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'''Neil Baldwin''' (born 1945 or 1946<ref name="Dickson">{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-09-25/neil-baldwin-prince-edward-is-the-best-royal-ive-met--i-just-knocked-on-his-door|title=Marvellous: Toby Jones plays Neil Baldwin in extraordinary real-life drama on BBC2|last=Dickson|first=E Jane|date=25 September 2014|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref>) is an honorary graduate of [[Keele University]]<ref name="Westlands"/><ref name="Keele mascot">{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/education/2010/mar/09/neil-baldwin-keele-university | title=How Neil Baldwin became Keele University's mascot | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=9 March 2010 | accessdate=26 September 2014 | author=Beckett, Francis}}</ref> from [[Westlands, Staffordshire]].<ref name="Westlands">{{cite news | url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Stoke-City-kit-man-Neil-Baldwin-receives-honorary/story-19523764-detail/story.html | title=Stoke City: Former kit man Neil Baldwin receives honorary degree at Keele University | work=[[The Sentinel (Staffordshire)]] | date=16 July 2013 | accessdate=26 September 2014}}</ref> In the 1990s he was appointed as [[Stoke City Football Club]]'s [[Equipment manager| kit-man]] by its then manager [[Lou Macari]]<ref name="Westlands"/><ref name="Keele mascot"/><ref name="Mirror"/><ref name="Spinks">{{cite news | url= http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Stoke-City-Lou-Macari-leads-plaudits-Neil-Baldwin/story-22912059-detail/story.html | title=Stoke City: Lou Macari leads plaudits for Neil Baldwin film | work=[[The Sentinel (Staffordshire)]] | date=11 September 2014 | accessdate=26 September 2014 | author= Spinks, Martin}}</ref> who has described him as "the best signing I ever made".<ref name="Palmer">{{cite news | url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/marvellous-life-neil-baldwin---4325433 | title=The Marvellous life of Neil Baldwin – an incredible man who inspired a BBC movie | work= [[Daily Mirror|The Mirror]] | date=25 September 2014 | accessdate=28 September 2014 | author=Palmer, Alun}}</ref>
'''Neil Baldwin''' (born 1945 or 1946<ref name="Dickson">{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-09-25/neil-baldwin-prince-edward-is-the-best-royal-ive-met--i-just-knocked-on-his-door|title=Marvellous: Toby Jones plays Neil Baldwin in extraordinary real-life drama on BBC2|last=Dickson|first=E Jane|date=25 September 2014|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref>) is an honorary graduate of [[Keele University]]<ref name="Westlands"/><ref name="Keele mascot">{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/education/2010/mar/09/neil-baldwin-keele-university | title=How Neil Baldwin became Keele University's mascot | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=9 March 2010 | accessdate=26 September 2014 | author=Beckett, Francis}}</ref> from [[Westlands, Staffordshire]].<ref name="Westlands">{{cite news | url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Stoke-City-kit-man-Neil-Baldwin-receives-honorary/story-19523764-detail/story.html | title=Stoke City: Former kit man Neil Baldwin receives honorary degree at Keele University | work=[[The Sentinel (Staffordshire)]] | date=16 July 2013 | accessdate=26 September 2014}}</ref> In the 1990s he was appointed as [[Stoke City Football Club]]'s [[Equipment manager| kit-man]] by its then manager [[Lou Macari]]<ref name="Westlands"/><ref name="Keele mascot"/><ref name="Mirror"/><ref name="Spinks">{{cite news | url= http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Stoke-City-Lou-Macari-leads-plaudits-Neil-Baldwin/story-22912059-detail/story.html | title=Stoke City: Lou Macari leads plaudits for Neil Baldwin film | work=[[The Sentinel (Staffordshire)]] | date=11 September 2014 | accessdate=26 September 2014 | author= Spinks, Martin}}</ref> who has described him as "the best signing I ever made".<ref name="Palmer">{{cite news | url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/marvellous-life-neil-baldwin---4325433 | title=The Marvellous life of Neil Baldwin – an incredible man who inspired a BBC movie | work= [[Daily Mirror|The Mirror]] | date=25 September 2014 | accessdate=28 September 2014 | author=Palmer, Alun}}</ref>


Baldwin is a registered [[clown]], and at one time worked in a circus.<ref>Marvellous</ref> In 1993, Macari played him as a substitute for Stoke City, against [[Aston Villa]], in the final five minutes of a testimonial match for [[Gordon Cowans]].<ref name="Smith">{{cite web|url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Marvellous-Stoke-City-kit-man-Neil-Baldwin-really/story-23005472-detail/story.html|title=Marvellous: Stoke City kit man Neil Baldwin really did dress up as a chicken|last=Smith|first=Pete|date=26 September 2014|work=[[Stoke Sentinel]]|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref>
Baldwin is a registered [[clown]], and at one time worked in a circus.<ref name="Grimsby">{{cite news | url=http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Marvellous-biopic-clown-Stock-City-s-kit-man/story-22980614-detail/story.html | title=Marvellous biopic of clown Neil Baldwin who became Stoke City's kit man | work=[[Grimsby Telegraph]] | date=25 September 2014 | accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref> In 1993, Macari played him as a substitute for Stoke City, against [[Aston Villa]], in the final five minutes of a testimonial match for [[Gordon Cowans]].<ref name="Smith">{{cite web|url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Marvellous-Stoke-City-kit-man-Neil-Baldwin-really/story-23005472-detail/story.html|title=Marvellous: Stoke City kit man Neil Baldwin really did dress up as a chicken|last=Smith|first=Pete|date=26 September 2014|work=[[Stoke Sentinel]]|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref>


