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[Applause] I have you here uh first off let’s talk about your early days as a footballer where did you start off I I started um 15 16 year old Academy system that’s also stop playing with it and then started playing for it just pay my
Mice on a Sunday really and then I got just picked up by Charlton when I was sort of like 16 17 and spent eight years um apply my trade as they say in the second division or the Championships is now what what position were you playing in those early days
Everywhere quite everywhere I started as a center forward I was I was quite quick Deal right in the star sport I think it was five going goals in the last 10 games of the season uh and then after that I I was sent forward into school goals so um I took out the wings they chucked me out on the wings I was I
Was still quite quick so I went from a center board then I went to a right winger which is obviously where where Kevin Simon is as a right winger but I never liked playing out there I was what I just I was okay out there so I’m
Gonna lie to you I liked always playing in the middle who who inspired you as a young player well I think everybody knows Kevin Keegan was my my idol I was a West Ham boy I bought it and born in West Ham but for light Terry Brooking and Billy Barnes but Kevin
To start all kids I think Liverpool winning everything in those days in the 70s and pictures of Kevin King and Terry McDermott you know on my uh on my bedroom wall I just always idolized and really professional contract then tell us about your first one
Well I was actually I was working with I was working with my dad works at the shipping industry would you believe I worked here I worked in the office for nine months uh um 120 pound a week I was on and then as I said I got
I got a Spider-Man child one and they offered me 100 pound a week Wembley via club or for your country and and that’s why I wanted money generally over on my career it never bothered me I mean I just I went and played the Wicker when I was falling because that was something terrible but I was there but uh terrible
Pitches but I just love playing you know if I if I could have continued to play I ordered them can you remember your day of you remember David shower I actually I scored him a debut for children yeah it was um played against Grimsby Um it’s one of probably one of the last games of the valley I think everyone remembers of the valley yeah but we’ve got the value taken away from us that was my first season went into liquidation we’re getting three games I think it was now left I should have stayed in the office
Lucky enough we were bought out we but we had to move grounds and yeah I made my Debbie against British we scored about as I said but first then going to that season I I did okay I was I was absolutely doing all right um and then we went and played it at
Sarah’s apartment which was which was my my up to the ground I used to go to the watching watching West Ham but um God it’s a long time ago yeah I mean we’ve done a few of these over the years and I remember bringing some programs to you the children programs
You got man of the match virtually a food game mad really a bit I used to come up here and it’s like it’s Newcastle Sunderland and Middlesbrough I know you’re always always used to do well always I would come out here so don’t pause and I scored two one nine I
Was John Barry so then it counts but um yeah it does um yeah I always used to work as a Northeast club like I’ve never ever dreamed I would actually go and play for one really the biggest I just always came out here it’s always bloody rain it was always
Available come up here I used to used to play well I used to score he’s getting around imagine then go back down south so it was actually really weird when I see something yeah you clearly made an impression to her and you made an impression on
You’re right or Kevin Keegan I mean the Revolution was was starting up here uh Kian had been here as a player of course and doing fantastically well he then came back in as a manager off the golf course you know after seven years no experience at all and and you know the
Entertainers was born and you were you were part of that from the start how did the conversation about moving the Newcastle come about it was uh it was bizarre really I my I was I I turned 25 and um now um and what happened was I just said
Look I was telling the enemy contract I wanted to sort of like I was doing pretty well in the uh in the championship and now I just said that I want to go and play Premier League I’ve just been started I would have gone and said I could plan a premium
Um didn’t expect anything um about what happened Middlesbrough [ __ ] Middlesbrough I know somebody told me that um and they they Lenny Lawrence was a manager so it was my manager at child when he had gone to Middlesbrough over the Premier League and he saw like Charlie wanted 700 Grand
To get back to the valley um and he he put on the money sorry I like it was almost So I got a they put me on a flight to it is actually about an airport and it was raining it was horrible it was great when I saw they showed me around you know some [ __ ] that was horrible I’m Falling Down The House of Pilots
