.........after they were good (they played for us!)

[Montreal Wanderer]

And the rest mostly did all right... But not Beardsley...

Bit harsh on Beardsley to a certain extent, seem to remember he changed the game when coming on at Coventry, inspiring a comeback from 2-0 down to 2-2 and then scored in midweek at Barnsley. Soon went downhill after a fall out with Todd though and he was dropped to the reserves.

A bonus point for anyone who can name which player made his debut for the reserves on the same night as Beardsley (a 3-1 defeat to Port Vale at Leigh on the same night Newcastle were playing away to Barcelona, which sparked a bit of national interest with the contrast).

Stab in the dark - Kevin Nolan?

Nope. Can't give a clue or it'll be proper obvious. In his pomp at the same time as Nolan though.

Nicky Hunt?

[Leyther_Matt]

And the rest mostly did all right... But not Beardsley...

Bit harsh on Beardsley to a certain extent, seem to remember he changed the game when coming on at Coventry, inspiring a comeback from 2-0 down to 2-2 and then scored in midweek at Barnsley. Soon went downhill after a fall out with Todd though and he was dropped to the reserves.

A bonus point for anyone who can name which player made his debut for the reserves on the same night as Beardsley (a 3-1 defeat to Port Vale at Leigh on the same night Newcastle were playing away to Barcelona, which sparked a bit of national interest with the contrast).

Stab in the dark - Kevin Nolan?

Nope. Can't give a clue or it'll be proper obvious. In his pomp at the same time as Nolan though.

Nicky Hunt?

Think much, much better than him.

[Nicko58]

Think much, much better than him.

Is it Jääskeläinen?

[Leyther_Matt]

Think much, much better than him.

Is it Jääskeläinen?

And the points go to Nicko. Let 2 goals through his legs in the first 10 minutes and we thought that was the last we'd see of him!

[TKIZ!]

Surely, Ripley should be in the 'after they played for us, they were good thread'? He was only a kid when we had him on loan. He was certainly good for our then level and created a goal within about 15 seconds of his debut iirc.

Oops I miss read the thread.