In 2013 Baldwin received the [[honorary degree]] of Master of the University from Keele University, which said<ref name="Honorary Degree">{{cite press release | url= http://www.keele.ac.uk/pressreleases/2013/keelehonorarydegreessummer2013.html | title=Keele Honorary Degrees Summer 2013 | publisher=[[Keele University]] | date=24 May 2013 | accessdate=28 September 2014}}</ref> that he:
In 2013 Baldwin received the [[honorary degree]] of Master of the University from Keele University, which said<ref name="Honorary Degree">{{cite press release | url= http://www.keele.ac.uk/pressreleases/2013/keelehonorarydegreessummer2013.html | title=Keele Honorary Degrees Summer 2013 | publisher=[[Keele University]] | date=24 May 2013 | accessdate=28 September 2014}}</ref> that he:

Revision as of 13:53, 29 September 2014

Not to be confused with Neil Baldwin (writer).

Neil Baldwin (born 1945 or 1946[1]) is an honorary graduate of Keele University[2][3] from Westlands, Staffordshire.[2] In the 1990s he was appointed as Stoke City Football Club's kit-man by its then manager Lou Macari[2][3][4][5] who has described him as "the best signing I ever made".[6]

Baldwin is a registered clown, and at one time worked in a circus.[7] In 1993, Macari played him as a substitute for Stoke City, against Aston Villa, in the final five minutes of a testimonial match for Gordon Cowans.[8]

In 2013 Baldwin received the honorary degree of Master of the University from Keele University, which said[9] that he:

has been adopted by the student body over the last 50 years as something of a mascot for Keele... He has watched, supported and kept in touch with successive cohorts of Keele students building an impressive network of alumni contacts both national and internationally. He serves the students offering advice and support to students, remaining steadfastly proud and loyal to Keele. In doing so, he has openly defended Keele and voiced his concerns about any issue that has or would affect Keele to his numerous contacts within parliament, the various leaders of Christian denomination churches, volunteer organisations and business leaders across the country, of whom he regularly visits.

Baldwin is the subject of, and also appeared as himself in Marvellous, the acclaimed biographical film on BBC television in which he is played by Toby Jones who was praised by The Guardian for his "lovely, very human, performance".[10] It was first broadcast on BBC Two and BBC Two HD on 25 September 2014.[4][11][12][13][14][15] Reviewing the programme, John Woodhouse said:[16]

It says everything for Neil that Marvellous was ever made. For in times when TV is seduced by vacuity and celebrity, it doesn't sound that promising a pitch. A drama, set in Newcastle [under-Lyme], about a man saddled with the tag of 'learning difficulties' who reveals himself to be so much more? Good luck with that one. And yet here it is – primetime BBC2.

References

  1. ^ Dickson, E Jane (25 September 2014). "Marvellous: Toby Jones plays Neil Baldwin in extraordinary real-life drama on BBC2". Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Stoke City: Former kit man Neil Baldwin receives honorary degree at Keele University". The Sentinel (Staffordshire). 16 July 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  3. ^ a b Beckett, Francis (9 March 2010). "How Neil Baldwin became Keele University's mascot". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  4. ^ a b Simon, Jane (25 September 2014). "Marvellous – Toby Jones is outstanding portraying extraordinary life of Stoke City kit man Neil Baldwin". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  5. ^ Spinks, Martin (11 September 2014). "Stoke City: Lou Macari leads plaudits for Neil Baldwin film". The Sentinel (Staffordshire). Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  6. ^ Palmer, Alun (25 September 2014). "The Marvellous life of Neil Baldwin – an incredible man who inspired a BBC movie". The Mirror. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Marvellous biopic of clown Neil Baldwin who became Stoke City's kit man". Grimsby Telegraph. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  8. ^ Smith, Pete (26 September 2014). "Marvellous: Stoke City kit man Neil Baldwin really did dress up as a chicken". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  9. ^ "Keele Honorary Degrees Summer 2013" (Press release). Keele University. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  10. ^ Wollaston, Sam (26 September 2014). "Marvellous; Your Home in their Hands review – two Neil Baldwins meet real Lou Macari and real Gary Lineker". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  11. ^ "Toby Jones on playing Neil Baldwin in Marvellous". BBC News. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  12. ^ Dickson, E Jane (25 September 2014). "Neil Baldwin: "Prince Edward is the best royal I've met – I just knocked on his door"". Radio Times. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  13. ^ Jeffries, Stuart (21 September 2014). "Toby Jones: totally Stoked". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  14. ^ Collin, Robbie (23 September 2014). "Toby Jones interview: 'Every character has a special need'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  15. ^ Walsh, John (13 September 2014). "Quiet genius of Toby Jones: From The Hunger Games to Truman Capote, Hollywood can't get enough of British acting's most versatile talent". The Independent. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  16. ^ Woodhouse, John (25 September 2014). "Marvellous: Stoke City kit man Neil Baldwin's biopic". The Sentinel (Staffordshire). Retrieved 26 September 2014.

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