Oh my God it’s awful so I saw like I met Steve Gibson Kevin Kevin Keegan’s coming here and I was like where’s he and I generally I generally thought he was still playing golf in my life seven years ago so I thought wow wow um no it’s a Looper I don’t know he said that well he just wants to speak to you Terry Mac’s going
To ring you in five minutes yeah he could ring me I’m okay I’m not going to Terry night again no one of my eyes sorry man yeah Terry I’m not coming Is having kids so I said uh I booked a flight either tomorrow morning uh maybe so I said yeah okay fine go on the planet this time it took my Mrs up with me I said yes and we’re just we’re getting there real quick gun some
Meat Kevin just quite want to meet him This is impressive James by Kevin King and the secretary Russell pushing Russell pushing took the misses October coming so yeah Kevin I just whistled in the room as I was uh I was a guy assassin I said give me half an hour so what happened I went into Kevin
Keegan it’s all that so I’m not really bullied by him I’ve been bullied by and uh I came out half an hour later let me know why because it’s still my wife would you believe um it’s really weird for her outside because it’s true man it is I think it’s just me
And Gavin big but it was a priest so I expected and I um I just and I said I said to uh as I come downstairs so I said pack your bag just signed three and a half years enjoyed it okay so you’ve signed for Newcastle uh tell us what it was like
That that you know first day on the training pitch you know we hear a lot of stories about Kevin and Terry and you know they just played Head tennis there wasn’t much defense is that true was there any tactics it’s totally true honestly I I was walking we played at my
Main castle and we had about indoors it was it was no sort of like it was no segregation so we had uh we had all the students as well you know I remember David signed David you know he’s changing next to this big fat student and he’s looking at him we’re getting
Changed in this hotel I said you you’re in this place all right I don’t know anyone I don’t know one person here and then it was walking past they just friend’s car remember I’m taking Francis place or something yeah so me and Fran start by that turns
Against Terry and Kevin and uh yeah they absolutely battered us that was embarrassing they were hopping on one leg another there ain’t no other eyes and it took me and then eventually I found bears and we saw like we played there turning City a lot we um eventually beat them up about um
Two to three months I remember Kevin beat him and then that’s what I went down his anger he said right so you’re never playing when I’m in courtesy great manage very meticulous you know you give you a you know five page dosing on who you’re playing against on a Saturday Corners
Free kicks are you picking up I used to hate it I used to hate fries we’ll be out there for two hours like you know Corners free kicks I’d rather Newcastle on a Friday that’ll be at a five aside Kevin and Terry play but no goal is
Play this for about 35 minutes but it’s just like a just a private side of your mates basically and as I’m walking up if I’ve just gone to space I said who’s taking the corners and free kicks and so that’s it but just ask the gather so I went over and started walking
Yeah he’s taking corners and Free Kicks they said all right if we’re playing we’re playing well it’s like just take one laughs January that’s all for right eous we never did anything at all remember Mark Lawrence again like Legend like Defender brilliant Defender broken Island workouts and Kelly boy names I think
People were the guys were not doing any defensive stuff and we used to be shooting outside um high intensity but we always that’s all we did remember Mark Lawrence was taking that’s right so kill us all right Mark’s going to take the The Defenders bit corners and so Bears went over there
Banners and and all last long if there was a bit of playing now we’re doing like a shooting practice Academy and it’s everyone that kicks over there we can see we’re doing it he’s saying it all up and you can see Kevin honestly it must have been five minutes he’s like yeah
I’m gonna get a video all right well I just setting up some callers okay right we’re playing the game with 10 a couple more free like we’re trying to find this shooting thing with Kevin and Terry Lucky from livable 1970 sort of thing but and then again he’s like it’s all right
I’m gonna be yeah I’m not even here 10 minutes I’m just gonna again with carried on doing this shooting time and he’s gone Jenny went I think it was here 18 months he’s chatting a while and never never did he put a session on ever again and that’s what that’s what Kevin Kevin was like he never just let players playing with we’ve got youngsters coming through at the Menace it’s great to see you again
We’ve got Elliot Anderson we’ve got Lewis maybe back in the audience was the uh the class of 92 we had um Steve Watson we had Robbie Elliot we had Lee Clark uh Steve Howey amongst others what was it late to Abdul’s you know those Lads in and around the dressing room and
