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BBC News
03-07-2025
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'It was effortless for him' - Newcastle's best ever centre-back?
The centre-back Steve Howey believes is the best to wear the white and black of Newcastle United over the past 50 years is Jonathan Woodgate. The former England defender only played for the Magpies for 18 months after signing from Leeds in 2003 for around £9 million. The following summer, Real Madrid came calling but for Howey, he left a lasting impression. "Good defender who read the game very well - a good footballer," Howey told BBC Radio Newcastle. "I have to be honest, there were times when I didn't see what everyone else saw when everyone raved about him [before he moved to St James' Park]. "But when I watched him at Newcastle, it was effortless for him. It didn't look like he was flustered. He looked comfortable all the time!" A recap of Howey's five-best centre-backs to play for Newcastle: Jonathan WoodgateSteve Howey Darren PeacockPhilippe AlbertFabricio ColocciniListen to the full chat on BBC Sounds What do you make of Howey's choices? How would you rank these five? Have a go here. But who is missing from the list?Let us know here
BBC News
03-07-2025
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Howey selects himself second in Newcastle centre-back list
It is time for the second part of former Newcastle defender Steve Howey's countdown of the best centre-backs to represent the Magpies over the past 50 in at three is Darren Peacock. Over four seasons, he amassed 176 appearances and helped the Magpies to consecutive runner-up finishes. "He was a defender's defender," said Howey, who played alongside Peacock. "He'd be criticised, of course, because we conceded goals, but that's just how we played. It is difficult to mark three or four players." At number two, Howey chose himself. A product of Newcastle's youth academy, he became a key figure during the club's rise under Kevin Keegan in the 1990s. Howey made nearly 240 appearances for the Magpies and was instrumental in their promotion to the Premier League in 1993."Sometimes you have to back yourself, and I am going to shove myself in there," he said. "From somebody who wasn't a defender, to become a defender, in one on ones I wasn't too bad, and I did like to bring the ball out. I could pass." Listen to Howey's selections hereOr come back later on Thursday to discover who Howey considers the best centre-back to play for Newcastle United.
