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The referee at Highbury that night was Gerald Ashby. I've never forgotten his name. It was one of those nights where something in the air just wasn't right.

 

David had spoken well of us and our city for a long time now but can anyone remember what the handsome devil actually said about Newcastle when he left? I only know that he felt angry towards Keegan for not letting him join Barcelona only for Kev to quit a few months later.

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He was spectacular when he arrived. Remember he got rave reviews when we played Celtic in a pre-season friendly at an under-construction Celtic Park. It wasn't on Tv so hearing it on the radio and people were going on about him and made me so excited for the season to start. His first 4 games were fabulous. After that Bolton game, really wanted him to score quickly and he got it against Sheffield Wednesday. Was my favourite player and when he got sent off against Arsenal on Tv, I cried. I was 10 years old though. :lol:

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The referee at Highbury that night was Gerald Ashby. I've never forgotten his name. It was one of those nights where something in the air just wasn't right.

 

David had spoken well of us and our city for a long time now but can anyone remember what the handsome devil actually said about Newcastle when he left? I only know that he felt angry towards Keegan for not letting him join Barcelona only for Kev to quit a few months later.

 

He had a dig at the city.

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He was spectacular when he arrived. Remember he got rave reviews when we played Celtic in a pre-season friendly at an under-construction Celtic Park. It wasn't on Tv so hearing it on the radio and people were going on about him and made me so excited for the season to start. His first 4 games were fabulous. After that Bolton game, really wanted him to score quickly and he got it against Sheffield Wednesday. Was my favourite player and when he got sent off against Arsenal on Tv, I cried. I was 10 years old though. :lol:

 

Lee Dixon was just hoofing him off the park and the ref done nothing about it. 

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Ginola got sent off that game, didn't he? Distinctly remember it being on Sky and the touchline reporter saying he was livid going down the tunnel shouting "Why won't they let me play football?"

 

And he did say something in the press conference when he signed for Spurs about London being a much better place to live than Newcastle.

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He punched Dixon and the ref sent him off. The ref let Dixon get away with murder.  I remember KK being livid and nearly came to blows on the touch line with Bruce Rioch??

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Rob Lee tells a decent story about nights out when they went as a team, he said they'd send Ginola & Ferdinand in first and then the rest would follow in later and pick up whichever women didn't make the cut with Ginola & Ferdinand.

 

Ginola was the first player I had on the back of my shirt, maybe it was because he was foreign but it certainly seemed like he was the first 'superstar' that we bought. The way he took the ball from right in the left back corner against Neil Cox & beat him and then played it back to a defender was a serious case of I know I'm so much better than you from him. It did seem too easy for him at times.

 

Hopefully it's not as a serious as is being reported as although it did end on a sour note with him here he always has good things to say now and actually seems to care about the club.

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Ginola got sent off that game, didn't he? Distinctly remember it being on Sky and the touchline reporter saying he was livid going down the tunnel shouting "Why won't they let me play football?"

 

And he did say something in the press conference when he signed for Spurs about London being a much better place to live than Newcastle.

 

Coca Cola QF? I'm sure it was on ITV

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Ginola got sent off that game, didn't he? Distinctly remember it being on Sky and the touchline reporter saying he was livid going down the tunnel shouting "Why won't they let me play football?"

 

And he did say something in the press conference when he signed for Spurs about London being a much better place to live than Newcastle.

 

Coca Cola QF? I'm sure it was on ITV

 

Yeah it was.

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Trying to read between the lines here.  They say it was bypass surgery, and it was performed a while after his heart attack, which is a good sign.  If it was more serious they'd have done a coronary angioplasty almost immediately.

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God that to me read as more serious than just fainting because of the heat. One of my favourite Newcastle players ever, both him and Pav since I started supporting the club 2 years before that 95-96 season. Hope he gets better.

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Rob Lee tells a decent story about nights out when they went as a team, he said they'd send Ginola & Ferdinand in first and then the rest would follow in later and pick up whichever women didn't make the cut with Ginola & Ferdinand.

 

Ginola was the first player I had on the back of my shirt, maybe it was because he was foreign but it certainly seemed like he was the first 'superstar' that we bought. The way he took the ball from right in the left back corner against Neil Cox & beat him and then played it back to a defender was a serious case of I know I'm so much better than you from him. It did seem too easy for him at times.

 

Hopefully it's not as a serious as is being reported as although it did end on a sour note with him here he always has good things to say now and actually seems to care about the club.

 

Ginola split up with his wife or was he a cheater?

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