Um did they take you on a social path well listen you want one of your quiz team but as as you know listeners I’ve always said as popular as you know you know I know man united had their class that’s some great players coming through uh they’re all [ __ ] bad as hell
I’ve never seen in the like I’m chosen sort of things like you know I’ve never seen anything like Newcastle and I’ve never seen a bit like these like taking it out you know it was it was it was just absolute Madness chaos um I’ll tell you what they were good
Players I mean they all of them went on to to have great careers in the Premier League and Internationals and um but you know that was thick that’s not your solving them by the way I just said I I you know the story about me you know I wasn’t surprised at school
But as everyone knows Kevin told me that um Newcastle was closed in London and Middlesbrough and I I believed him your Idol’s never gonna lie to you is he surely he’s not gonna lie yeah he said oh I’m sorry I said I said Kevin I don’t
Like this so it’s too far you go down the gates and newcastle’s close to London Something is it that’s it it was closed yeah so it’s a good mobile trains and planes it’s much closer I’ll be able to pick you home no problem with London okay yeah great and I remember driving up uh on my first first day on I’m gonna pass the [ __ ] assignment [Laughter]
It’s not as troopers that that season the promotion season was was amazing what a great start in the league yeah it went on beaten until uh Grimsby arrived with Dobbin everywhere put an end to it but that was the that was the Catalyst for a wonderful promotion season and it was
Capped off with the arrival of a young striker called Andy Cole another London boy uh and um you know what what did he bring to the table goals basically just goals have been he um just and Coley was just Kevin Kevin built the team around Andy
Caldwell you know he won’t be like the next scene we bought a pig of beers everybody was running cold you know you see Strikers these days chasing people back I don’t remember cold ever chosen anyone but his job was basically scored goals yeah so Kevin said to him you stay
In the Box they’ll do all the chasing they’ll get you the ball it’s up to you at school goals and and that’s that’s what he did he was he was very very good at it but bad team was totally built around Andy cole really and that’s um that’s what Kevin saw
And probably that’s why he went as well because I think people cottoned on to having played and um so I presume that’s why he went and you know some different I think one of the most iconic photographs is um you know after the Leicester game with six and a little bit
Off time you know when it went 7-1 Pablo seeing a check walking around the pitch with it Pablo is a Geordie t-shirt on with Cher which Lee Clark had given him what what’s your memories of Pavel hi Pepper’s a great guy Pat um gone bravery from the workout really it was so much
University you’re so quiet I mean he was the family man and um that really came out of us but yeah all the lives were it sort of like come out and drive and he drive I’m never drunk and I remember seeing I think it was Steve Harvest testimony that was the
Last one I saw him I was changing at the bar he had a glass of red wine What’s happening here he said oh Robbie said uh misses and I found drink I bought some and Steve Howey the gay John burlesque you know we’ll still be on great yeah we have every time we come up we have a great time together so and I thought we’d have in for a long time I didn’t red wine and enjoyed himself with a few
Other jewelry girls but um wanted to be unfortunately I guess one of the other players we’ve got to pay a tribute it was Brian killer kill claim um a legend he often gets called Kevin Keegan’s most important signing you know when he when he first came to the club
It was a controversial end uh it’s funny I’ve just found the old video tape of uh and Dad he supplied me with one of them but he yeah he he had his hair cut what what happened well I it was actually it was an end of season
Um trip and the season trip and Kelly was sort of respected by everybody it was a larger than life camps it was he was like Maddie but if you didn’t know you’d end up when I used to play it I was just scared of [ __ ] whereas when you
Met him he’s a gentle John he’s all like it was softly spoken and uh but great guys are around and then and then we had perimosa as well um it was a great guy when he wasn’t pissed but he was pissed he was like the devil um and again I’ve never said I
Didn’t like him he went out he drunk champagne that’s all he drunk and I’ll never say anything a great great Captain but you know like but I Liverpool LED you know like I’d see him on telly but I’ve never seen anything like him in real life going out
Um and we always buy tricks on each other and we always do stuff to each other we went up for years it was it was still coming goes on as much now but we used to do that but and that was one of the indices and triple tidy and went I
