In decades to come, he will be spoken of as Moncur’s successor, as kin to Shearer, as the man who believed when nobody believed. As the perfect captain, a leader by example and a leader full stop, who looked to involve and celebrate others at the precise moment when the world was looking at him. As Newcastle’s history boy.
Cracking description. Him, Burn and Tripps are the architects of the new era, along with Eddie and Tindall.