1998–99 Newcastle United F.C. season

In the 1998–99 season, Newcastle United competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons). Newcastle's season was an almost carbon copy of the one before. They finished 13th in the Premiership and lost in the FA Cup final to enter Europe because the winning side had already qualified for the Champions League

Champions League

Champions League may refer to various sports competitions. It most commonly refers to association football:-Association Football:*the UEFA Champions League, for Union of European Football Associations**the current UEFA Champions League season...

.

Just after the season started, Kenny Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish

Kenneth Mathieson "Kenny" Dalglish MBE is a Scottish former footballer and the current manager of Liverpool F.C.. In a 22-year playing career, he played for two club teams, Celtic and Liverpool, winning numerous honours with both. He is the most capped Scottish player, with 102 appearances, and...

paid for Newcastle's sub-standard league performances with his job. The task was given to Ruud Gullit

Ruud Gullit

OON is a Dutch football manager and former football player, who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the captain of the Netherlands national team that was victorious at Euro 88 and was also a member of the squad for the 1990 World Cup. He was named the European Footballer of the...

to turn things round, but he could not improve on the club's previous league finish of 13th. A dismal league position put them below local rivals Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough F.C.

Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...

as well as other unfancied sides including Derby County

Derby County F.C.

Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...

and Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...

Season summary

A poor start to the 1998/99 season led to Kenny Dalglish being sacked. Ruud Gullit

Ruud Gullit

, a trophy winning manager with Chelsea a few years previously, was put in charge. The team again started promisingly, but was knocked out of the Cup Winners' Cup in the first round.

Gullit made some high profile mistakes in the transfer market (notably, Spanish defender Marcelino

Marcelino Elena

Marcelino Elena Sierra, simply Marcelino , is a retired Spanish professional footballer who played as a central defender.-Club career:...

and forward Silvio Maric

Silvio Marić

Silvio Marić is a retired Croatian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.- Club career :Born in Zagreb, Marić began his professional career at Dinamo Zagreb in 1992. In the autumn of 1998, he appeared for Dinamo Zagreb in all of their six group matches in the UEFA Champions League and...

bore the brunt of supporters frustrations). Less forgivably, he also fell out with several senior players, including the club captain Rob Lee

Rob Lee

Robert Martin "Rob" Lee is a retired English footballer who played the majority of his career for Charlton Athletic and Newcastle United.-Charlton Athletic:...

, who had been the heartbeat of the team for the previous half decade, and was initially not given a squad number.
Newcastle made it to the 1998–99 FA Cup final, their second final in successive seasons. This time around they were to lose to Manchester United

Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

2-0.

Because the FA Cup winners had already won European qualification, this meant Newcastle reached Europe

Newcastle United F.C. in Europe

Newcastle United F.C. first played European football with their appearance in the 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, a competition which they won. Their first Champions League appearance came in 1997–98.-Results by season:-References:**...

for the fourth season running: this time the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup, due to the discontinuation of the Cup Winners' Cup

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...

.

Gullit resigned shortly after the start of the 1999-2000 season

1999–2000 Newcastle United F.C. season

This article covers the squad and match results for Newcastle United's 1999-2000 season. During the season, Newcastle United competed in the FA Premier League .-Season summary:...