Didn’t know until I went back home to London um family but I’ve heard so many stories and from base I think it was kiddos pisses are far absolutely apparently fell asleep in his head sort of like slumped on a kind of on a table like that
And they um well they put his hair out and they cut round it so when he woke up woke up his hair was still around this um I’m walking back you know he loved his hair he loved his cash they cut off his cash as well
Um and it was it was sort of like it it wasn’t it was you laugh about it now He was a coach and um Derek said that that said when he said I was there and all the time Smash and hit him and then he beats it up he didn’t know he finished it but I he said I didn’t do it but he smashed out there for Zachary
They bases around his neck trying to sort of like calm him down but um no one actually ever has admitted to who did it no the rumors are the rumors are it was it was uh and I would believe them it’s Harry venison but again I wasn’t
There so I didn’t see any of this happen but all I know is that when killer came back I think he thought the labs didn’t have enough you know lost a little bit of respect for him because they cut his hair uh which was a shame really because
You know I think perhaps have nothing but respect for me just a it was a joke that went badly badly wrong I think two players as well in that team that will remember David Kelly and Gavin peacock for different reasons Kelly because he he scored one of the most important
Goals against Portsmouth to kidney Castle United you know in the division and um and they formed a really good partnership as well didn’t they in in that promotion season yeah they were brilliant and Kevin Kevin picked up and and uh David Kelly Andy Coley came in was He was a funny guy um good football player as well you know probably plays best football here than you know he tells the story um when Kevin got rid of it he was our top goal scorer he got 28 goals in that series and uh and I think he said that Kelly rang
Him up and he said uh he thought I must be giving me a little contract here so I was in the car drive you know it’s nothing and uh he said uh Nelly said uh Who are you getting in and he said I’m getting a few beers and he went good [ __ ] out [Laughter] he said I drove to wolves his arrival was was very important he was in here a couple of weeks ago and a lot of people say that it was it was
Down to Peter that Army cool became the player he did Peter won’t have it he says it’s it was all down to one man he says Scott sellers he says sellers was the man who was you know he said if you watch the girls back and he says I do
Every night on YouTube he says Scott sellers is the man who lays the ball in quite a lot so he was an important player as well Scott he was the yeah but Peter was avoid getting trained in and how he played and I’m going to speak to John Barris and
After a couple of about a month of Peter being there and uh yeah but I operate and he kept pinging this fall out after after bears and sort of like his 10 yards in front he’s about to play they’ve done it two or three times and uh it was crazy
And then uh about two weeks later I realized that’s actually where we should be [Laughter] in front of us so we actually we should be there yeah but it was just such a good football player you know and he was always when I went into Midfield the
Reason I scored all my goals was that Peter used to come back usually a massive gap for the leader just to you know oh my God Mike I mean my kids had a piss at me all my goals exactly the same you know it goes It goes back there and I just
Run and then he puts the he puts me through and I just scored you know I don’t know what exactly the same day um well they are they’re all very very similar but um he was just he could find you when you you didn’t think he could
Even see you because I mean he was uh he’s one of the best players I’ve not had a player I’ve ever seen REM often pulls um is probably one of his favorite attainments but very little said about marconica um you know but he was quite an important player in that first season yeah
I think but he was you know ACL I’ve never seen anything I’ve never seen send it off cheaper goalie and by the way he did that regular to pass until they used to get pissed off of him doing it he was he was such a good football player you know what I
Mean and he was quick then before he done his ACO was quick um and as I said at half I I obviously watched him in the World Cup 94 before we signed him but he was I and I’ve never seen anybody drink marking as well they’ve had a very fast
But he was and he got the culture of Newcastle I think Luke Clark and Steve Watson and Robbie Elliot took him out and he actually he actually got it and loved it you know and uh you see he was just a top and he said Mark again was playing the World Cup
Switzerland and signed the Newcastle so you know they were they were really good signings for us we mentioned a couple of the foreign imports another one was of course Tino aspria um Madison box of frogs yeah Tina was yeah he was that was cyber I know I never know what
