Originally Posted by
ghostrider
Top of my list for how he made me feel when on the pitch and his black and white passion off it and one of the very few players (in my time) that ever gave me a feeling of being winners, is....Alan Shearer.
Never in my life of being a Newcastle United fan beats the off field elation of the anticipation and then the actual unveiling of Alan Shearer before the crowd.
Seeing his passion and goals as he hassled and harried and bullied his opponents into submission and then producing some spectacular moments, time and time again.
An absolute legend from my time.
Hughies Gallagher and Jackie Milburn and....the list could be almost endless, are legends and are what steeps this club in the history that it has, naturally, but I never had the privilege of seeing any of them in the flesh, on the pitch which could be due to me not even being part of an army of sperms at the time.
Supermac was the hero of my young boy time and deserves an obvious mention.
Kevin Keegan is obviously a legend, although it's a shame that a bitter taste had to be left in his two managerial tenures.
However, as a player, he planted Newcastle United back on the map along with the great Arthur Cox who, although may not appear to be a legend in many people's eyes...he was to me. I somehow felt the black and white within him in his time at Newcastle.
David Ginola. Another player that gave me many happy times. A player that gave me the opportunity to boast. A footballing master who gave me the excitement of having something happen whenever he got the ball.
Not a long Newcastle career but definitely a stand out player in putting Newcastle up into the footballing elite.
Phillipe Albert. A towering centre back who had it all and loved the club. His classic chip over Schmeichel added a nice big fat cherry to his legendary cake.
Peter (the little genius) Beardsley. OBVIOUSLY....TO BE FAIR....TREMENDOUS. Absolute top class footballing magician and a true Newcastle United legend of the highest order.
Shay Given. A slight blot on his copybook in leaving the club but a true legend in my eyes. Gave us all of his best years and they were pretty good years from him.
I could obviously go on and on.
Some people mention Gazza. I'm not so sure.
Anyway, there's plenty more legends but too many to name.