years youthyears clubs caps birth_place goals position birth_date article_title name
-- 1963 -- 1965 1965 -- 1967 -- -- carlisle united darlington south shields 15 26 newcastle upon tyne , england 3 9 winger 22 march 1943 eric johnstone
 eric johnstone
eric johnstone

eric johnstone -lrb- born 22 march 1943 -rrb- is an english former footballer who scored 12 goals in 41 appearances in the football league playing as a winger for carlisle united and darlington in the 1960s .
he also played non-league football for tow law town and south shields .
johnstone was a member of the darlington team that beat a blackpool team containing four england internationals , including full-back jimmy armfield , in the third round of the 1965 -- 66 league cup away from home .
the next day 's report in the `` northern echo '' told how johnstone had `` time and again led armfield a merry dance '' .
that same season , he contributed to darlington 's first promotion since the 1920s as they finished runners-up in the fourth division .