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
June 1998	MF	Georgios Georgiadis Georgios Georgiadis Georgios Georgiadis is a former Greek footballer. He last played for PAOK Thessaloniki FC.-Career:Born in Kavala, Greece, on 8 March 1972, Georgiadis' family, soon after his birth, left for Stuttgart, Germany, where young Giorgos first learned to play football. He returned to Greece, as a teenager...	Panathinaikos Panathinaikos FC Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most...	£500,000
June 1998	GK	Lionel Pérez Lionel Perez Lionel Pérez is a retired French professional footballer. He played as a goalkeeper and more recently was a goalkeeping coach at Stevenage Borough Football Club, following his retirement from the game in 2004....	Sunderland Sunderland A.F.C. Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...	Free
June 1998	FW	Stéphane Guivarc'h Stéphane Guivarc'h Stéphane Guivarc'h is a retired French footballer that played as striker. He featured in the France squad that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup on home soil....	Auxerre AJ Auxerre Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise is a French association football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Auxerre plays its home matches at the Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps on the banks of the...	£3,500,000
July 1998	DF	Carl Serrant Carl Serrant Carl Serrant is an English former footballer and now fitness coach, for Queens Park Rangers.Born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, Serrant made more than 100 appearances in the Football League with Oldham Athletic, Newcastle United, Bury as well as earning a cap for England B before his professional...	Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic A.F.C. Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is an English association football club based at Boundary Park, on Sheepfoot Lane in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the Football League One, the third tier of the English league...	£500,000
July 1998	MF	Garry Brady Garry Brady Garry Brady is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Scottish Second Division club Brechin City.-Career:...	Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....	£650,000
July 1998	DF	Laurent Charvet Laurent Charvet Laurent Charvet is a former French football player.Charvet played in the right back position. He began his career at Cannes in 1994. Between then and 1997 he appeared 99 times for the club and scored 19 goals...	Cannes AS Cannes Association Sportive de Cannes Football is a French association football club based in Cannes. The club was formed 1902 as a sports club and currently play in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth division of French football. Cannes plays its home matches at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin...	£750,000
August 1998	MF	Dietmar Hamann Dietmar Hamann Dietmar "Didi" Hamann is a German footballer who was most recently manager at Stockport County. Throughout his career, he has played for Bayern Munich, Newcastle United, Liverpool, and Manchester City primarily in a defensive midfield position. He also spent time at Milton Keynes Dons as a...	Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....	£4,500,000
August 1998	MF	Nolberto Solano Nolberto Solano Nolberto Albino "Nobby" Solano Todco is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Hartlepool United. He has spent much of his career in the English Premier League and also played 95 times for Peru between 1994 and 2009...	Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....	£2,500,000
?	FW	Louis Saha Louis Saha Louis Laurent Saha is a French footballer of Guadelupian origin who currently plays as a forward for Everton FC in the Premier League and the France national team. A former scholar at the Clairefontaine football academy, he started his career at Metz before playing on loan at Newcastle United...	Metz FC Metz Football Club de Metz, commonly referred to as simply Metz , is a French association football club based in Metz. The club was formed in 1932 and has spent most of its history in the Ligue 1, though they currently play in Ligue 2, the second level in French football league system. Metz plays its...	Loan
?	DF	Didier Domi Didier Domi Didier Arsène Marcel Domi is a French footballer.-Career:A former French youth and Under-21 international, Domi joined Paris Saint-Germain as a trainee in 1994, and made his debut in January 1996...	PSG	£4,000,000
?	MF	Silvio Marić Silvio Marić Silvio Marić is a retired Croatian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.- Club career :Born in Zagreb, Marić began his professional career at Dinamo Zagreb in 1992. In the autumn of 1998, he appeared for Dinamo Zagreb in all of their six group matches in the UEFA Champions League and...	Croatia Zagreb	£3,650,000
?	FW	Duncan Ferguson Duncan Ferguson Duncan Cowan Ferguson is a Scottish former footballer. He was notorious for his "hardman" image and nicknamed "Big Dunc" and "Duncan Disorderly"....	Everton Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...	£8,000,000

Total spending: £28.55m

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
June 1998	FW	Jon Dahl Tomasson Jon Dahl Tomasson Jon Dahl Tomasson is a retired Danish footballer and assistant manager at the Dutch football club SBV Excelsior....	Feyenoord	£2,500,000
June 1998	DF	Darren Peacock Darren Peacock Darren Peacock is an English former professional footballer who played as a central defender.He made nearly 400 league appearances, beginning his career in the lower reaches of the Football League, before spending eight seasons in the Premier League for Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle United and...	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers F.C. Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....	£100,000
July 1998	GK	Shaka Hislop Shaka Hislop Neil Shaka Hislop, CM is a former professional football goalkeeper. The majority of his career was spent in the top division in England where he was a part of the Newcastle United team which finished second in the Premier League for two successive seasons under Kevin Keegan's first tenure...	West Ham United West Ham United F.C. West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...	Free
July 1998	GK	Pavel Srníček Pavel Srnícek Pavel Srníček is a Czech former football goalkeeper.-Career:Srníček was originally signed by Newcastle in December 1990 on loan from Banik Ostrava by manager Jim Smith, who left within months to be succeeded by Ossie Ardiles - by this time his transfer had been made permanent, and he was soon...	Banik Ostrava FC Baník Ostrava FC Baník Ostrava is a football club from the Silesian part of the city of Ostrava, Czech Republic. It is based in Slezská Ostrava district of the city....	Free

Total spending: £2.6m

Note: due to unreferencing of dates from source, some transfers are not listed.

