Elliot Anderson (born 6 November 2002) is a professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Newcastle United as a midfielder. Born in England, he is currently a youth international for Scotland.
Parents and family
Elliott Anderson’s parents are Iain Anderson (father) and Helen Anderson (mother).
Anderson hails from Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear. His maternal grandfather, Geoff Allen, played as an outside-left for Newcastle United from 1964 to 1968
Footballer Elliot Anderson attributes his success to his parent’s unwavering support. They’ve been the most prominent supporters in his life. Discouring his parent’s particular, his father Iain reportedly played in non-league football.
Family support
Sharing story (with Dailymail) about Elliott’s debut with Newcastle, his parents has this to say;
Iain said: ‘We heard the commentator say DeAndre Yedlin was coming on as a third sub and thought, “Ah, that’s it, he won’t get on now”.’But then the camera cut to the touchline and Elliot was stood with his strip on. The shock we got. We all screamed and started jumping up and down.’There were tears, too.
‘I started crying,’ added Helen, whose father, Geoff Allen, was part of Newcastle’s 1969 Fairs Cup-winning side.’We have never missed any of Elliot’s games. To see him appear on the TV like that, it was surreal.’We do feel like we’ve missed out on something, but at the moment you just have to accept it. It’s part of what we’re all going through. The bonus was the boys were with us. Once Elliot was on, none of us sat down.’
Then there was his chance to win it, a shot from inside the area that was blocked.’You’re so nervous,’ continued Iain. ‘You just hope he doesn’t put a foot wrong. But then his chance, we all screamed as it ran to him.’
The tie looked to be heading for a penalty shootout until Arsenal scored twice in extra-time. Helen added: ‘I’m terrible watching penalties. I was panicking thinking my boy could be taking one live on the BBC! He’s since told me he would have offered as well. I don’t think I could have watched that.’
Elliot was home by 11.30pm and the family stayed up to watch Match of the Day together.
‘It was so special,’ concluded Helen. ‘You just feel immense pride and happiness.’
For now, the family will continue to follow Elliot on TV.
But Iain said: ‘He made his debut but his real debut will be in front of 52,000, that’s the way we’re looking at it. As much as we loved Saturday, we hope that we’ve still got that to come. As a parent, you dream of that day.’
Information about his siblings is still unknown for now.
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Wife
Elliot Anderson is currently single and yet to be married. Elliot Anderson has never been married before and has no wedding history.
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