A cyber to say no I I still speak to him every now and again but we ring him every now and again normally shout outside That’s all he ever learned no he didn’t learn anything else you know and Tina would only his only play with him would only play with the big game you know if he thinks like Barcelona if he fancy playing his Barcelona as he did he’d be brilliant you know some of the games he With him there’s Kenwood screamed obscenities no [ __ ] up the next 15 minutes he’s off and so to turn the tall tea like this and I’ve always liked his boots off took his pads off took his shins I mean it’s like we used to take him out in town he’s a young interpreter as a um he was a uni so I wouldn’t say we have to speak for the intervention to Tino and we spoke great pleasure of getting absolutely paralytic and I remember being in Julius late at
Night with Tina will be with us and then without the interpret of like lying on the floor absolutely I wish dial up twice a week so this I was so sorry for him I think it’s like what is a degree I’m thinking Uh and be cool and the infamous meeting on the stairs with Keegan and the fans tell us a little bit about you know that from a player’s perspective because you know he was sure he was either a Star Striker he beaten Huey Gallagher’s record but Manchester United came in and
And took him and obviously involved he’s coming the other way Keith Gillespie tell us how it felt from your perspective well uh listen I I think if you looked at the games before that I think Wimbledon he played women away and I think um we didn’t see him for three or four days
It obviously you know football it tapped up by man united without a shadow of that whatever he says whatever anyone says he can tap down um wasn’t playing well for us and then King was that sort of guy like this if you don’t want to be here look
When I first saw it he said I’m gonna buy a better place I’m going to keep buying better players it’s up to you to keep up and so if you can keep up then you’ll be here if you can’t you’ll be gone and that was that you
Know yeah see Kathy when I played for England honestly he was crying one day in training something like a month I said I ain’t touched them all yet and he had and Warren Martin said the same thing you know he’d been here a month the way we trained the way we
Exactly why we played so it’d be 100 miles now it’ll be fiber size the eight size would be 100 miles an hourly flying in and it was and that’s the way the keyboard plays the player and that’s he wanted players to play for them plus one I think if you look now
The players are signing now I actually want to play the Newcastle which makes a great chains that they’ve got [ __ ] people helicopter at him from political problems oh you know 11 miles and miles away he’s got players that actually one of you know even the Brazilians on Twitter
They’re tweaking places are out in Newcastle that’s the way it should be you know yeah no yeah yeah Andy called goes um we’ll have to wait a few months but then lesford and arrived and took over the number nine [ __ ] and uh it was Andy who after that wasn’t it Linda
I finally got done with potion I’ve been okay I padded him honestly I [ __ ] batted him a lot um as I I saw how good he was you know when he played against us the QPR he was it was just he had everything to the Middle School the leaked in the air and
School goals he was completely strong it was perfect for us you know especially with people playing as well and David are One Wing Heath policy on that one it was it was just perfect and um it took us a few months to get in but when he
Arrived and David arrived at the same time you’re a totally different totally different again moving forward Alan Shearer world record fee 15 million pounds what was it like to to sit just watching this develop in front of you because you know you’ve been part of a successful
Team but this is the club going like above and beyond and showing their ambition with you know splashing out that kind of cash yes it was Madness we’ve just lost the tire we think oh but again we’re such a good team we thought we’ll just do it again next year um
And we was actually going to um go to the Far East so John Hall was sort of like any way before his time with Andrew China and Japan and before any of these clubs went to we have a three and a half week tour I remember being on the plane
On the runway keeping getting off and uh we heard the rumors that he was going to sign Alex here so and the only problem is that we cost so much money we will out fly with him because the cost of the insurers that the team plus hour was too much so
You have to fly on his own for the first three months which is uh but yeah once larger he got him and he was um it you know it was a certain Liz and out front was just uh telling me he said and Ally wasn’t really bothered about um
Some of the money let his agent do all that he’s more about how the team that’s going to play and he said I’d spoke to Kevin as well it’s like seven fours indeed when yeah we’re gonna go for an issue and again we did it was it was mad it
Was sort of like um to sign Ireland and we didn’t start well again we didn’t we went so we went to um yeah We’re playing a game on the Wednesday uh got to where they were all exactly we’ve got there we’ve got the four nil by man united um and then we played Evan I think first game still lost to them uh it wasn’t until after that we actually I think we’ve been at home now
