Guest Howaythetoon Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Cole for us was like Ronaldo was for Barcelona, obviously nowhere near as skilful, but in terms of dynamism and impact and lethalness he was very similar IMO. He was never the same player at Man Utd. At Newcastle people said he was just a goalscorer, was he fuck, he was much more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Cole for us was like Ronaldo was for Barcelona, obviously nowhere near as skilful, but in terms of dynamism and impact and lethalness he was very similar IMO. He was never the same player at Man Utd. At Newcastle people said he was just a goalscorer, was he fuck, he was much more. Just nah. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 By extension, Beckford was Ronaldo reincarnated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I meant in the wow factor, here was a 21 year old kid from Bristol City scoring 41 goals and looking every inch a world-class player. Everyone looked at Cole and thought wow, same with Ronaldo at Barcelona. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 By extension, Beckford was Ronaldo reincarnated. Wasn't beckford more like Cole? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Beckford always reminded me of a young Jermaine Beckford. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I'll always remember that day, our teacher stopped the class to let us listen to the radio. Taking my Andy Cole poster down was a dark day indeed I was 5 when we sold Cole, I remember walking into school the next morning - I was in year 1 - and the big year 6s knowing I was mad for the toon asking me what I thought, told them what an outrage it was, I can picture where I was standing. Really was one of those big event moments of childhood, 'you remember where you were'. That and when KK left, my dad walk to my school and into the playground to tell me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I'll always remember that day, our teacher stopped the class to let us listen to the radio. Taking my Andy Cole poster down was a dark day indeed I was 5 when we sold Cole, I remember walking into school the next morning - I was in year 1 - and the big year 6s knowing I was mad for the toon asking me what I thought, told them what an outrage it was, I can picture where I was standing. Really was one of those big event moments of childhood, 'you remember where you were'. That and when KK left, and my dad walk to my school and into the playground to tell me. I was playing snooker in the Battle Hill club when I found out we'd sold Cole. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I'll always remember that day, our teacher stopped the class to let us listen to the radio. Taking my Andy Cole poster down was a dark day indeed I was 5 when we sold Cole, I remember walking into school the next morning - I was in year 1 - and the big year 6s knowing I was mad for the toon asking me what I thought, told them what an outrage it was, I can picture where I was standing. Really was one of those big event moments of childhood, 'you remember where you were'. That and when KK left, and my dad walk to my school and into the playground to tell me. I was playing snooker in the Battle Hill club when I found out we'd sold Cole. lol. wasnt it the entertainment complex then? I was training to be an NVQ assessor at Newcastle college, lecturer took great pleasure in announcing it for some reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 The Entertainers get a mention in Michael Cox of Zonal Marking fame's new book. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mixer-Story-Premier-League-Tactics-ebook/dp/B01N2QBCOJ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493972663&sr=8-1&keywords=Michael+Cox Basically he debunks the popular myth about our defensive recording being dreadful in the season we finished 2nd as the reason as to why we didn't win the title. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Five o Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 He was, even in the second tier, a bigger icon that Super Mac and Quinn, our later modern day super heroes and number 9s. Being black made him even more of an icon as he was the first and only (at the time) true black football superstar for NUFC. You're clearly too young to remember Tony Cunningham then. True superstar with 4 goals (According to wiki) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Little Waster Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/aug/11/kevin-keegan-liverpool-hamburg-40-years-ago-revolutionary-transfer Reminisce Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Little Waster Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 When we had real hope Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Am I reading correctly that HTT reckons Cole was a bigger hero than Supermac and mentioned Quinn along with Supermac? As much as Cole was loved Supermac was on a completely different level of hero worship. I've never seen power and pace like it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 I love hearing descriptions of players that I didn't get to see. My lass's old man's great at it, he decribed Supermac as being as fast as Walcott and as strong as Drogba, and that Tony Green was 'hard to describe but the nearest I can get is a faster, skinnier more skillful Beardsley' which obviously sounds incredible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gosforth Lad Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Everything Newcastle are as a modern day club is down to Keegan in my humble opinion; his influence on revolutionising the club is that great (though he shouldn't have disbanded the reserves!). Growing up in that era was immense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 The bloke's statue is the club itself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 I love hearing descriptions of players that I didn't get to see. My lass's old man's great at it, he decribed Supermac as being as fast as Walcott and as strong as Drogba, and that Tony Green was 'hard to describe but the nearest I can get is a faster, skinnier more skillful Beardsley' which obviously sounds incredible. Pretty good descriptions of both players, though I'd add that Supermac wasn't the most skilful on the ball. He was limited in that way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 https://thesetpieces.com/features/remembering-newcastles-historic-5-0-win-man-united/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Great article and what a day! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCK Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 “There was always a build-up when there was a big game and at that point we were rivaling Manchester United. The whole country were talking about us, we had three thousand [watching] training, the city was buzzing. I was always gutted I never managed to watch them train when I was kid. Imagine being able to go and watch them train man. It still seems odd that they trained on that bloody field. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 I still remember going to the Odeon to watch matches because you couldn't get tickets. It's mad to think of the untapped potential that the city has when it has anything even approaching a successful football team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCK Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 I forgot all about that! Another life time, reality & dimension now. Amazing what pride can do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Remember getting the most uninspiring collection of autographs the time I went down to Maiden Castle like. Proper gutted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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