effectively told to come back when he had grown up.
Instead, he played for Shildon Athletic and Coxhoe before a brief spell at Bradford City and then a move north to Greenock Morton in Scotland.
It proved to be a long road back to Newcastle.
In 1920, United signed the County Durham-born winger for £2,500, bringing Seymour to the club that had previously turned him away.
He became a Newcastle United great
Seymour went on to make 242 league appearances and score 73 league goals for Newcastle between 1920 and 1929.
One of his defining moments arrived at Wembley in 1924.
Newcastle faced Aston Villa in the FA Cup final and won 2-0, with Seymour scoring one of the goals after having already struck four times during the club's run to the final.
Three years later, he was also part of the United side which won the First Division championship in 1926-27.
That remains the last time Newcastle United were champions of England, giving the man born in Kelloe a permanent place in the story of one of the club's greatest achievements.
His playing career with Newcastle ended in 1929 following a dispute with club officials over money and a testimonial.
Rather than join North East rivals Middlesbrough, Seymour ended his playing career and opened a sports shop in Newcastle.
His contribution to United, however, was nowhere near finished.
Why he became 'Mr Newcastle United'
Seymour returned to Newcastle as a director in the late 1930s and subsequently took charge of the team.
He had three spells as manager, from 1939 to 1947, 1950 to 1954 and 1956 to 1958.
During that period, Newcastle enjoyed another golden era.
Seymour was at the helm when United won consecutive FA Cups in 1951 and 1952 before moving upstairs to become chairman.
Having represented Newcastle as a player, manager, director and chairman, the Kelloe-born football figure became known as 'Mr Newcastle United'.
He died in Newcastle upon Tyne on December 24, 1978, aged 83.
Kelloe's mining past
Seymour's story also reflects the community from which he emerged.
Kelloe has roots stretching back to medieval times, but its character was transformed by coal mining during the 19th century.
Durham County Council's study of the village says that at the beginning of that century the area was centred on two separate settlements, Church Kelloe and East Hetton.
East Hetton developed as a pit village serving nearby collieries, with terraced housing, a school and chapels appearing as the community expanded.
The wider area grew dramatically with the coal industry.
Mining remained important locally until the pits closed in 1983.
The landscape changed again in the 20th century when much of the traditional East Hetton terraced housing disappeared and new estates were built around Kelloe.
It means the village Seymour would have known as a young man looked markedly different from Kelloe today.
A village with centuries of history
Football is only one part of Kelloe's unusually rich past.
Church Kelloe is home to the historic St Helen's Church.
Its precise age is uncertain, with architectural evidence suggesting Saxon or Early Norman origins, while other features point to a date after 1100.
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Inside is the medieval St Helena Cross, discovered in pieces during restoration work in 1854 after having been incorporated into the church wall.
The 12th-century sculpture depicts scenes connected with the legend of the True Cross.
Archaeological finds demonstrate an even longer human history around Kelloe, including prehistoric flint tools found in the surrounding area.