Kevin Keegan

[tsah]

Nice interview with Alan Parry.

 

Whey man! That’s my tweet [emoji1787]

 

 

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[Bishops Finger]

Owen Peterson’s Facebook - brilliant!

 

 

 

Seeing a lot of love for the most important person in NUFC modern day history, as it’s his 70th birthday today. Here is a personal story to me that shows Kevin Keegan’s kindness.

 

Back in 1996 when I was a YTS trainee at the club, one of the duties was assisting the kit man to put out training gear for the players and coaches. I was on coach room duty. I was 16 years old, pretty unassuming and shy. Anyway, it’s about 10am and I’m laying out the coaches kit and in walks KK along with his mob-handed management/coaching team. I recall it being a pretty cold morning. Keegan rubs his hands together and the dialogue went a bit like this.

 

KK - “Cold one this morning, gents. Let’s get the kettle on. Terry (McDermott), coffee?

 

TM - “Yes, please. Coffee one sugar”.

 

KK - “Arthur (Cox)?”

 

AC - “Yes please, gaffer. Tea white please”.

 

KK - “Budgie (John Burridge)?”

 

JB - “Fantastic, gaffer. Coffee black”.

 

KK - “Chris (McMenemy)?”

 

CM - “Great, tea white, one sugar please, gaffer”.

 

KK - “Owen?”

 

The fact he knew my name felt like I’d scored a 25 yarder in front of a packed Gallowgate.

 

Me - “White Tea, two sugars please, Gaffer”.

 

The room had a moment silence before the coaches laughed. I thought, ah shit, I maybe shouldn’t have asked for sugar like.

 

Keegan’s head popped out of his t-shirt that he was putting on. He stared at me and said, “No, you’re making them you fuckin’ idiot”.

 

This story still creases me mutha and fatha to this day.

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[NEEJ]

Owen Peterson’s Facebook - brilliant!

 

 

 

Seeing a lot of love for the most important person in NUFC modern day history, as it’s his 70th birthday today. Here is a personal story to me that shows Kevin Keegan’s kindness.

 

Back in 1996 when I was a YTS trainee at the club, one of the duties was assisting the kit man to put out training gear for the players and coaches. I was on coach room duty. I was 16 years old, pretty unassuming and shy. Anyway, it’s about 10am and I’m laying out the coaches kit and in walks KK along with his mob-handed management/coaching team. I recall it being a pretty cold morning. Keegan rubs his hands together and the dialogue went a bit like this.

 

KK - “Cold one this morning, gents. Let’s get the kettle on. Terry (McDermott), coffee?

 

TM - “Yes, please. Coffee one sugar”.

 

KK - “Arthur (Cox)?”

 

AC - “Yes please, gaffer. Tea white please”.

 

KK - “Budgie (John Burridge)?”

 

JB - “Fantastic, gaffer. Coffee black”.

 

KK - “Chris (McMenemy)?”

 

CM - “Great, tea white, one sugar please, gaffer”.

 

KK - “Owen?”

 

The fact he knew my name felt like I’d scored a 25 yarder in front of a packed Gallowgate.

 

Me - “White Tea, two sugars please, Gaffer”.

 

The room had a moment silence before the coaches laughed. I thought, ah shit, I maybe shouldn’t have asked for sugar like.

 

Keegan’s head popped out of his t-shirt that he was putting on. He stared at me and said, “No, you’re making them you fuckin’ idiot”.

 

This story still creases me mutha and fatha to this day.

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Saw that on Twitter earlier, class.

[huss9]

Nice interview with Alan Parry.

 

 

:'(

 

 

and he mentions that world cup.

he'd been injured and came on as sub in the last game and missed a sitter of a header at the back post. didnt matter as we would have still needed another. was gutted for him as he's waited 10 years to play in a world cup.

was heartbreaking getting knocked out without losing a game.

 

[Robster]

Thank you to Disco[/member] for the reference to the Ten out of Ten video.

Was great watching that back.

