It's difficult to fathom given the omni-coverage we're steeped in these days, but 23 years ago this very day, a seismic football transfer went through without so much as a preceding whisper.
Halfway through the 1994/95 Premier League season, Newcastle goal-glutton Andy Cole was sold to Manchester United in a British record deal.
A Manchester United Legends team which included Paul Scholes, Dwight Yorke and Bryan Robson lined out against an Australian XIthis weekend, in a charity game in honour of West Ham youngster Dylan Tombies, who died after a long battler with cancer in 2014.
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However,one incident in the game was anything but charitable, with ex-Man Utd, Newcastle and Blackburn winger Keith Gillespie hospitalising an opponent with an inexplicable elbow.
Gary Neville becomes only the second of the United's "Class of 92″ to hang up his boots. The
famed "class of 92″ which won the Youth FA Cup in 1992 included the likes of David Beckham, Nicky
Butt, Ryan Giggs, Keith Gillespie, Robbie Savage and Paul Scholes.
But like Nicky Butt last season, Gary Neville is well aware of his abilities at age 36 and has
decided to step back.
This report suggests that former Manchester United and Northern Ireland winger Keith Gillespie was
offered to Liga Primer Indonesia side PSM Makassar but they rejected him.
Gillespie joins an ever growing list of former English Premier League players who have apparently
been offered to the unofficial league but none have yet signed.
Alan Moore, Not A Patch On Harry Lyon. Tom Cleverley.
I'll probably go to my grave ever so slightly annoyed that Preston got first goes on David
Beckham. Ok, we'd had Keith Gillespie on loan a couple of years earlier but he never announced his
arrival on the big stage with a goal from the half way line, become England's most capped outfield
player or marry a Spice Girl.
It has become an all too familiar story "George Best memorabilia up for sale - A collection of
medals and trophies awarded to foot ball genius George Best are going under the hammer" This
follows the...
Sharing the love Former Northern Ireland international and Man Utd winger Keith Gillespie is
declared bankrupt [Guardian] Being captain of Plymouth Argyle does not allow you to skip jury
service [Mirror] Welcome to the Herr Random Arena [The Spoiler] Ricardo Quaresma: bird-catcher
[Dirty Tackle] In case you missed it, Brazilian footballers can't play golf [OTP]
Sharing the love Former Northern Ireland international and Man Utd winger Keith Gillespie is
declared bankrupt [Guardian] Being captain of Plymouth Argyle does not allow you to skip jury
service [Mirror] Welcome to the Herr Random Arena [The Spoiler] Ricardo Quaresma: bird-catcher
[Dirty Tackle] In case you missed it, Brazilian footballers can't play golf [OTP]
Manager Sir Alex Ferguson has copped plenty of flak from some quarters for giving his trio of
veterans a further 12 month contract to remain at Old Trafford. Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville and Paul
Scholes...
The first thing that strikes you about Manchester United's multi million pound, hi tech training
ground is that nothing actually strikes you at all. No road signs to mark the way. Camouflaged by
an...
Watching former Manchester United starlets Jonathan Greening and Erik Nevland bravely battling away
for Fulham in a vain attempt to try and salvage something for their club last weekend one could
not...
Back in the early 1950's Manchester United made a far sighted decision which had major
ramifications for the club at the time and has continued to produce handsome dividends until this
very day....
Liverpool's 4-3 win against Newcastle United at Anfield in 1996 It remains a seminal game in
English football, full of end-to-end action and utter drama.
At the weekend, the two clubs came together once more, to recreate that classic game all for
the sake of a number of fabulous charities including the NSPCC, CHUF, Alan Shearer Centre, Sir
Bobby Robson Foundation and NE Children's Charity Pathways.
Part four of my look at some of the best games from the modern history of Newcastle United features
a Champions League game from September 1998, just before Kenny Dalglish managed to sell off the
last of the creative players we had, and yes that was a dig! It was a match that will live [...]
The previous review of the current squad, took a look at the Newcastle defence, an area that this
season we've been surprisingly strong in, given our poor reputation in recent years. Today's review
looks at arguably the fulcrum of a successful team, the midfield, the place that could and should
control a game and dictate the [.
It has been easy to laugh at Newcastle United in recent months, not that it makes it right of
course. From Kevin Keegan's typically sudden departure, the frankly ridiculous resurrection of Joe
Kinnear's top flight career, to the second coming of Alan Shearer, via Mike Ashley downing pints in
a replica shirt, Dennis Wise somehow qualifying to be a Football Director, Chris Hughton taking
charge of the team on an almost fortnightly basis, and finally, horror upon horror, relegation from
the Premier League after a sixteen year stay at English football's top table.
As I'm jetting off to La Manga on Friday on Footy Tour, I thought I'd do a tincy wincy piece on the
place Footballers love to go and do naughty things. Now, one thing I won't be doing is what these
lovely people did in March 2004. That's Matthew Elliott, Keith Gillespie, Frank Sinclair, Paul
Dickov, [.
As I'm jetting off to La Manga on Friday on Footy Tour, I thought I'd do a tincy wincy piece on the
place Footballers love to go and do naughty things. Now, one thing I won't be doing is what these
lovely people did in March 2004. That's Matthew Elliott, Keith Gillespie, Frank Sinclair, Paul
Dickov, [.
A team of players who know what it's like to be in Robinho's Nike Mercurial Vapors 1. Graham Stack
The then Arsenal keeper was cleared of rape and sexual assault in 2005 when he was accused by a
student who came back to his flat after meeting in a West End nightclub. 2. Frank Sinclair One of
Leicester City's [.
The Professional Footballers' Association's comprehensive list of free agents is as lengthy as it
is depressing. There are the hundreds of players who are still in their teens - footballers I have
never heard of but ones whose professional careers could be set to end in their infancy.
Then there are the likes of Liam Rosenior, Jeremie Aliadiere, Lee Hendrie, Francis Jeffers,
Keith Gillespie, Russell Hoult, Gavin Mahon, Jay DeMerit, Barry Hayles - all experienced performers
at a variety of levels, all united by the fact they are without a club.
Manchester United's emphasis on the development and use of youth is nothing new. Football Fan
Cast.com analyses the lineage in tremendous youth coaches and developers of talent at Manchester
United.
Manchester United's emphasis on the development and use of youth is nothing new. In the 50's Joe
Armstrong and Jimmy Murphy recruited and trained a set of young men that went on into the first
team and under Sir Matt Busby became ‘The Busby Babes'.
Gözünüzün önüne hafif bir perde insin biraz da buğu! Şimdi 1998'deyiz! Biraz Flashback iyi
gelecektir!
"Dört ünlü kulüpten transfer teklifi aldığını söyleyen yıldız futbolcu, ‘‘Artık
Türkiye'de oynamak istemiyorum. Futboldan sonraki en büyük tutkum olan atlara da veda ediyorum.
As football's finest head to foreign beaches, OTP looks at the shenanigans they'll be getting up to
1. Las Vegas Make sure you don't... Get caught cheating on your fiancee, like Frank Lampard 2. Ayia
Napa Make sure you don't... Encourage people to take pictures of you completely starkers except for
a Budweiser label, like Don Hutchison; film a [.