Squad

Left club during season

Appearances, goals and cards

(Substitute appearances in brackets)

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Shay Given Shay Given Séamus John James "Shay" Given is an Irish footballer who plays for Aston Villa and the Republic of Ireland national team as a goalkeeper. He won the PFA's Player of the Year in 2002....	31	0	6	0	2	0	2	0	41	0	0	1
2	DF	Warren Barton Warren Barton Warren Dean Barton is a former English football player and a TV Pundit for Fox Soccer Channel.-Club career:...	18 (6)	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	24 (6)	0	5	0
3	DF	Stuart Pearce Stuart Pearce Stuart Pearce OBE is an English football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of the England national under-21 team and the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic football team...	12	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	16	0	1	1
4	MF	David Batty David Batty David Batty is an English retired professional footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder....	6 (2)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	9 (2)	0	4	0
4	DF	Didier Domi Didier Domi Didier Arsène Marcel Domi is a French footballer.-Career:A former French youth and Under-21 international, Domi joined Paris Saint-Germain as a trainee in 1994, and made his debut in January 1996...	14	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	1	0
5	DF	Alessandro Pistone Alessandro Pistone Alessandro Pistone is a former Italian footballer.-Early career:Pistone started his career at Solbiatese and Crevalcore, two small Italian teams who in recent years have slid to the lowest tier of professional Italian football, before moving to Vicenza for the duration of the 1995–96 season...	2 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	1	0
6	DF	Steve Howey Steve Howey (footballer) Stephen Norman "Steve" Howey is a former footballer who played for the England national team. At club level, he made more than 300 appearances in the Football League and the Premier League, playing for Newcastle United, Manchester City, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers and Hartlepool United...	14	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	1	0
7	MF	Rob Lee Rob Lee Robert Martin "Rob" Lee is a retired English footballer who played the majority of his career for Charlton Athletic and Newcastle United.-Charlton Athletic:...	20 (6)	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	24 (6)	0	6	0
8	MF	Stéphane Guivarc'h Stéphane Guivarc'h Stéphane Guivarc'h is a retired French footballer that played as striker. He featured in the France squad that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup on home soil....	2 (2)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (2)	1	0	0
9	FW	Alan Shearer Alan Shearer Alan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team...	29 (1)	14	6	5	2	1	2	1	39 (1)	21	7	0
10	MF	John Barnes John Barnes (footballer) John Charles Bryan Barnes MBE is an English football manager and former player.During his playing career, Barnes had successful periods at Watford and Liverpool in the 1980s and 1990s, winning the First Division twice, the FA Cup twice, and playing for England 79 times...	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
10	MF	Silvio Marić Silvio Marić Silvio Marić is a retired Croatian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.- Club career :Born in Zagreb, Marić began his professional career at Dinamo Zagreb in 1992. In the autumn of 1998, he appeared for Dinamo Zagreb in all of their six group matches in the UEFA Champions League and...	9 (1)	0	1 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	10 (3)	0	1	0
11	MF	Gary Speed Gary Speed Gary Andrew Speed, MBE was a Welsh football player and manager. He was captain of the Wales national football team until he retired from international football in 2004 and he remains the most capped outfield player for Wales and the second overall, having appeared 85 times at senior level between...	34 (3)	4	6	1	1 (1)	0	2	0	43 (4)	5	8	0
12	MF	Dietmar Hamann Dietmar Hamann Dietmar "Didi" Hamann is a German footballer who was most recently manager at Stockport County. Throughout his career, he has played for Bayern Munich, Newcastle United, Liverpool, and Manchester City primarily in a defensive midfield position. He also spent time at Milton Keynes Dons as a...	22 (1)	4	7	1	1	0	0	0	30 (1)	5	7	1
13	GK	Steve Harper	7 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	8 (2)	0	0	0
14	MF	Temuri Ketsbaia Temuri Ketsbaia Temuri "Temur" Ketsbaia is a Georgian football manager and former player. As a player he represented the Georgian national team and played for Dinamo Tbilisi, Anorthosis Famagusta, AEK, Newcastle United, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Dundee.Ketsbaia is often regarded as having played a major role...	14 (12)	5	6	3	0	0	2	0	22 (12)	8	2	0
15	MF	Georgios Georgiadis Georgios Georgiadis Georgios Georgiadis is a former Greek footballer. He last played for PAOK Thessaloniki FC.-Career:Born in Kavala, Greece, on 8 March 1972, Georgiadis' family, soon after his birth, left for Stuttgart, Germany, where young Giorgos first learned to play football. He returned to Greece, as a teenager...	7 (3)	0	0 (2)	1	1	0	0	0	8 (5)	1	2	0
16	DF	Laurent Charvet Laurent Charvet Laurent Charvet is a former French football player.Charvet played in the right back position. He began his career at Cannes in 1994. Between then and 1997 he appeared 99 times for the club and scored 19 goals...	30 (1)	1	5	0	1	0	2	0	38 (1)	1	3	0
17	MF	Stephen Glass Stephen Glass (footballer) Stephen Glass is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Carolina RailHawks in the North American Soccer League....	18 (4)	3	2 (2)	0	2	0	2	0	24 (6)	3	1	0
18	MF	Keith Gillespie Keith Gillespie Keith Robert Gillespie is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays in midfield for Longford Town....	5 (2)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	5 (3)	0	0	0
18	FW	Louis Saha Louis Saha Louis Laurent Saha is a French footballer of Guadelupian origin who currently plays as a forward for Everton FC in the Premier League and the France national team. A former scholar at the Clairefontaine football academy, he started his career at Metz before playing on loan at Newcastle United...	5 (6)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	6 (6)	2	1	0
