Tozer is not related to Faye Tozer of Steps, although he is surely a fan of their rich blend of over-camp pop goodness. Surely...
It can’t be easy when the manager who signs you leaves the club two days later. Such was Ben Tozer’s luck when Newcastle parted company with Sam Allardyce early in the January 2008 transfer window.
The young Swindon centre-back impressed during a brief trial and was given a four-and-a-half-year contract.
Having only played seven times for the Robins – whom he joined from Plymouth, where he came through the academy without reaching the first team – the Newcastle reserves captain with the four-year contract will be hoping for first-team action, whether at St James’ Park (he was on the bench at Everton on the last day of the 2007/08 season) or on loan.