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"Jossys Giants" visit Bobby Charlton and Willie McFaul at St James' Park 1985. Aye Bobby Charlton,
not Jackie Charlton who had left the club as manager in the huff over player sales and such before
McFaul stepped in and faced the same old problem. After introducing the Jossy's lads to McFaul the
ex Northern [.
"Going Up" "Northern Life" special 1984. 30 minute Tyne Tees Television special programme from
1984, where David Burton reviews Newcastle United's 1983-4 promotion season. Featuring Arthur Cox,
Kevin Keegan, and some classic Keegan, Waddle and Beardsley goals from the days when the club had a
front three that I'm sure quite a few Toon [.
Gary Speed MBE: 1969 2011. With the sad news on Sunday morning of the passing of the ex-Newcastle
United midfielder and Wales manager, I thought it would be a nice gesture to post something that
would give an opportunity for our readers to reminisce about Speed's career on Tyneside. I wrote
the this article [.
With the news that Newcastle United will be changing it's name to "Sports Direct @ St James' Park",
the Managing Director of the club, Derek Llambias, has sought to reassure fans that the St James'
Park name would remain so long as he and current owner, Mike Ashley "reigned" at the club. Firstly
though, he [.
Eight days ago, the letters which used to make up the famous "Newcastle United" sign were offered
for sale on the online auction site EBay, with all proceeds from the sale going towards a night in
Asper's Casino for Mike Ashley, Derek Llambias and Alan Pardew the "Newcastle United Foundation"
charity, who in their own [.
Speaking in a recent interview (here and here) on his "Entertainers" side of the 1990s, ex
Newcastle United manager, Kevin Keegan, suggested that his own "Entertainers" side of the 'nineties
were the vanguard for current attacking teams such as Barcelona, Manchester City and Manchester
United. Speaking on the eve of a reunion last weekend with [.
Of course, the League Cup is regarded as the lowest rung of the "major" trophies. Conventional
wisdom in the highest echelon of English football, ie the Premiership clubs and especially the top
Premiership clubs, is that it gives them a chance to give their precocious bairns who aren't quite
"ready" yet a chance for some [.
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On arrival at Newcastle United Demba Ba was handed the number 19 shirt, leaving the number 9 shirt
vacant. Does this indicate that there are plans to recruit another striker to fill it or is the
shirt going to be retired for a while? The Newcastle United number 9 shirt is of course sacred.
Leaving [.
Moving on from my previous article on Gary Speed, it is now time to profile another ex Newcastle
United legend from the past decade. This time focusing on current Manchester City and Ireland
international goalkeeper, Shay Given. Born April 20th 1976 in Lifford, County Donegal, Ireland,
Shay started his career at his boyhood club, Celtic, [.
This will be the first in a series of threads I am going to write, profiling some of my favourite
ex Newcastle players from the last decade, starting with current Wales manager and MBE, Gary Speed.
Born in Mancot, Wales on the 8th of September 1969, Speed joined the Magpie's in 1998 when Kenny
Dalglish [.
January. Possibly the most disappointing month of the year. Christmas is over, you are back to work
and still wondering what happened on New Years Eve and where you are going to find the money to pay
for all the presents, booze and food you went through during the festive period. January 2011
turned started [.
As a preluse to the morra's clash with Tottenham, here's one of the highlights of the Keegan
"Entertainers" era involving both teams. This magificent drubbing actually came after something of
a barren spell for Kevin Keegan's squad, and also after the disappointment of "that" season when we
almost cracked it, and Keegan cracked up under [.
