Who was your first Newcastle United idol?
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Who was your first Newcastle United idol?
Just a nice question for you chaps...
Who was your first Newcastle United idol, and why?
I do like to hear these sort of stories!!
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Who was your first Newcastle United idol, and why?
I do like to hear these sort of stories!!
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Re: Who was your first Newcastle United idol?
An obvious one for me, Shearer. A lot of my best football memories of us are under Sir Bobby as I’m just too young to be able to claim that I remember the entertainers years. Others too tie in with that. Loved Robert, Solano, Speed and Given...and Bellamy!
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Re: Who was your first Newcastle United idol?
Shaka Hislop/Pav first Newcastle Jersey I got was the below.
https://goo.gl/images/oBwUx2
Either those or Andy Cole I cried for about 4 days straight when he left
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Either those or Andy Cole I cried for about 4 days straight when he left
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Re: Who was your first Newcastle United idol?
Shearer and Sir Bobby Robson.
The Sir Bobby days are the first I'm old enough to remember. It has all been down hill since then!
The Sir Bobby days are the first I'm old enough to remember. It has all been down hill since then!
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Re: Who was your first Newcastle United idol?
Robson, Shearer, Speed, Solano and Robert. Probably in that order.
First goal at SJP was Robert smashing a 30 odd yard free kick in vs Southampton
First goal at SJP was Robert smashing a 30 odd yard free kick in vs Southampton
Re: Who was your first Newcastle United idol?
Shearer is the easy option. Big part of the reason I support Newcastle.
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Shaka so big down Reading way too of course
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Re: Who was your first Newcastle United idol?
Laurent Robert.
As someone who was made to attend both Bolton and Newcastle matches as a youngster due to family loyalties, it was him that swung it for me, luckily.
As someone who was made to attend both Bolton and Newcastle matches as a youngster due to family loyalties, it was him that swung it for me, luckily.
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Re: Who was your first Newcastle United idol?
Malcolm McDonald.
There were other players I was a big fan of before that but he was the first i'd say reached idol level.
There were other players I was a big fan of before that but he was the first i'd say reached idol level.
Re: Who was your first Newcastle United idol?
Would have been this but for a chance encounter with David McCreery in Newcastle which led to a very good drunken afternoon and a great time. Plus he was an absolute rock in midfield love the guy special mention for Imre VaradiDonkey Toon wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 1:14 amMalcolm McDonald.
There were other players I was a big fan of before that but he was the first i'd say reached idol level.
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Re: Who was your first Newcastle United idol?
Jinky Jimmy Smith.
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I think mine was Peter Beardsley, I'd always admired a nice bit of passing more than a thunderbolt strike and I still to this day can't think of a better number 10 behind a striker combo than him and Andy Cole. He scored plenty, but the fact Cole barely had to leave the penalty area was all down to Beardsley's on field intelligence. Which makes current Beardsley all the more depressing. Dog dirt.
All that being said I grew up as a left back and my earliest printed shirt was the one with the shield on the back, just had a 3 on it which will have been Beresford at the time. Still fits me too, god bless stupidly oversized 90s shirts...
All that being said I grew up as a left back and my earliest printed shirt was the one with the shield on the back, just had a 3 on it which will have been Beresford at the time. Still fits me too, god bless stupidly oversized 90s shirts...
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Re: Who was your first Newcastle United idol?
Tsi wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 4:29 amWould have been this but for a chance encounter with David McCreery in Newcastle which led to a very good drunken afternoon and a great time. Plus he was an absolute rock in midfield love the guy special mention for Imre VaradiDonkey Toon wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 1:14 amMalcolm McDonald.
There were other players I was a big fan of before that but he was the first i'd say reached idol level.
Nearly said McCreery as well. Loved the guy, had a picture of him as my avatar for a while before switching to Ketsbaia. But decided that he never quite reached idol level. I admit to my ten (?) year old self crying when I heard we'd sold McDonald. Was inconsolable for about a week, so he gets the vote by default.
Loved Varadi as well, for a time he was the one bright light in what was otherwise a very dark time for our club. Deserves to be better remembered than he is!
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Re: Who was your first Newcastle United idol?
Either Waddle or Beardsley for me seeing as it was 84/85 season.
Re: Who was your first Newcastle United idol?
To clarify I meant 90s Beardsley. You old bastards.
Re: Who was your first Newcastle United idol?
I started following Newcastle in 2005, when I was 13 yo.
Obviously, Shearer is the easy but, I have to say I have absolute admiration for Steven Taylor
Obviously, Shearer is the easy but, I have to say I have absolute admiration for Steven Taylor
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Re: Who was your first Newcastle United idol?
Tony Green by a country mile. He had magic in his boots. A tragedy his career was cut short.
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