Cannot remember that 4-0 cup win against Leicester !

[Wolfcastle]

Thank you to Disco[/member] for the reference to the Ten out of Ten video.

Was great watching that back.

Cannot remember that 4-0 cup win against Leicester !

 

Was the Anglo-Italian mind.

Got a lift to it by a mates dad and he was bit keen that we got out early to avoid the rush, pulled a pretend toilet trip and snook back in to catch Mickey Quinn's goal.

Later honed the technique to skive whole lessons at school and kill time at work.

 

Few weeks later my art-teacher tutor mocked up a laminated black and white birthday card with Keegan's face superimposed on a figure. Probably the material possession I've had and lost that I most miss now.

Gonna watch the Bristol City home-coming match this week. It really was a genuinely messianic feeling that week and that game to a kid just felt like something massive was happening the afternoon after I heard the news and all week.

[Guest]

Easy to forget that he signed Jonas & Coloccini too.

[Wallsendmag]

Thank you to Disco[/member] for the reference to the Ten out of Ten video.

Was great watching that back.

Cannot remember that 4-0 cup win against Leicester !

 

Was the Anglo-Italian mind.

Got a lift to it by a mates dad and he was bit keen that we got out early to avoid the rush, pulled a pretend toilet trip and snook back in to catch Mickey Quinn's goal.

Later honed the technique to skive whole lessons at school and kill time at work.

 

Few weeks later my art-teacher tutor mocked up a laminated black and white birthday card with Keegan's face superimposed on a figure. Probably the material possession I've had and lost that I most miss now.

Gonna watch the Bristol City home-coming match this week. It really was a genuinely messianic feeling that week and that game to a kid just felt like something massive was happening the afternoon after I heard the news and all week.

 

I went to every home game that season including the Anglo Italian Cup games. We played Leicester, Ascoli and Cesena at home in the competition. Ascoli game was mental. David Kelly got sent off for King fu kicking one of their players and I somehow ended up on the pitch during all the chaos immediately after that. Only 9k or so there but it just went crazy. The Cesena match I remember because I took an inflatable hammer with me for some reason and it was confiscated at the turnstile. Was the lowest crowd I've ever been in at SJP (circ 4,600) and I remember a cat just strolling around an almost deserted Gallowgate end during the 2nd half.

[Paully]

Thank you to Disco[/member] for the reference to the Ten out of Ten video.

Was great watching that back.

Cannot remember that 4-0 cup win against Leicester !

 

Was the Anglo-Italian mind.

Got a lift to it by a mates dad and he was bit keen that we got out early to avoid the rush, pulled a pretend toilet trip and snook back in to catch Mickey Quinn's goal.

Later honed the technique to skive whole lessons at school and kill time at work.

 

Few weeks later my art-teacher tutor mocked up a laminated black and white birthday card with Keegan's face superimposed on a figure. Probably the material possession I've had and lost that I most miss now.

Gonna watch the Bristol City home-coming match this week. It really was a genuinely messianic feeling that week and that game to a kid just felt like something massive was happening the afternoon after I heard the news and all week.

 

I went to every home game that season including the Anglo Italian Cup games. We played Leicester, Ascoli and Cesena at home in the competition. Ascoli game was mental. David Kelly got sent off for King fu kicking one of their players and I somehow ended up on the pitch during all the chaos immediately after that. Only 9k or so there but it just went crazy. The Cesena match I remember because I took an inflatable hammer with me for some reason and it was confiscated at the turnstile. Was the lowest crowd I've ever been in at SJP (circ 4,600) and I remember a cat just strolling around an almost deserted Gallowgate end during the 2nd half.

 

Ha ha the umpa lumpa!

 

Sheedy scored a great free kick in that Leicester 4-0 iirc!

 

Scary that it's nearly 30 years ago FFS!

