Lee Clark

[Fak]

Not sure where I read it, quite probably on this forum, but some were saying Clark being dropped for Batty was just a big factor (or bigger) than the Tino signing as to why we didn't win the league. 

[huss9]

one of me best mates is from blyth and there's one or two "Burty" stories he tells.

[JonBez comesock]

1 hour ago, lovejoy said:

Remember lots of stories about Jamie Burt when I was growing up. Apparently a hell of a talent who outshone Michael Owen at school boy level.

Yeah he went down the wrong path unfortunately at 15 after playing for England.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[JonBez comesock]

1 hour ago, huss9 said:

one of me best mates is from blyth and there's one or two "Burty" stories he tells.

😂😂😂Yeah - 🤫 

[Ghandis Flip-Flop]

2 hours ago, Fak said:

Not sure where I read it, quite probably on this forum, but some were saying Clark being dropped for Batty was just a big factor (or bigger) than the Tino signing as to why we didn't win the league. 

We all have 20-20 hindsight but I agree with this line of thinking, Batty added more defensive solidity, but we lost a lot of creativity when Clarky was left out 

[Ghandis Flip-Flop]

2 hours ago, huss9 said:

one of me best mates is from blyth and there's one or two "Burty" stories he tells.

I've said it before but all the Bedlington lads of my vintage, who played to a decent level, single Jamie out as the best they’ve ever shared a pitch with by a large margin. And given how good some of those were, that’s no mean feat. Alex "Disco" Lawson, will rave about him any chance he gets

[Coffee_Johnny]

1 minute ago, Ghandis Flip-Flop said:

We all have 20-20 hindsight but I agree with this line of thinking, Batty added more defensive solidity, but we lost a lot of creativity when Clarky was left out 

 Just took much longer to get the ball forward. Batty was brilliant at what he did, however a consequence of that was me often sitting thinking stuff like: ‘have they (opposition) got all their players back behind the ball? Nope not quite yet, any second now, ok now he releases it.’ Felt like what we gained in solidity we lost in rapid attacks.  

[JonBez comesock]

12 minutes ago, Ghandis Flip-Flop said:

I've said it before but all the Bedlington lads of my vintage, who played to a decent level, single Jamie out as the best they’ve ever shared a pitch with by a large margin. And given how good some of those were, that’s no mean feat. Alex "Disco" Lawson, will rave about him any chance he gets

Alex Lawson was a canny player aswell back in the day.

 

His dad was a great man too.

[lovejoy]

52 minutes ago, JonBez comesock said:

Alex Lawson was a canny player aswell back in the day.

 

His dad was a great man too.

Is Jamie your brother, mate?

 

I'm sure he made a comeback in the fa cup on the telly years ago and it was quite a big local story at the time.

[JonBez comesock]

27 minutes ago, lovejoy said:

Is Jamie your brother, mate?

 

I'm sure he made a comeback in the fa cup on the telly years ago and it was quite a big local story at the time.

Yeah he is ✅

[lovejoy]

3 hours ago, JonBez comesock said:

Yeah he is ✅

 

Talented family! Bet you've got some belta stories.

 

Great that you're on here.

[Optimistic Nut]

7 hours ago, Fak said:

Not sure where I read it, quite probably on this forum, but some were saying Clark being dropped for Batty was just a big factor (or bigger) than the Tino signing as to why we didn't win the league. 

 

Tino and Batty always seem to be the scapegoats but Ferdinand went to shit the last third of the season, Rob Lee too, Ginola wasn't the same after the Dixon sending-off. Plus Schmeichel & Cantona started to win games 1-0 on their own. 

 

 

Edited 17 minutes ago by Optimistic Nut

[Colos Short and Curlies]

Phil fucking Neville taking out Gillespie at OT won the league for ManU

[joeyt]

On 20/06/2025 at 16:22, LFEE said:

Would have him here as a coach personally

 

Why? Ours not good enough?

[LFEE]

2 minutes ago, joeyt said:

 

Why? Ours not good enough?

Just left hasn’t he? Would be an ideal fit to bring the players through IMO.

 

 

 

 

Edited 7 minutes ago by LFEE

[Tsunami]

I’ll have mentioned this before; I played Centre Forward for a Sunday League side from Houghton Le Spring. The “manager” was the Commercial Manager for NUFC, our strips were the previous season 1st team strips and we played a couple of games at Benwell.

 

I scored a hat trick on my debut at Benwell in Micky Quinn’s no 9 strip but the hi-light of the game was when we all stood still and watched a player on the pitch next to us effortlessly dribble past 5 or 6 players. It was Lee Clark, as said, if he’d had a turn of foot (and a little bigger) he had the potential to be really top level.

[joeyt]

3 minutes ago, LFEE said:

Just left hasn’t he? Would be an ideal fit to bring the players through IMO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

What makes Clark qualified to be trusted with our promising youth players? 

[Barnes23]

Agreed - would be exactly the kind of jobs for the boys BS we should steer clear of. Clark does not have a successful track record as a manager