Newcastle were the Great entertainers.
They had so many amazing footballers.
It just felt from the first minute.
This game was going to be special.
Going to Newcastle, I knew
he going to check the team up to create chances and he said
to me I think you're one of the best hitters and ball in
the country and I'm giving you bring this to provide that
service for you.
I didn't sign the Newcastle for the sunshine,
signed for Newcastle to be as good as possible on
the football pitch.
During you use a book. Someone else going to supply
came in on memory at the model wife and he had the model looks
And then he got onto the pitch in and I realized these ability
to play football because you know, who's top of the tree.
obviously it was a culture shock in many ways,
but as soon realize that football
belongs to England,
The fans, they are very devoted to the club.
The duty as a player
is not only to win games, but to entertain those guys.
I'm sending food point of view. It was
everything I could have dreamed of and more.
It was like going in the Sweet Shop.
Great Russian. Afternoons in there. Oh yes,
at the time. I think
new course will everybody's checking favorite team.
The way we play football, the way we entertained, the way we
whisk all goes, we played for fun,
being a Saint James Park was a pure joy. Every time,
you know, when I was living up in, Newcastle to come back to
London for a few days and everybody else or along
the way, which item you're not new car. Support.
But anytime their own interior watching,
I'm stopping a big H going
Always used to feel sorry for our Defenders.
We were so attack-minded. We'd leave them to it times.
We're playing every single game the same way.
We tried to score more goals than the opponent's.
These cool bombers got to you score to real school, free.
As great as that sounds,
doesn't work out that way.
We were very strong,
very, very strong,
Start a journal. We were 10 points clear.
In fact we got to 12 points. Clear and
I think at the time,
I always say it was a sense of
I think we've done it.
So when we lost it wasn't the sense of
goddamn, we've lost three points. We go, make sure this
doesn't happen again
and it cancer can tonight
Manchester United have struck
Lost 15 points in in a few games and that's too much.
Well, it's a huge victory for Manchester United.
Newcastle, still have a game in hand,
but the Gap is cut to just one point
those points were all gone.
To the best support teams in this country,
coming together. Midweek,
and food was always going to be a special gun.
We played them a couple of times that season. We knew what
they were capable of.
We were third in the table at a time. So we still felt we were
in this title race.
Require an open t myself.
We knew we could cause any team problems.
The speech from Keegan before the game was very simple,
it didn't enforce eyes too much about the defending aspect of
the game.
And this is why we
we've been struggling a little bit.
A few days before
got done by an early goal.
Such as the effect on their goal difference that they
forfeit top spot in the Premiership to Manchester
United.
Next came the theme for us, been sort of giving early goals
away
and one thing we do when we're in films like let's keep clean
sheet, get the crowd against him because if we can do that
if we can keep it quiet they'll get a bit anxious to crowd
and get a big ass just to plays and get bit nervous.
And so that was the that was a game plan.
Keeping quiet, keeping quiet.
Now, call a boy,
the belt was Rick back his cross,
that's a goal Robbie Fowler.
Game plans got out the window the goal in the second minute.
I'mi'm going. Back to tightly kick off and show him what we
got. No choice. We just go and attack,
you know, be there, obviously, myself. We are just like very
quick, very fast going forward, because we wanted the ball in
the Box for Less
There's at that time was one of the best center forwards in
the world.
There's was a joy to play with. It's easy to play when you have
a
striker like that with you.
David ginola was certainly a player that we knew
if we could stop him
there might be some success for us to be had
a you know I was telling John bows for give me the ball
but you have a Defender behind you. Another just give me
the boy, forget about the rest. I do the rest.
Do not lose your taneous.
Great looking guy, he had everything.
And at that time you're thinking, right? We got to hang
on here because this is an incredible side. We've got to
make sure they don't go 3-1 up and then all the sudden
the game has gone away from you.
It's just amazing. How many chances do it wearing a game?
Just like a Basketball match.
It was so open the game. We just had to make sure that we got
The next goal
turned it around very, very quickly. That's we were still
giving them opportunities.
Now, there is a half-time whistle
and it's been a breathtaking first 45 minutes
with you. There's a while we up in the game. I don't feel so
amazing. No, it was just okay let's have some more fun.
We were feeling so confident that
we knew that we could score goals.
The, we forgot about,
you know, sometimes you can see it goes, you don't want
it. Just felt from that moment. It was game on
And that was what they've got super duty. They had so many
good players. So we are free to up and we're thinking, right?
Just hold on. Now, just hold on. Now just hold on.
But it wasn't to be.
Our fans were demanding us to get forward and try to get
a winner.
No one was hanging on for a point,
and then I'll get great chance up. The other end, we return
and I thought this is it. They're going to score it. My
left foot and Diving change comes out. Makes the Brilliance
a managed to smother it
kept us in the game.
Let's decide world-class out to be honest, Homer.
It's not often need our wonderful stretching and staging
and score, three goals,
and still come away, not having won the game
and the end of the day, I that was asked that was New Castle.
That's what we played football.
They were a joy, there are credit to the Premier League,
you can't always win titles, you can't always be the best
team but I tell you what they did. They entertain so many
people.
The entertainers is
this, what they call us but
entertainers without
winning things doesn't mean a thing for us.
If we do, one little thing would have gone on to win the league.
I'll did it happen?
How did it happen?
Not only was it a brilliant football match. He was played
in, you know, great spirit, it had drama it had absolutely
everything. And that's what the Premier League is all about
games in the Premier League are just amazing for that as well.
Because
when you think things are all over,
Great finale, but not great for us.
Going down, down, down,
pulling down, down.