[Robster]

I went to every home game that season including the Anglo Italian Cup games. We played Leicester, Ascoli and Cesena at home in the competition. Ascoli game was mental. David Kelly got sent off for King fu kicking one of their players and I somehow ended up on the pitch during all the chaos immediately after that. Only 9k or so there but it just went crazy. The Cesena match I remember because I took an inflatable hammer with me for some reason and it was confiscated at the turnstile. Was the lowest crowd I've ever been in at SJP (circ 4,600) and I remember a cat just strolling around an almost deserted Gallowgate end during the 2nd half.

 

The David Kelly kick was excellent. They'd been kicking the fuck out of us all game and in the end he snapped.

[Guest]

Their goal scored by a certain Oliver Bierhoff.

[Paully]

Their goal scored by a certain Oliver Bierhoff.

 

No way!

[Disco]

Gazzetta icon, and future Serie A topscorer, Dario Hubner scored past us for Cesena too.

 

[Guest]

Their goal scored by a certain Oliver Bierhoff.

 

No way!

 

Assumed he must have been around 19-20 but he was 24.

 

Mad that under 4 years later he was winning the European Championships and ending up at Milan.

[Wandy]

First thing that should happen if takeover happens is to make KK our ambassador the way Bobby Charlton is for MUFC.

[UncleBingo]

Thank you to Disco[/member] for the reference to the Ten out of Ten video.

Was great watching that back.

Cannot remember that 4-0 cup win against Leicester !

 

Was the Anglo-Italian mind.

Got a lift to it by a mates dad and he was bit keen that we got out early to avoid the rush, pulled a pretend toilet trip and snook back in to catch Mickey Quinn's goal.

Later honed the technique to skive whole lessons at school and kill time at work.

 

Few weeks later my art-teacher tutor mocked up a laminated black and white birthday card with Keegan's face superimposed on a figure. Probably the material possession I've had and lost that I most miss now.

Gonna watch the Bristol City home-coming match this week. It really was a genuinely messianic feeling that week and that game to a kid just felt like something massive was happening the afternoon after I heard the news and all week.

 

I went to every home game that season including the Anglo Italian Cup games. We played Leicester, Ascoli and Cesena at home in the competition. Ascoli game was mental. David Kelly got sent off for King fu kicking one of their players and I somehow ended up on the pitch during all the chaos immediately after that. Only 9k or so there but it just went crazy. The Cesena match I remember because I took an inflatable hammer with me for some reason and it was confiscated at the turnstile. Was the lowest crowd I've ever been in at SJP (circ 4,600) and I remember a cat just strolling around an almost deserted Gallowgate end during the 2nd half.

 

I was in the Milburn Paddock with my brother for that game, the one and only time I stood there. It happened yards in front of us and I ended up getting one of their players in a headlock on the pitch.....wasn't malicious or anything was just trying to break it up. Fuck knows what I was thinking....would probably be a life time ban nowadays.

 

That's me bottom of the pic with the gloves on.

 

[Robster]

:lol:

 

Brilliant.

I was up above you in the Gallowgate wing of the Milburn Stand seats.

[Wallsendmag]

:lol:

 

Brilliant.

I was up above you in the Gallowgate wing of the Milburn Stand seats.

 

The Leazes wing of the Milburn Stand was the place to be back then. Full of absolute nutcases but they narve made a hell of a racket!

[UncleBingo]

:lol:

 

Brilliant.

I was up above you in the Gallowgate wing of the Milburn Stand seats.

 

The Leazes wing of the Milburn Stand was the place to be back then. Full of absolute nutcases but they narve made a hell of a racket!

 

Agreed. I had my season ticket there from 1992, second last row next to the Leazes. Was great when the away fans were there for a couple of seasons. Ended up getting kicked out even though I had a bond, but moved a few feet away into the Milburn Paddock til I jacked it in.

[Wolfcastle]

Went to Ascoli (East Stand) but not Cesena, think it became too evident we weren't taking it seriously (and not advancing). The European management penchant for trench coats is what always stands out. Was Kelly redeemed the very next Saturday with that hat-trick against Cambridge? Was the sort or romantic story that happened regularly under Keegan.