And scored and then all of a sudden we went on the Sun sort of run sort of thing so it was um and I still maintain them I always Uh Kevin ever left uh I really want something about you we’re about without a doubling once I’ve been such a good team
Um him leaving was it was a major one of his car which I took I think it took years and years for us to recover from it’s a question you’re always going to get asked but the year before when we didn’t win the league do you have a
Theory do you have a reasoning behind it you know we hear all different kinds of stories but yeah I do I um we were shiny fence here but no um no I I just think you look at man united how listen they had some unbelievable young players coming
Through world-class players and I think they won 17 out of 18. you know before Christmas in the new year uh the end of the season and it was just like um I went across whether we were like the leaders we were playing on different days today when everyone thinks oh it
Doesn’t matter what it actually does but sometimes when you saw like you’re being chased as as you’ve seen this year you are sort of getting cherries I just knew they were going to get caught I mean he knew that you know mainly see it and there was another king and say that the
Hardest Trophy award is the first trophy and that and that’s what we we found and man you were Relentless and you know they’re smarter in goal and Canada I just come back from his kung fu kid and they kept winning one meal whenever time we come in we’d win for free or George
Free or and then you get on uh yeah the one one deal uh schmeicher was brilliant they can now scored and that’s all we ever heard and even that you know everyone remembers that gave us some James Park you know we’ve been in the year after you know five nil I wish we
Could have been 70 or the year before Chris Michael was unbelievable you know he must have saved three one-on-ones from Les and yeah can you remember the conversation between Alan and lazul and the number nine [ __ ] because obviously Alan comes in and uh how did that get resolved in
What was the knock on effects it never did it never did really you know um unless it’s writing I think I didn’t come in and said I want to you know I want a number nine shirt and say what’s that money what number nine shirt he was your Geordie
That’s a bit brute you know before that Um penalties free kicks throwings but um no he was sort of like but we they didn’t I don’t mean they ever I think it was the fact that Kevin didn’t ask Leslie he told him basically and then I’ll probably have any option you know if that’s what Alan wanted and
Uh but then there’s a way unless 99 then well in those days you wouldn’t let him do that so Kevin said don’t tell the piss you can’t find that well you’re telling time with us on me and I remember we played one game we’re in China and obviously playing a game
With nobody got signed out on Kevin’s already told him I’m telling number nine and then obviously because you’re not in your squad numbers it’s one to ten if you watch one to eleven so of course [ __ ] his name in the team and Leslie number nine I mean so
He’s just got he’s gone [ __ ] mad he’s gonna be someone who’s trying to [ __ ] piss out of me now throw the [ __ ] [ __ ] on the floor would fall well now but Les and I had gone great you know I mean it wasn’t I thought he had let’s
Never had the same sort of relationship with Kevin after that because I don’t think he actually asked him you know I mean Alan wanted it he would he’d rather him said to listen do you mind if he has him which never happened so I don’t mean if you like it Kevin
You’ve just mentioned about Kevin leaving but was it a massive shock to you shock to me absolutely I mean I think shot today you know I think you know and Alan because he just destroyed Alan said you know sign for 15 million to his hometown Club win
You know he had a choice of talent clubs and man united and so he persuaded he was both David’s opening Barcelona coming for July 11. he was trying to live and then he saw like left in the things in the January I think after an FA Cup game but
Didn’t didn’t see it coming it wasn’t the football reasons that’s the that’s the thing most times no no I’ve said a time manually goes but they’re probably raises you’re not playing well you’re gonna be but we we wasn’t we’re still in the Europe we’re still in the FA Cup we
Still were a fourth or fifth in the league we’re going to land um so it’s totally like a different reason which anybody ever seen you know Kevin did like what was going on with the bond scheme and being like new guys are coming in and they just walked out
We’ll finish up the first half just going through the uh the next few managers really and Kenny Douglas came in and I I always say this I think it would have it would have been an impossible job for anybody to follow Kevin after what he’s done he’s always