19	DF	Steve Watson Steve Watson Steven Craig "Steve" Watson is a former English footballer, who retired after being released by Sheffield Wednesday on 15 May 2009. As of November 13, 2010, he is the Development Coach at Football League One side Huddersfield Town.-Playing career:Watson began his career with Newcastle United,...	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0
20	FW	Duncan Ferguson Duncan Ferguson Duncan Cowan Ferguson is a Scottish former footballer. He was notorious for his "hardman" image and nicknamed "Big Dunc" and "Duncan Disorderly"....	7	2	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	7 (2)	2	0	0
21	DF	Carl Serrant Carl Serrant Carl Serrant is an English former footballer and now fitness coach, for Queens Park Rangers.Born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, Serrant made more than 100 appearances in the Football League with Oldham Athletic, Newcastle United, Bury as well as earning a cap for England B before his professional...	3 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (1)	0	1	0
22	DF	Des Hamilton Des Hamilton Derrick Vivian "Des" Hamilton is an English retired professional footballer. He was a midfielder, who played most notably for Bradford City which counted for nearly half his career appearances and in the Premier League with Newcastle United...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK	Lionel Pérez Lionel Perez Lionel Pérez is a retired French professional footballer. He played as a goalkeeper and more recently was a goalkeeping coach at Stevenage Borough Football Club, following his retirement from the game in 2004....	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	Nolberto Solano Nolberto Solano Nolberto Albino "Nobby" Solano Todco is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Hartlepool United. He has spent much of his career in the English Premier League and also played 95 times for Peru between 1994 and 2009...	24 (4)	6	7	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	33 (5)	6	3	0
25	FW	Paul Dalglish Paul Dalglish Paul Kenneth Dalglish is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.-Playing career:Dalglish, son of former Scotland international Kenny Dalglish, was born in Glasgow though spent his childhood in Liverpool where his father managed Liverpool F.C...	6 (5)	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	8 (5)	2	2	0
26	MF	David Burt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	Philippe Albert Philippe Albert Philippe Julien Albert is a former Belgian football defender. He played with R. Charleroi S.C., KV Mechelen, R.S.C. Anderlecht and Newcastle United in England...	3 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	3 (4)	0	2	0
28	DF	Aaron Hughes Aaron Hughes Aaron William Hughes is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for Fulham. Hughes is able to play centre back, right back or left back, as well as anywhere in midfield. He is usually deployed in a centre half position for his club and country, and is the current Northern Ireland captain...	12 (2)	0	1 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	14 (3)	0	1	0
29	MF	Garry Brady Garry Brady Garry Brady is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Scottish Second Division club Brechin City.-Career:...	3 (6)	0	2 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	5 (7)	0	0	0
30	DF	Paddy Kelly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	Stuart Elliott Stuart Elliott (footballer born 1977) Stuart Thomas Elliott is an English footballer who plays for Bedlington Terriers as a midfielder.Elliott started his career as a schoolboy at Arsenal, and after being released by the club he signed an apprenticeship with Newcastle United in 1995. He spent five years with the club, during which...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	Ralf Keidel Ralf Keidel Ralf Keidel is a German footballer playing for FC Ingolstadt 04 II. He made his debut on the German professional league level in the Bundesliga for MSV Duisburg on 31 March 2000 when he came on as a substitute in the 88th minute in a game against SSV Ulm 1846.-External links:* at transfermarkt.de...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	David Beharall David Beharall David Alexander Beharall , is a former professional English footballer who retired after being released by Stockport County in 2006. He played as a central defender....	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
34	DF	Nikos Dabizas Nikos Dabizas Nikolaos "Nikos" Dabizas is a retired Greek professional footballer and former Newcastle United, Leicester City, Olympiacos and Larissa defender . He was also in Greece's 2004 European Football Championship winning squad....	25 (5)	3	6	0	2	0	2	1	35 (5)	4	8	2
35	FW	Paul Robinson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	Jamie McClen Jamie McClen James David "Jamie" McClen is a professional English football player who plays as a defender or midfielder.He attended St. Benet Biscop Catholic High School in Bedlington, Northumberland...	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
37	DF	Steven Caldwell Steven Caldwell Steven Caldwell is a Scottish footballer who plays for Birmingham City as a defender. His younger brother Gary is also a defender and Scotland international.-Newcastle United:...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF	Andy Griffin Andy Griffin Andrew "Andy" Griffin is an English footballer, currently playing for Championship team, ReadingGriffin began his career at Stoke City, where he established a reputation as a solid wing-back defender...	14	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	19	0	2	0
39	GK	Peter Keen Peter Keen Peter Alan Keen is an English professional football goalkeeper.Keen was born in Middlesbrough and began his career as a trainee with Newcastle United, turning professional in August 1995...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	FW	Andreas Andersson Andreas Andersson Andreas Claes Andersson is a Swedish footballer. He retired in 2005, but has started playing for lower league side FC Andrea Doria in Sweden. He was capped 42 times and scored 8 goals for Sweden, and he played at the 2002 FIFA World Cup...	10 (4)	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	12 (4)	2	0	0

