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3 hours ago
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Your most skilful Newcastle players
Newcastle legend Steve Howey named Peter Beardsley, Paul Gascoigne, David Ginola, Chris Waddle and Hatem Ben Arfa as the club's most skilful players are some players that you think deserved to be on the list: Richard: While I agree totally with Beardo as number one I don't think you can put Ginola and Ben Arfa in and leave out fellow Frenchman Laurent Robert. I mean, Robert didn't score goals…. he scored GOALS!! Every one was a worldy! He had absolutely no concept of defending, of course, but what a player going forward!John: Allan Saint-Maximin should be on that list, a sorely under-appreciated talent who made Grealish look sluggish and left defenders completely bamboozled. Thanks PSR for making us sell him Nobby Jimmy Smith. Frustrating at times but a brilliant dribbler on his day. I saw him nutmeg Bobby Moore twice in succession. He did it because he could but I don't think he should have done, not good to do that to a well respected and great Tony Green, career cut short by injury but the best that I've seen at He didn't miss anyone out. How great it is to have three Geordies in the top five! They'd get into our team today.
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a day ago
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Howey selects Beardsley as Newcastle's most skilful player
Throughout Thursday, we have been revealing who Newcastle United legend Steve Howey believes are the club's most skilful players of all the winner is... Peter Beardsley. Beardsley had two spells with Newcastle, operating as a midfielder and a forward. An exceptional England international, his brilliant footwork and close control set him apar."I've gone with Peter Beardsley," Howey told BBC Radio Newcastle. "Even when he hit a bad pass, it was our fault because we should have been there. "There are those good players who are two or three moves ahead before the ball comes to them. Peter was four or five moves ahead!"He had that trick, no matter how many times he ran at defenders, he could just lift his leg and weave his way through. "I've been so lucky to be on the same pitch, basically, as all of these lads, but with Peter I used to stand back and look and feel blessed to be on the same pitch as him. "He used to do it in training. While I was astonished by how good he was, it didn't surprise me."So here is the definitive list of the top five most skilful players in Newcastle's history, according to Howey. Peter Beardsley Paul GascoigneDavid GinolaChris WaddleHatem Ben Arfa Do you agree with Howey's selection? Put them in order over hereWho has he missed out? Tell us hereAnd listen to the full discussion on BBC Sounds
BBC News
4 days ago
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38 years ago today...
On this day in 1987, Liverpool legend John Barnes completed a £900,000 move to Anfield from Jamaica-born winger was signed by former manager Kenny Daglish and arrived on Merseyside alongside fellow attackers John Aldridge and Peter went on to clock up 406 appearances during his 10-year stint at Liverpool, scoring 107 was twice named England's Footballer of the Year, after winning the title in 1987-88 and 1989-90. His silverware on Merseyside also included the 1989 FA Cup and the League Cup in 1995.
