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Contrary to popular belief football existed before the Premiership, Sky, and where Newcastle are concerned, Kevin Keegan. Here N.O takes you down memory lane with some Toon style nostalgia. All contributions welcome so write in HERE and get your views published.

United Greats: Do You ‘Ken Hughie Gallacher?

By Newcastle-Online On Thu 9 Nov 2006 | (Have Your Say: 10 Comments)

United Great Wee Hughie GallacherHughie Gallacher is recognised by United fans as a scorer of 143 goals in 174 appearances and the last man to lift the Championship, but a quick glance at the record books and stats does not tell you the full amazing story of Hughie Gallacher, the wee Scots lad, the best centre-forward Newcastle ever had.

Gallacher is perhaps the greatest ever player in the history of our beloved club, most certainly the greatest character to have ever worn the famous black ‘n’ white stripes and statistically the best ever goalscorer despite Alan Shearer’s record. No player in the history of the club has a better goals to games ratio than Gallacher.

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Tony Green, Man Utd, 1972 and All That

By Newcastle-Online On Tue 3 Oct 2006 | Comments Off

In the aftermath of yet another defeat at Old Trafford, one familiar statistic was trotted out - that we have not beaten Man U away since a 2-0 win in 1972. However, I’m one of the few fans that wears a smile whenever I hear this. You see, dear Reader, this old git was there.

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