Newcastle v Chelsea September 10th 1994

If anybody doesn't know, ESPN Classic is showing loads of old games on Sky (Channel 442) - today's game was Newcastle Chelsea 1994.

What a beautiful feeling watching that game. Second season in the Premier League and so full of hope  . The stands are half complete, which has a weird feel about it watching it. Chelsea's scorers include Gavin Peacock, and a penalty was given to us by Steve Clarke, both with toon connections. Cole scored probably his best goal for us. This was only about 2 weeks after we were labelled the entertainers. Fantastic football. And it was my 17th birthday, last one before I left the north east and moved to Manc land.

The other thing I noticed from the game was the crowd, right behind the team from the start. Chants every couple of minutes.  The ony player who got a little bit of stick was Mike Hooper, and of course Dennis Wise ...