‘I found it difficult, disappointment was my overriding emotion’ Lee Clark explains why he was one of the only Geordies who wasn’t celebrating Kevin Keegan’s arrival as Newcastle United manager in 1992

Kevin Keegan picked up the phone in February 1992 and listened as Newcastle United’s unique proprietor, Sir John Corridor, uttered a sentence that will maybe replace the membership’s history. “There’s only two of us who can place Newcastle United, and we’re talking on the telephone now”.

Newcastle possess been staring down the barrel of relegation to the third tier of English soccer, a level they had by no technique dropped to in their history. Sir John had relieved Ossie Ardiles of his obligations after a 4-3 residence defeat to Charlton, proceeded by a 5-2 defeat away at Oxford.

Ardiles was a huge name, nevertheless he had purchased the blend of childhood and expertise extreme during his first plump season as Newcastle boss. He gambled on childhood, and it had backfired.

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