Remember the away games being on during the day midweek, had one taped off the radio.

How quickly things change indeed re Bierhoff - less than 2 years later I was taping the Antwerp away game in the UEFA Cup off the radio. (Think was something like a 6pm kick-off).

Benito Carbone played in one of those games too. Few years later scored the great over-head quick here in a pulsating atmosphere against Sheffield Wed. Can't have thought it was the same club.

[TRon]

You would just never get that joy and excitement about going to a match now as you did then. You just can’t describe how amazing it all was. The excitement building up through the week, the whole day prior to the match and after it. The feeling of supreme confidence that no matter which team was coming to play, you knew you were going to thrash them. Never felt or will feel that kind of thing again. It was unique and an utter joy and privilege to have been a part of. The place was jumping man.

 

100% this. Incredible times....we may not have won anything but by god we had some fun.

 

I remember when we first signed him as a player, I was on holiday in Wales and me and my brother were playing in a park in Porthmadog when we got talking to this kid who was a Liverpool fan. He asked who we supported and when I said Newcastle, he said something like 'you must be happy you've signed Keegan'......we just assumed he was winding us up, as this was just too seismic a thing to believe, so we ran back to the boat we were staying on, and asked my Grandad to put the radio on. Sure enough, the news was confirmed, and as 12 and 9 year olds, we were absolutely delirious, I mean this was just huge news for a club in decline like ours that was dying on it's arse in the 2nd division. I had to wait until 6pm (cheaper calls) and rang my Dad from the phone box and pleaded with him to get us tickets for his debut, something that we never had to do before now. We came home a few days later and the players were doing a signing session at the old club shop in the West Stand car park, so I went across to town with my mate Ian. It was mobbed and Keegan was there with Imre Varadi, John Trewick and Kenny Wharton.....I was wearing my yellow Bukta away top and I was standing next to KK's big Mercedes when he got out 'Is that the away top, horrible that, we'll have to get it changed' he said to me and winked......I nearly passed out, the great man had spoken to me! I ended up getting it signed by all the players, Keegan's autograph beautifully executed on the back. I still have the shirt now 40 years later, and have passed it on to my son to look after

The next couple of weeks were just a blur of excitement leading up to the QPR game and the big day finally came. I went across on the bus with my Dad and brother and there were black and white tops everywhere in town, this was nothing like a normal match day. Fittingly, it was a glorious day and we and we went up to the Hodgson Arms and we sat outside while my Dad had a few pints with his mates, the singing inside and outside the pub was deafening and it was a party atmosphere. When we went to the ground, there were huge queues to the Gallowgate, but we had tickets for the East Stand benches, the first time I had sat at a game. The colour and the noise, everything felt like it had been turned up about 200% from the previous season, there was even a streaker in luminous green socks. Can't really remember much of the game, but had a great view as Keegan ran in and slid the ball under Hucker for the winner.....absolute carnage for the next 5 mins. I managed to watch all of KK's home games as an NUFC player, and even in the twilight of his career, he was light years ahead of anyone else on the pitch. Watching him Waddle & Beardsley for that one season together was incredible.

 

I hope if we do get taken over the first thing anyone does is name recognise Keegan's huge contribution to NUFC; nobody has done more for the club in modern times.

 

Happy birthday KK, you absolute legend.

 

 

This is beautiful thank you for sharing.

 

 

Ditto.

[Scoreboard82]

:lol:

 

Brilliant.

I was up above you in the Gallowgate wing of the Milburn Stand seats.

 

The Leazes wing of the Milburn Stand was the place to be back then. Full of absolute nutcases but they narve made a hell of a racket!

It was great in there back then. IIRC in KKs playing days the away fans would be in the end section of the Leazes, on the other side of the vehicle access bit? Sure i can remember a particularly lively atmosphere v Leeds one day. Think we won 2-1. I later got my 1st S/T in the Milburn centre paddock when Ossie was in charge, Around 1991. Not sure if there still was an East and centre paddock by then or it had been made into one big paddock?