Going to take a strong man to do it Kenny came in loved by the players but not so much by the fans the players loved him I’ve gone great with him um really really well with him against that yeah you’re right fans Instead of coming in and saying you know we’ve got good team here I just need to tweak it a little bit and we’ll be okay but he didn’t he saw like you know got rid of bears which is probably a good decision and replacing about at the side of the
Stone Age was a terrible decision uh and if he just bought some he bought some uh you know all some bad players I think he bought some got rid of some really good players you know Place ladies and John Dale Thomas and which you know he went on to have a
Really good career but he was dreadful for us um Des Hamilton He’s such a nice guy so he signed for us and uh I’m so used to do tricks on each other and especially being Allen used to do tricks in each other and Alan came and come in and he saw like he’s got his new top Gucci top Gucci teacher why look
Like an England song basically so that’s a new Gucci song across a few hundred could I don’t know and I was injured at the time so sort of like Alex got change has gone out and Des Ammons come in sort of like you know he’s coming he’s signing and stuff
So I grabbed this white top and I said to her I said there’s a there’s an assign this uh into the top of it for the lads I lose sleep over it as everyone such a nice hand but it wasn’t the brightest and then he
Signed this you know and I stuck it back on Ellen’s Who the [ __ ] else Scissor all your jeans up your scissors your trainers scissors and I I just remember walking out it’s like his first day or second day and he looked like Robinson crew so much horrible [Laughter] [Laughter] when he left yeah yeah he used to uh he used to like doing like
On a Friday doing that and he done this uh 8v8 he’s the foreign Warren barlin and I had the Stone Age domey and so um it’s raining it’s horrible it’s and we’re getting beat with it later after I’m getting beat too new and rude so like I can’t see you can’t do
Anything with British players the foreign anyway bro so next time you get the ball you say stick a clue being happy see you inside that was exact words I said right here see I’m not arguing you so I said next time the balls came to
Order I I was classic I could give you a 60 40 70 30. stuck it between him and Rhode Island Stu appears hit [ __ ] room he was so hard honestly and he went flying over and flying over soil we’re pissed pretty slowly pissed even the foreign [Laughter] Okay let’s talk about some Bobby um a legend not just in Newcastle in the Northeast but across the world every Club you managed then he he got the club back on track all right it was brilliant it was it was a refresher coming in after you know he he had his Blue Chip
Brigade which was me pseudo Allen All sorts of things and I always say this and I say with your great operation for and I loved him it was just like playing for your granddad you know you know his old tracks along from like 1960s and he’d come out and he’d sort of like
It jog around you’re like that scene from care as well if it’s windy day we’d definitely cross it and shooting definitely be Crossing windy day we’re crossing that insuring we know it as soon as the wind can’t be done that um and it was but you could never ever
Get up you know you can never get annoyed but it is and I remember my and I always tell the story I remember this is true story I was uh towards the end of my right towards it actually just where I left to go to Derby and uh I
I was we were about a third of Hawkins are they doing really well I went to see him I was 36 I said oh I’ve got some Catholic you know or or another contract another year doing well I’m still going to see I don’t need more money I said I just
Want to do another year because he said some other contracts is it Freddy she ever does the company no body did it take years I said um just so I saw another contractors said well I don’t do the contracts it probably does yeah I thought was the case was the chairman went back to the back to the ground again the next time I said I said Gather he said yeah he said um chairman said
You do a contract yeah that’s right son I do all the contracts I do all the contracts I said just like to um can either send the other day and chance of me again I can’t give a new context answer your legs are gone and what you’re saying and I do and I
Sort of like playing Rhoda didn’t ringing me up Luke and he was at West Stone manager so I knew he wanted to go so I said oh listen I said Gather no problem I said um or you let me go he went the currently he goes though to be best player
Jimmy was dead to it and I just again I came out now I was driving me valid so he was waiting me in the car and uh I went out and I’m just laughing so what do you say I said I said uh where he said the legs are gone uh they
Can’t let me go to their best plan and that was just pissed himself but he just couldn’t get annoyed with him he just I just couldn’t leave someone just anybody else on and around with it or I’ll I’ll give you them I just walked her laughing it just sort of
Like just and I still laugh now honestly great stuff great stories that’s the end of the first time ladies and Gentlemen please put your hands together [Applause]