Starting 11

GK: #1, Shay Given
Shay Given
Séamus John James "Shay" Given is an Irish footballer who plays for Aston Villa and the Republic of Ireland national team as a goalkeeper. He won the PFA's Player of the Year in 2002....

, 41
RB: #38, Andy Griffin
Andy Griffin
Andrew "Andy" Griffin is an English footballer, currently playing for Championship team, ReadingGriffin began his career at Stoke City, where he established a reputation as a solid wing-back defender...

, 19
CB: #16, Laurent Charvet
Laurent Charvet
Laurent Charvet is a former French football player.Charvet played in the right back position. He began his career at Cannes in 1994. Between then and 1997 he appeared 99 times for the club and scored 19 goals...

, 38
CB: #34, Nikos Dabizas
Nikos Dabizas
Nikolaos "Nikos" Dabizas is a retired Greek professional footballer and former Newcastle United, Leicester City, Olympiacos and Larissa defender . He was also in Greece's 2004 European Football Championship winning squad....

, 35
LB: #2, Warren Barton
Warren Barton
Warren Dean Barton is a former English football player and a TV Pundit for Fox Soccer Channel.-Club career:...

, 24
RM: #24, Nolberto Solano
Nolberto Solano
Nolberto Albino "Nobby" Solano Todco is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Hartlepool United. He has spent much of his career in the English Premier League and also played 95 times for Peru between 1994 and 2009...

, 33
CM: #7, Rob Lee
Rob Lee
Robert Martin "Rob" Lee is a retired English footballer who played the majority of his career for Charlton Athletic and Newcastle United.-Charlton Athletic:...

, 24 (#24, Stephen Glass
Stephen Glass (footballer)
Stephen Glass is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Carolina RailHawks in the North American Soccer League....

, also has 24 starts)
CM: #12, Dietmar Hamann
Dietmar Hamann
Dietmar "Didi" Hamann is a German footballer who was most recently manager at Stockport County. Throughout his career, he has played for Bayern Munich, Newcastle United, Liverpool, and Manchester City primarily in a defensive midfield position. He also spent time at Milton Keynes Dons as a...

, 30
LM: #11, Gary Speed
Gary Speed
Gary Andrew Speed, MBE was a Welsh football player and manager. He was captain of the Wales national football team until he retired from international football in 2004 and he remains the most capped outfield player for Wales and the second overall, having appeared 85 times at senior level between...

, 43
AM: #14, Temuri Ketsbaia
Temuri Ketsbaia
Temuri "Temur" Ketsbaia is a Georgian football manager and former player. As a player he represented the Georgian national team and played for Dinamo Tbilisi, Anorthosis Famagusta, AEK, Newcastle United, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Dundee.Ketsbaia is often regarded as having played a major role...

, 22
CF: #9, Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team...

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League Cup

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