[Wallsendmag]

:lol:

 

Brilliant.

I was up above you in the Gallowgate wing of the Milburn Stand seats.

 

The Leazes wing of the Milburn Stand was the place to be back then. Full of absolute nutcases but they narve made a hell of a racket!

It was great in there back then. IIRC in KKs playing days the away fans would be in the end section of the Leazes, on the other side of the vehicle access bit? Sure i can remember a particularly lively atmosphere v Leeds one day. Think we won 2-1. I later got my 1st S/T in the Milburn centre paddock when Ossie was in charge, Around 1991. Not sure if there still was an East and centre paddock by then or it had been made into one big paddock?

 

Back in 1991 the Milburn Paddocks were lettered from A to E. A and B were towards the Gallowgate End and D and E were the other side of the players tunnel towards the Leazes End. C Paddock straddled either side of the tunnel I think. Then the Leazes End was split into 3 Paddocks ( F, G and H, away fans were allocated H Paddock by 1991) and then the Gallowgate was 4 Paddocks (J which was "the corner", K which was "the Scoreboard", L and M, M was known as "the old man's corner").

 

It was a dump tbh but I just loved the place!

[Whitley mag]

:lol:

 

Brilliant.

I was up above you in the Gallowgate wing of the Milburn Stand seats.

 

The Leazes wing of the Milburn Stand was the place to be back then. Full of absolute nutcases but they narve made a hell of a racket!

It was great in there back then. IIRC in KKs playing days the away fans would be in the end section of the Leazes, on the other side of the vehicle access bit? Sure i can remember a particularly lively atmosphere v Leeds one day. Think we won 2-1. I later got my 1st S/T in the Milburn centre paddock when Ossie was in charge, Around 1991. Not sure if there still was an East and centre paddock by then or it had been made into one big paddock?

 

Back in 1991 the Milburn Paddocks were lettered from A to E. A and B were towards the Gallowgate End and D and E were the other side of the players tunnel towards the Leazes End. C Paddock straddled either side of the tunnel I think. Then the Leazes End was split into 3 Paddocks ( F, G and H, away fans were allocated H Paddock by 1991) and then the Gallowgate was 4 Paddocks (J which was "the corner", K which was "the Scoreboard", L and M, M was known as "the old man's corner").

 

It was a dump tbh but I just loved the place!

 

Aye the old place used to be edgy as fuck, one of the biggest crimes of the Hall era was up rooting the lads from the old Milburn Leazes wing. Used to always remember ‘we are the goerdie boys’ ringing out constantly from the promotion season. The old East Stand benches used to be good craic aswell, before later ending up in the east stand Gallowgate wing.

 

 

[UncleBingo]

:lol:

 

Brilliant.

I was up above you in the Gallowgate wing of the Milburn Stand seats.

 

The Leazes wing of the Milburn Stand was the place to be back then. Full of absolute nutcases but they narve made a hell of a racket!

It was great in there back then. IIRC in KKs playing days the away fans would be in the end section of the Leazes, on the other side of the vehicle access bit? Sure i can remember a particularly lively atmosphere v Leeds one day. Think we won 2-1. I later got my 1st S/T in the Milburn centre paddock when Ossie was in charge, Around 1991. Not sure if there still was an East and centre paddock by then or it had been made into one big paddock?

 

Back in 1991 the Milburn Paddocks were lettered from A to E. A and B were towards the Gallowgate End and D and E were the other side of the players tunnel towards the Leazes End. C Paddock straddled either side of the tunnel I think. Then the Leazes End was split into 3 Paddocks ( F, G and H, away fans were allocated H Paddock by 1991) and then the Gallowgate was 4 Paddocks (J which was "the corner", K which was "the Scoreboard", L and M, M was known as "the old man's corner").

 

It was a dump tbh but I just loved the place!

 

The E Wing Paddock was a great place to stand late 80's due to it's close proximity to the away fans, went to quite a few night games there. Was carnage in there for the mackems play off.