Who was your first Newcastle United idol?

[Scalabrine]

Shearer & Shola Ameobi.

[Hjl]

Shearer & Shola Ameobi.

I mean obviously the easy pick, he's a legend. But why Shearer as well?

[Scalabrine]

I mean obviously the easy pick, he's a legend. But why Shearer as well?

[Lidl]

Player I first noticed from Newcastle was Les Ferdinand, my mate had one of those bobble head things of him which was the first I ever knew of the team. First player I would say I idolised was probably Emre, which I want to stress was purely for his footballing ability and not his racial and political views!

[Heisen]

Souness brutalised that team. He had Given, Stephen Carr, Steven Taylor, Parker, Emre, Solano, Milner, Butt, Dyer, Bellamy, Shearer and Owen at his disposable, and somehow sent out teams containing Amdy Faye and Jean Alain Boumsong and nearly got us relegated. Definitely up there with McClaren in the 'how the f*** did that oaf end up managing us' stakes.

[UlversToon]

Not an idol but just seen Glenn Hoddle and Chris "pelanty" Waddle singing Diamond Lights on a 1987 edition of Top of the Pops on BBC 4 - footballers should stick to playing football!

[Colly]

I'll give you Diamond Lights but if footballers stuck to football we wouldn't have this, and that's not a world I want to live in.

[UlversToon]

I'll give you Diamond Lights but if footballers stuck to football we wouldn't have this, and that's not a world I want to live in.

[jimileysbaldhead]

Jim Iley from the day he scored the winner against Bolton Wanderers in 1965 to clinch promotion to the 1st Division.

[Colly]

Heh, Diamond Lights is on BBC4 literally now. I love a coincidence.

[UlversToon]

Heh, Diamond Lights is on BBC4 literally now. I love a coincidence.

I'm afraid it's not a coincidence as that's a repeat of the programme I watched it on earlier in the evening, hence my post!!

Also another Toon legend, John Barnes, made an appearance on Question Time last night!

[Captain Obvious]

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[Chappy]

Shearer for me. Legend, leader and just a top professional.

But pretty much all of the "entertainers" squad were idols for me as a kid.